Export product concentration index in Burundi
Burundi: Export product concentration index was 0.5367 in 2011. ▼ Falling
Export product concentration index in Burundi, 1995–2011
Source: UNCTAD Statistical Office, also reported in the UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics, various issues (http://unctadstat.unctad.org/).
Analysis
Burundi recorded 0.5367 for export product concentration index in 2011.
The figure is down 1.7% on the previous year and down 3.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, export product concentration index in Burundi peaked at 0.8543 in 1998 and was at its lowest, 0.3312, in 2006.
That places Burundi 16th out of 53 countries with data for 2011, putting it 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 Burundi, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 0.5835 | — |
| 1996 | 0.5181 | -11.2% |
| 1997 | 0.8234 | +58.9% |
| 1998 | 0.8543 | +3.7% |
| 1999 | 0.6794 | -20.5% |
| 2000 | 0.6928 | +2.0% |
| 2001 | 0.5546 | -20.0% |
| 2002 | 0.5079 | -8.4% |
| 2003 | 0.5357 | +5.5% |
| 2004 | 0.4516 | -15.7% |
| 2005 | 0.6084 | +34.7% |
| 2006 | 0.3312 | -45.6% |
| 2007 | 0.4201 | +26.8% |
| 2008 | 0.432 | +2.8% |
| 2009 | 0.564 | +30.5% |
| 2010 | 0.5461 | -3.2% |
| 2011 | 0.5367 | -1.7% |
Burundi compared with similar countries
- Burundi's 0.5367 is above the median for low income countries, which is 0.4395, 1.2× the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Burundi's 0.5367 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.4301, 1.2× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.6917 | 0.5181 | 0.8543 | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.5098 | 0.3312 | 0.6928 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.5414 | 0.5367 | 0.5461 | 2 |
Countries ranked near Burundi
- 13 Mali 0.6019 compare
- 14 Sao Tome and Principe 0.5858 compare
- 15 Algeria 0.5378 compare
- 17 Burkina Faso 0.5248 compare
- 18 Seychelles 0.5233 compare
- 19 Comoros 0.5139 compare
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- Commodity Export Price Index, Individual Commodites Weighted by Ratio 102.95 (2025)
- Commodity Export Price Index, Individual Commodites Weighted by Ratio 171.83 (2025)
- Commodity Import Price Index, Individual Commodites Weighted by Ratio 98.1 (2025)
- Commodity Import Price Index, Individual Commodites Weighted by Ratio 66.5 (2025)
- Imports of low carbon technology products, Percent of GDP 0.8012 (2023)
- Imports of low carbon technology products, US dollar (World), per 2.51 units per person (2023)
- Imports of low carbon technology products, US dollar (World), per 0.0101 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Exports of low carbon technology products, US dollar (World), gaps 1.24 million (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is export product concentration index in Burundi?
- Export product concentration index in Burundi was 0.5367 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 Burundi?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8543 in 1998.
- What is the lowest export product concentration index recorded in Burundi?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3312 in 2006.
- How does Burundi rank for export product concentration index?
- Burundi ranks 16th out of 53 countries with data for 2011.
- Is export product concentration index rising or falling in Burundi?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Burundi 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.