Cape Verde vs Central African Republic: Import product concentration index
Import product concentration index over time
- Cape Verde
- Central African Republic
How they compare
Cape Verde currently reports 0.1647 against 0.1562 in Central African Republic, a difference of 0.0085.
That makes Cape Verde's figure about 1.1 times Central African Republic's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 17 shared years of data; in 1995 it was Central African Republic ahead.
Cape Verde ranks 17th and Central African Republic ranks 19th of 53 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Cape Verde averaged higher in 1 and Central African Republic in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cape Verde | Central African Republic | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0982 | 0.0917 | 0.0066 | Cape Verde |
| 2000s | 0.0931 | 0.1394 | 0.0464 | Central African Republic |
| 2010s | 0.1393 | 0.1549 | 0.0155 | Central African Republic |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher import product concentration index, Cape Verde or Central African Republic?
- Cape Verde, at 0.1647 against 0.1562 in Central African Republic as of 2011.
- What is the difference in import product concentration index between Cape Verde and Central African Republic?
- 0.0085, with Cape Verde ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cape Verde and Central African Republic?
- 17 years are reported by both, from 1995 to 2011.
- How do Cape Verde and Central African Republic rank globally for import product concentration index?
- Cape Verde ranks 17th and Central African Republic ranks 19th 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.