Angola vs Democratic Republic of Congo: Import product concentration index
Import product concentration index over time
- Angola
- Democratic Republic of Congo
How they compare
Angola currently reports 0.0648 against 0.0609 in Democratic Republic of Congo, a difference of 0.0039.
That makes Angola's figure about 1.1 times Democratic Republic of Congo's.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 17 shared years of data; in 1995 it was Angola ahead.
Angola ranks 52nd and Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 53rd of 53 countries.
Angola has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Angola | Democratic Republic of Congo | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.1057 | 0.0939 | 0.0118 | Angola |
| 2000s | 0.1272 | 0.095 | 0.0322 | Angola |
| 2010s | 0.067 | 0.0661 | 0.001 | Angola |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher import product concentration index, Angola or Democratic Republic of Congo?
- Angola, at 0.0648 against 0.0609 in Democratic Republic of Congo as of 2011.
- What is the difference in import product concentration index between Angola and Democratic Republic of Congo?
- 0.0039, with Angola ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Angola and Democratic Republic of Congo?
- 17 years are reported by both, from 1995 to 2011.
- How do Angola and Democratic Republic of Congo rank globally for import product concentration index?
- Angola ranks 52nd and Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 53rd 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 Import product concentration index. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
This indicator reflects the Herfindahl-Hirschmann index measure of the degree of import concentration within a country. The sectoral Hirschmann index is defined as the square root of the sum of the squared shares of exports of each industry in total exports for the region under study. Takes a value between 0 and 1, with 1 indicating that only a single product is exported. Higher values indicate that imports are concentrated in fewer sectors. On the contrary, values closer to 0 reflect a more equal distribution of market shares among importers. Note that this type of concentration indicator tends to be quite vulnerable to cyclical fluctuations in relative-prices, in a way that commodity price rises make commodity importers look more concentrated.