What is the difference in import product diversification index between Central African Republic and Mali?

0.004, with Central African Republic ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Central African Republic and Mali?

17 years are reported by both, from 1995 to 2011.

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 diversification index. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Central African Republic vs Mali: Import product diversification index

Central African Republic

0.5248

in 2011

Mali

0.5208

in 2011

Central African Republic rank

18th

Mali rank

19th

Import product diversification index over time

Central African Republic
Mali

How they compare

Central African Republic currently reports 0.5248 against 0.5208 in Mali, a difference of 0.004.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 17 shared years of data; in 1995 it was Mali ahead.

Central African Republic ranks 18th and Mali ranks 19th of 53 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Central African Republic	Mali	Difference	Ahead
1990s	0.4774	0.5305	0.0531	Mali
2000s	0.5053	0.5338	0.0285	Mali
2010s	0.5215	0.5224	0.0009	Mali

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher import product diversification index, Central African Republic or Mali?: Central African Republic, at 0.5248 against 0.5208 in Mali as of 2011.
What is the difference in import product diversification index between Central African Republic and Mali?: 0.004, with Central African Republic ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Central African Republic and Mali?: 17 years are reported by both, from 1995 to 2011.
How do Central African Republic and Mali rank globally for import product diversification index?: Central African Republic ranks 18th and Mali ranks 19th 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 diversification 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 diversification 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: 07 August 2026

The diversification index signals whether the structure of imports by product of a given country or group of countries differ from the structure of product of the world. Diversification index that ranges from 0 to 1 reveals the extent of the differences between the structure of trade of the country or country group and the world average. The index value closer to 1 indicates a bigger difference from the world average. It is constructed as the inverse of a Herfindahl index, using disaggregated exports at 4 digits (following the STIC3). This index is a modified Finger-Kreinin measure of similarity in trade. For more information, please consult the article of Finger, J. M. and M. E. Kreinin (1979), “A measure of ‘export similarity’ and its possible uses” in the Economic Journal , 89: 905-12.