Export product concentration index in Benin
Benin: Export product concentration index was 0.2757 in 2011. ▼ Falling
Export product concentration index in Benin, 1995–2011
Source: UNCTAD Statistical Office, also reported in the UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics, various issues (http://unctadstat.unctad.org/).
Analysis
In 2011, export product concentration index in Benin stood at 0.2757.
The figure is up 4.4% on the previous year and down 56.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, export product concentration index in Benin peaked at 0.7339 in 1997 and was at its lowest, 0.264, in 2010.
Benin ranks 36th of 53 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 17 years of available data.
Export product concentration index in Benin, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 0.6677 | — |
| 1996 | 0.6547 | -1.9% |
| 1997 | 0.7339 | +12.1% |
| 1998 | 0.595 | -18.9% |
| 1999 | 0.6466 | +8.7% |
| 2000 | 0.5724 | -11.5% |
| 2001 | 0.6345 | +10.8% |
| 2002 | 0.4691 | -26.1% |
| 2003 | 0.5006 | +6.7% |
| 2004 | 0.4999 | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 0.4355 | -12.9% |
| 2006 | 0.3099 | -28.8% |
| 2007 | 0.3237 | +4.5% |
| 2008 | 0.3134 | -3.2% |
| 2009 | 0.2913 | -7.1% |
| 2010 | 0.264 | -9.4% |
| 2011 | 0.2757 | +4.4% |
Benin compared with similar countries
- Benin's 0.2757 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.301, 92% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Benin's 0.2757 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.4301, 64% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.6596 | 0.595 | 0.7339 | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.435 | 0.2913 | 0.6345 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.2698 | 0.264 | 0.2757 | 2 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is export product concentration index in Benin?
- Export product concentration index in Benin was 0.2757 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 Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7339 in 1997.
- What is the lowest export product concentration index recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.264 in 2010.
- How does Benin rank for export product concentration index?
- Benin ranks 36th out of 53 countries with data for 2011.
- Is export product concentration index rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is down 56.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Benin 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.