Rwanda vs Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa: Export product diversification index
Export product diversification index over time
- Rwanda
- Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa
How they compare
Rwanda currently reports 0.849 against 0.6835 in Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa, a difference of 0.1655.
That makes Rwanda's figure about 1.2 times Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 17 shared years of data; in 1995 it was Rwanda ahead.
Rwanda ranks 3rd and Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa ranks 1st of 53 countries.
Rwanda has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Rwanda | Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.7675 | 0.6967 | 0.0708 | Rwanda |
| 2000s | 0.7779 | 0.7007 | 0.0772 | Rwanda |
| 2010s | 0.8392 | 0.6772 | 0.162 | Rwanda |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher export product diversification index, Rwanda or Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa?
- Rwanda, at 0.849 against 0.6835 in Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa as of 2011.
- What is the difference in export product diversification index between Rwanda and Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa?
- 0.1655, with Rwanda ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Rwanda and Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa?
- 17 years are reported by both, from 1995 to 2011.
- How do Rwanda and Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa rank globally for export product diversification index?
- Rwanda ranks 3rd and Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa ranks 1st 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).