Kenya vs South Africa: Export product concentration index
Export product concentration index over time
- Kenya
- South Africa
How they compare
Kenya currently reports 0.1907 against 0.1607 in South Africa, a difference of 0.03.
That makes Kenya's figure about 1.2 times South Africa's.
Across all 17 years both countries report, Kenya has been ahead every year.
Kenya ranks 49th and South Africa ranks 51st of 53 countries.
Kenya has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.2341 | 0.0759 | 0.1581 | Kenya |
| 2000s | 0.2153 | 0.1383 | 0.077 | Kenya |
| 2010s | 0.1962 | 0.1555 | 0.0407 | Kenya |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher export product concentration index, Kenya or South Africa?
- Kenya, at 0.1907 against 0.1607 in South Africa as of 2011.
- What is the difference in export product concentration index between Kenya and South Africa?
- 0.03, with Kenya ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and South Africa?
- 17 years are reported by both, from 1995 to 2011.
- How do Kenya and South Africa rank globally for export product concentration index?
- Kenya ranks 49th and South Africa ranks 51st of 53 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UNCTAD Statistical Office, also reported in the UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics, various issues (http://unctadstat.unctad.org/), published as Export product concentration index. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
This indicator reflects the Herfindahl-Hirschmann index measure of the degree of export concentration within a country. The sectoral Hirschmann index is defined as the square root of the sum of the squared shares of exports of each industry in total exports for the region under study. Takes a value between 0 and 1, with 1 indicating that only a single product is exported. Higher values indicate that exports are concentrated in fewer sectors. On the contrary, values closer to 0 reflect a more equal distribution of market shares among exporters. Note that this type of concentration indicator tends to be quite vulnerable to cyclical fluctuations in relative-prices, in a way that commodity price rises make commodity exporters look more concentrated.