Senegal vs Tanzania: Import product concentration index

Senegal
0.1904
in 2011
Tanzania
0.2033
in 2011
Senegal rank
11th
Tanzania rank
9th

Import product concentration index over time

  • Senegal
  • Tanzania
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How they compare

Tanzania currently reports 0.2033 against 0.1904 in Senegal, a difference of 0.0129.

That makes Tanzania's figure about 1.1 times Senegal's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 17 shared years of data; in 1995 it was Senegal ahead.

Senegal ranks 11th and Tanzania ranks 9th of 53 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Senegal averaged higher in 2 and Tanzania in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Senegal Tanzania Difference Ahead
1990s 0.0965 0.0648 0.0317 Senegal
2000s 0.1354 0.1187 0.0167 Senegal
2010s 0.1812 0.1891 0.0079 Tanzania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher import product concentration index, Senegal or Tanzania?
Tanzania, at 0.2033 against 0.1904 in Senegal as of 2011.
What is the difference in import product concentration index between Senegal and Tanzania?
0.0129, with Tanzania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Senegal and Tanzania?
17 years are reported by both, from 1995 to 2011.
How do Senegal and Tanzania rank globally for import product concentration index?
Senegal ranks 11th and Tanzania ranks 9th 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

Indicator
Import product concentration index
Source
UNCTAD Statistical Office, also reported in the UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics, various issues (http://unctadstat.unctad.org/)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
55 places, 935 data points, 1995–2011
Last refreshed

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.