Export product concentration index in Algeria
Algeria: Export product concentration index was 0.5378 in 2011. ▲ Rising
Export product concentration index in Algeria, 1995–2011
Source: UNCTAD Statistical Office, also reported in the UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics, various issues (http://unctadstat.unctad.org/).
Analysis
The most recent figure for export product concentration index in Algeria is 0.5378, measured in 2011.
That represents a change of up 2.9% on the previous year and up 7.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, export product concentration index in Algeria peaked at 0.6018 in 2006 and was at its lowest, 0.4587, in 1996.
That places Algeria 15th out of 53 countries with data for 2011, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.5047 | 0.4587 | 0.5229 | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.5585 | 0.5019 | 0.6018 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.5304 | 0.5229 | 0.5378 | 2 |
Countries ranked near Algeria
- 12 Zambia 0.6462 compare
- 13 Mali 0.6019 compare
- 14 Sao Tome and Principe 0.5858 compare
- 16 Burundi 0.5367 compare
- 17 Burkina Faso 0.5248 compare
- 18 Seychelles 0.5233 compare
More trade data for Algeria
- Net long-term borrowing 136.38 million BoP, current US$ (2011)
- Pesticides imports 81.69 million FAO, current US$ (2011)
- Food imports excluding fish 5.28 billion FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Total agricultural imports 6.22 billion FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal imports 1.81 billion FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal imports quantity 7.93 million FAO, tonnes (2010)
- Total agricultural exports 124.60 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal exports 3.33 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal exports quantity 8,357 FAO, tonnes (2010)
- Merchandise exports, WB 54.74 billion current US$ (2011)
Frequently asked questions
- What is export product concentration index in Algeria?
- Export product concentration index in Algeria was 0.5378 in 2011, according to UNCTAD Statistical Office, also reported in the UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics, various issues (http://unctadstat.unctad.org/).
- What is the highest export product concentration index recorded in Algeria?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6018 in 2006.
- What is the lowest export product concentration index recorded in Algeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4587 in 1996.
- How does Algeria rank for export product concentration index?
- Algeria ranks 15th out of 53 countries with data for 2011.
- Is export product concentration index rising or falling in Algeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Algeria data come from?
- The figures come from UNCTAD Statistical Office, also reported in the UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics, various issues (http://unctadstat.unctad.org/), published as part of Export product concentration index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This indicator reflects the Herfindahl-Hirschmann index measure of the degree of export 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 exports are concentrated in fewer sectors. On the contrary, values closer to 0 reflect a more equal distribution of market shares among exporters. 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 exporters look more concentrated.