Egypt vs Sao Tome and Principe: Export product diversification index
Export product diversification index over time
- Egypt
- Sao Tome and Principe
How they compare
Sao Tome and Principe currently reports 0.6111 against 0.5511 in Egypt, a difference of 0.06.
That makes Sao Tome and Principe's figure about 1.1 times Egypt's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 17 shared years of data; in 1995 it was Egypt ahead.
Egypt ranks 52nd and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 49th of 53 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Egypt averaged higher in 2 and Sao Tome and Principe in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Egypt | Sao Tome and Principe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.6678 | 0.5714 | 0.0964 | Egypt |
| 2000s | 0.6564 | 0.6399 | 0.0165 | Egypt |
| 2010s | 0.5693 | 0.6119 | 0.0426 | Sao Tome and Principe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher export product diversification index, Egypt or Sao Tome and Principe?
- Sao Tome and Principe, at 0.6111 against 0.5511 in Egypt as of 2011.
- What is the difference in export product diversification index between Egypt and Sao Tome and Principe?
- 0.06, with Sao Tome and Principe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Sao Tome and Principe?
- 17 years are reported by both, from 1995 to 2011.
- How do Egypt and Sao Tome and Principe rank globally for export product diversification index?
- Egypt ranks 52nd and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 49th 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).