Ethiopia vs Madagascar: Import product concentration index
Import product concentration index over time
- Ethiopia
- Madagascar
How they compare
Ethiopia currently reports 0.1497 against 0.1486 in Madagascar, a difference of 0.0011.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 17 shared years of data; in 1995 it was Ethiopia ahead.
Ethiopia ranks 22nd and Madagascar ranks 23rd of 53 countries.
Ethiopia has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ethiopia | Madagascar | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.1241 | 0.078 | 0.0461 | Ethiopia |
| 2000s | 0.1517 | 0.1285 | 0.0232 | Ethiopia |
| 2010s | 0.1571 | 0.1318 | 0.0253 | Ethiopia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher import product concentration index, Ethiopia or Madagascar?
- Ethiopia, at 0.1497 against 0.1486 in Madagascar as of 2011.
- What is the difference in import product concentration index between Ethiopia and Madagascar?
- 0.0011, with Ethiopia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ethiopia and Madagascar?
- 17 years are reported by both, from 1995 to 2011.
- How do Ethiopia and Madagascar rank globally for import product concentration index?
- Ethiopia ranks 22nd and Madagascar ranks 23rd 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.