Mauritius vs South Africa: Import product diversification index
Import product diversification index over time
- Mauritius
- South Africa
How they compare
Mauritius currently reports 0.3828 against 0.3156 in South Africa, a difference of 0.0672.
That makes Mauritius's figure about 1.2 times South Africa's.
Across all 17 years both countries report, Mauritius has been ahead every year.
Mauritius ranks 51st and South Africa ranks 53rd of 53 countries.
Mauritius has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mauritius | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.4496 | 0.3198 | 0.1298 | Mauritius |
| 2000s | 0.4258 | 0.3117 | 0.1141 | Mauritius |
| 2010s | 0.3792 | 0.3109 | 0.0683 | Mauritius |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher import product diversification index, Mauritius or South Africa?
- Mauritius, at 0.3828 against 0.3156 in South Africa as of 2011.
- What is the difference in import product diversification index between Mauritius and South Africa?
- 0.0672, with Mauritius ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritius and South Africa?
- 17 years are reported by both, from 1995 to 2011.
- How do Mauritius and South Africa rank globally for import product diversification index?
- Mauritius ranks 51st and South Africa ranks 53rd 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
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.