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Benin vs Democratic Republic of Congo: Export product diversification index

Benin
0.7671
in 2011
Democratic Republic of Congo
0.7839
in 2011
Benin rank
21st
Democratic Republic of Congo rank
20th

Export product diversification index over time

  • Benin
  • Democratic Republic of Congo
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How they compare

Democratic Republic of Congo currently reports 0.7839 against 0.7671 in Benin, a difference of 0.0168.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 17 shared years of data; in 1995 it was Democratic Republic of Congo ahead.

Benin ranks 21st and Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 20th of 53 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Export product diversification index
Source
UNCTAD Statistical Office, also reported in the UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics, various issues (http://unctadstat.unctad.org/)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
55 places, 935 data points, 1995–2011
Last refreshed

The diversification index signals whether the structure of exports by product of a given country or group of countries differ from the structure of product of the world. Diversification index is computed by measuring absolute deviation of the country share from world structure. Diversification index that ranges from 0 to 1 reveals the extent of the differences between the structure of trade of the country or country group and the world average. The index value closer to 1 indicates a bigger difference from the world average. It is constructed as the inverse of a Herfindahl index, using disaggregated exports at 4 digits (following the STIC3).