Which has higher export product diversification index, Lesotho or Seychelles?

Seychelles, at 0.8381 against 0.8336 in Lesotho as of 2011.

How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Seychelles?

17 years are reported by both, from 1995 to 2011.

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.

Lesotho vs Seychelles: Export product diversification index

Lesotho

0.8336

in 2011

Seychelles

0.8381

in 2011

Lesotho rank

6th

Seychelles rank

5th

Export product diversification index over time

Lesotho
Seychelles

How they compare

Seychelles currently reports 0.8381 against 0.8336 in Lesotho, a difference of 0.0045.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 17 shared years of data; in 1995 it was Lesotho ahead.

Lesotho ranks 6th and Seychelles ranks 5th of 53 countries.

Lesotho has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Lesotho	Seychelles	Difference	Ahead
1990s	0.8351	0.7462	0.0889	Lesotho
2000s	0.8264	0.8066	0.0198	Lesotho
2010s	0.8333	0.8223	0.011	Lesotho

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher export product diversification index, Lesotho or Seychelles?: Seychelles, at 0.8381 against 0.8336 in Lesotho as of 2011.
What is the difference in export product diversification index between Lesotho and Seychelles?: 0.0045, with Seychelles ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Seychelles?: 17 years are reported by both, from 1995 to 2011.
How do Lesotho and Seychelles rank globally for export product diversification index?: Lesotho ranks 6th and Seychelles ranks 5th 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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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: 18 September 2026

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).