Export product concentration index in Botswana
Botswana: Export product concentration index was 0.7826 in 2011. ▲ Rising
Export product concentration index in Botswana, 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 Botswana stood at 0.7826.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 31.6% on the previous year and up 16.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, export product concentration index in Botswana peaked at 0.8036 in 2002 and was at its lowest, 0.209, in 1997.
That places Botswana 8th out of 53 countries with data for 2011, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Export product concentration index in Botswana, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 0.4179 | — |
| 1996 | 0.4508 | +7.9% |
| 1997 | 0.209 | -53.6% |
| 1998 | 0.2434 | +16.5% |
| 1999 | 0.3497 | +43.7% |
| 2000 | 0.7103 | +103.1% |
| 2001 | 0.6701 | -5.7% |
| 2002 | 0.8036 | +19.9% |
| 2003 | 0.7938 | -1.2% |
| 2004 | 0.7848 | -1.1% |
| 2005 | 0.7761 | -1.1% |
| 2006 | 0.7225 | -6.9% |
| 2007 | 0.5766 | -20.2% |
| 2008 | 0.5388 | -6.6% |
| 2009 | 0.4949 | -8.1% |
| 2010 | 0.5946 | +20.1% |
| 2011 | 0.7826 | +31.6% |
Botswana compared with similar countries
- Botswana's 0.7826 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.6216, 1.3× the median. (8 countries reporting)
- Botswana's 0.7826 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.4301, 1.8× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.3342 | 0.209 | 0.4508 | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.6871 | 0.4949 | 0.8036 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.6886 | 0.5946 | 0.7826 | 2 |
Countries ranked near Botswana
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Frequently asked questions
- What is export product concentration index in Botswana?
- Export product concentration index in Botswana was 0.7826 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 Botswana?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8036 in 2002.
- What is the lowest export product concentration index recorded in Botswana?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.209 in 1997.
- How does Botswana rank for export product concentration index?
- Botswana ranks 8th out of 53 countries with data for 2011.
- Is export product concentration index rising or falling in Botswana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Botswana 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.