Botswana vs Sub-Saharan Africa: Export product diversification index
Export product diversification index over time
- Botswana
- Sub-Saharan Africa
How they compare
Botswana currently reports 0.891 against 0.5929 in Sub-Saharan Africa, a difference of 0.2981.
That makes Botswana's figure about 1.5 times Sub-Saharan Africa's.
Across all 17 years both countries report, Botswana has been ahead every year.
Botswana ranks 1st and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 2nd of 53 countries.
Botswana has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Botswana | Sub-Saharan Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.7085 | 0.5299 | 0.1787 | Botswana |
| 2000s | 0.8869 | 0.6007 | 0.2861 | Botswana |
| 2010s | 0.8742 | 0.589 | 0.2852 | Botswana |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher export product diversification index, Botswana or Sub-Saharan Africa?
- Botswana, at 0.891 against 0.5929 in Sub-Saharan Africa as of 2011.
- What is the difference in export product diversification index between Botswana and Sub-Saharan Africa?
- 0.2981, with Botswana ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Sub-Saharan Africa?
- 17 years are reported by both, from 1995 to 2011.
- How do Botswana and Sub-Saharan Africa rank globally for export product diversification index?
- Botswana ranks 1st and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 2nd 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 diversification index. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
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).