Djibouti vs South Africa: Export product diversification index
Export product diversification index over time
- Djibouti
- South Africa
How they compare
Djibouti currently reports 0.6025 against 0.5993 in South Africa, a difference of 0.0032.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 17 shared years of data; in 1995 it was Djibouti ahead.
Djibouti ranks 50th and South Africa ranks 51st of 53 countries.
Djibouti has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Djibouti | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.5531 | 0.4021 | 0.151 | Djibouti |
| 2000s | 0.6263 | 0.571 | 0.0553 | Djibouti |
| 2010s | 0.6209 | 0.5944 | 0.0265 | Djibouti |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher export product diversification index, Djibouti or South Africa?
- Djibouti, at 0.6025 against 0.5993 in South Africa as of 2011.
- What is the difference in export product diversification index between Djibouti and South Africa?
- 0.0032, with Djibouti ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Djibouti and South Africa?
- 17 years are reported by both, from 1995 to 2011.
- How do Djibouti and South Africa rank globally for export product diversification index?
- Djibouti ranks 50th 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 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).