Namibia vs Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa: Import product concentration index
Import product concentration index over time
- Namibia
- Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa
How they compare
Namibia currently reports 0.2542 against 0.0845 in Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa, a difference of 0.1697.
That makes Namibia's figure about 3.0 times Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 17 shared years of data; in 1995 it was Namibia ahead.
Namibia ranks 4th and Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa ranks 2nd of 53 countries.
Namibia has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Namibia | Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0763 | 0.0523 | 0.024 | Namibia |
| 2000s | 0.0895 | 0.0701 | 0.0195 | Namibia |
| 2010s | 0.2432 | 0.0829 | 0.1603 | Namibia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher import product concentration index, Namibia or Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa?
- Namibia, at 0.2542 against 0.0845 in Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa as of 2011.
- What is the difference in import product concentration index between Namibia and Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa?
- 0.1697, with Namibia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Namibia and Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa?
- 17 years are reported by both, from 1995 to 2011.
- How do Namibia and Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa rank globally for import product concentration index?
- Namibia ranks 4th and Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa ranks 2nd 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.