Tanzania vs Togo: Import product concentration index

Tanzania
0.2033
in 2011
Togo
0.2379
in 2011
Tanzania rank
9th
Togo rank
7th

Import product concentration index over time

  • Tanzania
  • Togo
0.050.10.150.20.250.3199520032011

How they compare

Togo currently reports 0.2379 against 0.2033 in Tanzania, a difference of 0.0346.

That makes Togo's figure about 1.2 times Tanzania's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 17 shared years of data; in 1995 it was Togo ahead.

Tanzania ranks 9th and Togo ranks 7th of 53 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Tanzania Togo Difference Ahead
1990s 0.0648 0.1565 0.0917 Togo
2000s 0.1187 0.1704 0.0518 Togo
2010s 0.1891 0.1777 0.0114 Tanzania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher import product concentration index, Tanzania or Togo?
Togo, at 0.2379 against 0.2033 in Tanzania as of 2011.
What is the difference in import product concentration index between Tanzania and Togo?
0.0346, with Togo ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Tanzania and Togo?
17 years are reported by both, from 1995 to 2011.
How do Tanzania and Togo rank globally for import product concentration index?
Tanzania ranks 9th 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.