Seychelles vs Togo: Import product concentration index

Seychelles
0.2454
in 2011
Togo
0.2379
in 2011
Seychelles rank
5th
Togo rank
7th

Import product concentration index over time

  • Seychelles
  • Togo
0.10.150.20.250.30.35199520032011

How they compare

Seychelles currently reports 0.2454 against 0.2379 in Togo, a difference of 0.0075.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 17 shared years of data; in 1995 it was Togo ahead.

Seychelles ranks 5th and Togo ranks 7th of 53 countries.

Seychelles has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Seychelles Togo Difference Ahead
1990s 0.161 0.1565 0.0045 Seychelles
2000s 0.2452 0.1704 0.0748 Seychelles
2010s 0.2403 0.1777 0.0626 Seychelles

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher import product concentration index, Seychelles or Togo?
Seychelles, at 0.2454 against 0.2379 in Togo as of 2011.
What is the difference in import product concentration index between Seychelles and Togo?
0.0075, with Seychelles ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Seychelles and Togo?
17 years are reported by both, from 1995 to 2011.
How do Seychelles and Togo rank globally for import product concentration index?
Seychelles ranks 5th and Togo ranks 7th 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.