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Export Diversification, Theil index by country

Covers 200 countries with data from 1962 to 2014. It has three main indicators: the Export Diversification Index, which can be disaggregated into sub-indices covering the Extensive Margin and the Intensive Margin. As these are Theil indices, higher values for all three correspond to lower export diversification.

Countries reporting
189
Highest
6.4
Iraq
Lowest
0
Netherlands Antilles
Median
3.42
Years covered
53
1962–2014
Data points
10,017

What the numbers show

Export Diversification, Theil index is currently reported for 189 countries. The highest value is 6.4 in Iraq; the lowest is 0 in Netherlands Antilles.

The median across all reporting countries is 3.42, and the mean is 3.54.

Over the past decade 98 countries rose and 87 fell. The largest increase was in Eritrea (up 116.6%), and the largest decrease in Sudan (down 100.0%).

Export Diversification, Theil index: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Iraq 6.4 2014 up 2.7% flat
2 Angola 6.21 2014 down 1.9% rising
3 Eritrea 6.14 2014 up 116.6% volatile
4 Kiribati 6.04 2014 up 32.3% rising
5 Azerbaijan 6.01 2014 up 25.6% volatile
6 Chad 6 2014 up 5.1% rising
7 Venezuela 5.95 2014 up 25.3% flat
8 Botswana 5.82 2014 up 2.0% volatile
9 Libya 5.8 2014 down 4.5% falling
10 Equatorial Guinea 5.65 2014 down 7.4% rising
11 Kuwait 5.64 2014 up 4.1% falling
12 Nigeria 5.62 2014 down 5.8% rising
13 Gabon 5.62 2014 up 4.4% rising
14 Maldives 5.54 2014 up 17.3% rising
15 Antigua and Barbuda 5.52 2014 up 7.0% rising
16 Marshall Islands 5.45 2014 — volatile
17 Turkmenistan 5.43 2014 up 1.8% volatile
18 Brunei 5.38 2014 — volatile
19 Algeria 5.31 2014 down 5.0% rising
20 Saudi Arabia 5.31 2014 down 0.3% falling
21 Guinea-Bissau 5.24 2014 down 0.3% rising
22 Niger 5.21 2014 up 36.9% falling
23 Congo 5.18 2014 down 8.6% rising
24 Yemen 5.14 2014 down 10.5% rising
25 South Sudan 5.13 2014 — volatile
26 Haiti 5.12 2014 up 2.6% rising
27 Seychelles 5.04 2014 up 10.3% rising
28 Sierra Leone 4.96 2014 up 37.1% falling
29 Bangladesh 4.95 2014 up 6.9% rising
30 Malawi 4.88 2014 up 8.2% rising
31 Solomon Islands 4.87 2014 up 2.0% rising
32 Guinea 4.86 2014 up 10.0% falling
33 Lesotho 4.84 2014 down 11.4% volatile
34 Liberia 4.83 2014 down 13.1% flat
35 Bhutan 4.82 2014 — volatile
36 Sao Tome and Principe 4.82 2014 up 49.1% rising
37 Central African Republic 4.81 2014 down 0.8% rising
38 Comoros 4.79 2014 down 7.7% flat
39 Somalia 4.77 2014 up 24.7% falling
40 Aruba 4.71 2014 up 24.3% volatile
41 Kazakhstan 4.7 2014 up 19.2% volatile
42 Qatar 4.68 2014 up 4.7% falling
43 Mongolia 4.67 2014 up 9.2% falling
44 Iran 4.64 2014 down 8.9% falling
45 Democratic Republic of Congo 4.64 2014 up 3.1% rising
46 Zambia 4.61 2014 up 14.4% flat
47 Trinidad and Tobago 4.58 2014 up 11.4% falling
48 Myanmar 4.53 2014 up 16.7% falling
49 Cameroon 4.53 2014 up 5.7% flat
50 Mauritania 4.51 2014 down 3.1% falling
51 Cape Verde 4.48 2014 up 22.5% rising
52 Tuvalu 4.44 2014 up 19.9% volatile
53 Vanuatu 4.41 2014 up 2.8% falling
54 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 4.38 2014 down 15.3% rising
55 Oman 4.37 2014 down 12.6% falling
56 Cambodia 4.36 2014 down 8.7% rising
57 Saint Kitts and Nevis 4.35 2014 down 0.4% volatile
58 Ecuador 4.3 2014 down 1.7% falling
59 Jamaica 4.24 2014 down 3.9% falling
60 Ghana 4.18 2014 up 6.9% falling
61 Mali 4.16 2014 down 25.3% rising
62 Bolivia 4.14 2014 up 19.2% falling
63 Bahamas 4.14 2014 down 1.4% falling
64 Cote d'Ivoire 4.13 2014 up 11.7% falling
65 Iceland 4.07 2014 up 7.5% falling
66 Costa Rica 4.07 2014 up 15.5% falling
67 Anguilla 4.05 2014 up 25.0% volatile
68 Gambia 3.99 2014 up 32.9% falling
69 Colombia 3.95 2014 up 44.3% falling
70 Ethiopia 3.95 2014 down 1.1% volatile
71 Mozambique 3.93 2014 down 20.2% rising
72 Saint Lucia 3.93 2014 down 3.8% rising
73 Grenada 3.93 2014 up 0.9% rising
74 Malta 3.93 2014 down 6.6% rising
75 Guyana 3.92 2014 up 2.1% falling
76 Zimbabwe 3.88 2014 up 31.0% rising
77 United Arab Emirates 3.86 2014 up 6.0% falling
78 Papua New Guinea 3.83 2014 up 7.6% falling
79 Tajikistan 3.81 2014 down 11.5% volatile
80 Russia 3.81 2014 up 26.4% volatile
81 Djibouti 3.77 2014 up 58.2% falling
82 Burkina Faso 3.77 2014 down 17.1% rising
83 Rwanda 3.77 2014 down 28.9% falling
84 Norway 3.76 2014 up 2.4% rising
85 Paraguay 3.76 2014 up 2.6% rising
86 Laos 3.72 2014 up 1.1% falling
87 Montserrat 3.71 2014 up 13.1% rising
88 Suriname 3.69 2014 down 27.0% flat
89 Hong Kong 3.55 2014 up 45.2% rising
90 Belize 3.55 2014 down 0.7% falling
91 Benin 3.55 2014 down 18.7% rising
92 Madagascar 3.52 2014 down 11.5% flat
93 Chile 3.51 2014 up 4.4% falling
94 Burundi 3.44 2014 down 22.8% falling
95 Armenia 3.42 2014 down 4.1% volatile
96 Fiji 3.38 2014 up 4.9% falling
97 Namibia 3.37 2014 down 5.8% volatile
98 Mauritius 3.37 2014 down 1.4% falling
99 Nicaragua 3.37 2014 up 4.5% falling
100 Afghanistan 3.29 2014 up 9.4% falling
101 Sri Lanka 3.22 2014 down 0.6% falling
102 Uzbekistan 3.2 2014 down 7.0% volatile
103 Barbados 3.19 2014 up 28.3% falling
104 Australia 3.19 2014 up 46.9% falling
105 Eswatini 3.18 2014 down 1.8% volatile
106 Singapore 3.17 2014 up 7.2% rising
107 Tonga 3.17 2014 down 15.7% rising
108 Honduras 3.13 2014 down 16.0% falling
109 North Macedonia 3.12 2014 up 10.3% volatile
110 Macao 3.1 2014 down 34.6% falling
111 Philippines 3.08 2014 down 16.6% falling
112 Pakistan 3.08 2014 down 0.7% falling
113 El Salvador 3.08 2014 down 12.4% falling
114 Greece 3.02 2014 up 62.0% falling
115 Georgia 3 2014 down 3.2% volatile
116 Senegal 2.99 2014 up 0.1% falling
117 Albania 2.94 2014 down 6.9% falling
118 Ireland 2.94 2014 down 7.6% rising
119 Morocco 2.92 2014 down 3.9% falling
120 Kyrgyzstan 2.91 2014 up 9.6% volatile
121 Andorra 2.9 2014 up 18.7% falling
122 Uruguay 2.89 2014 up 21.6% falling
123 Peru 2.87 2014 down 0.5% falling
124 Dominica 2.85 2014 up 0.5% falling
125 Bahrain 2.84 2014 down 16.1% falling
126 Samoa 2.8 2014 down 7.0% falling
127 Tunisia 2.79 2014 down 8.3% falling
128 Kenya 2.75 2014 up 1.2% falling
129 Moldova 2.74 2014 down 9.3% volatile
130 Malaysia 2.69 2014 down 9.2% falling
131 Belarus 2.67 2014 down 37.9% volatile
132 Panama 2.65 2014 down 3.9% falling
133 Israel 2.65 2014 down 4.1% falling
134 Egypt 2.65 2014 up 22.3% falling
135 Vietnam 2.64 2014 down 10.8% volatile
136 Argentina 2.6 2014 up 11.1% falling
137 Tanzania 2.6 2014 down 1.7% falling
138 South Africa 2.59 2014 up 36.3% falling
139 Brazil 2.56 2014 up 34.7% falling
140 Uganda 2.56 2014 down 16.3% falling
141 Togo 2.55 2014 down 12.7% falling
142 New Zealand 2.5 2014 up 19.1% falling
143 Nepal 2.47 2014 down 3.1% falling
144 Mexico 2.43 2014 down 0.1% falling
145 Estonia 2.42 2014 up 21.3% volatile
146 Dominican Republic 2.42 2014 down 18.1% falling
147 South Korea 2.42 2014 down 1.7% falling
148 Slovakia 2.4 2014 up 6.8% volatile
149 Switzerland 2.4 2014 up 24.3% rising
150 Jordan 2.35 2014 down 8.8% falling
151 Guatemala 2.35 2014 down 15.9% falling
152 Canada 2.32 2014 up 13.9% falling
153 Syria 2.29 2014 down 40.4% falling
154 Indonesia 2.21 2014 up 5.1% falling
155 Lithuania 2.2 2014 up 14.2% volatile
156 Hungary 2.18 2014 down 9.6% rising
157 Finland 2.17 2014 down 3.9% falling
158 Cyprus 2.16 2014 up 2.0% falling
159 India 2.16 2014 up 12.8% falling
160 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2.14 2014 down 10.7% volatile
161 Japan 2.12 2014 down 4.0% rising
162 Bulgaria 2.1 2014 up 8.3% falling
163 Romania 2.08 2014 down 7.1% falling
164 Lebanon 2.07 2014 down 3.6% falling
165 Luxembourg 2.06 2014 down 6.8% volatile
166 Ukraine 2.06 2014 up 7.4% volatile
167 Denmark 2.04 2014 up 20.2% rising
168 Belgium 2.02 2014 up 19.9% volatile
169 China 2.01 2014 down 3.1% rising
170 Slovenia 2 2014 up 6.1% volatile
171 Czechia 2 2014 up 18.9% volatile
172 Sweden 1.99 2014 up 5.6% rising
173 Thailand 1.96 2014 down 2.8% falling
174 Serbia and Montenegro 1.96 2014 up 15.2% volatile
175 Netherlands 1.95 2014 up 34.1% rising
176 United Kingdom 1.95 2014 up 11.7% rising
177 Croatia 1.89 2014 down 3.5% volatile
178 Latvia 1.86 2014 down 7.8% volatile
179 Turkey 1.81 2014 down 11.1% falling
180 Portugal 1.79 2014 down 4.8% falling
181 Spain 1.74 2014 up 0.1% falling
182 Germany 1.74 2014 up 3.6% rising
183 United States 1.72 2014 up 9.8% rising
184 France 1.69 2014 up 5.8% rising
185 Poland 1.65 2014 down 5.0% falling
186 Austria 1.6 2014 up 2.2% rising
187 Italy 1.58 2014 up 9.1% rising
188 Sudan 0 2014 down 100.0% falling
188 Netherlands Antilles 0 2014 down 100.0% falling

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Indicator
Export Diversification, Theil index
Source
International Monetary Fund
Licence
IMF Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
189 places, 10,017 data points, 1962–2014
Last refreshed

Covers 200 countries with data from 1962 to 2014. It has three main indicators: the Export Diversification Index, which can be disaggregated into sub-indices covering the Extensive Margin and the Intensive Margin. As these are Theil indices, higher values for all three correspond to lower export diversification.