Export product concentration index in Central African Republic
Central African Republic: Export product concentration index was 0.3389 in 2011. ▼ Falling
Export product concentration index in Central African Republic, 1995–2011
Source: UNCTAD Statistical Office, also reported in the UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics, various issues (http://unctadstat.unctad.org/).
Analysis
Central African Republic recorded 0.3389 for export product concentration index in 2011.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.2% on the previous year and down 31.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, export product concentration index in Central African Republic peaked at 0.6799 in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.3317, in 2010.
Central African Republic ranks 34th 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 Central African Republic, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 0.4009 | — |
| 1996 | 0.484 | +20.7% |
| 1997 | 0.473 | -2.3% |
| 1998 | 0.5643 | +19.3% |
| 1999 | 0.6564 | +16.3% |
| 2000 | 0.6799 | +3.6% |
| 2001 | 0.4963 | -27.0% |
| 2002 | 0.5957 | +20.0% |
| 2003 | 0.4404 | -26.1% |
| 2004 | 0.4238 | -3.8% |
| 2005 | 0.44 | +3.8% |
| 2006 | 0.4261 | -3.2% |
| 2007 | 0.3495 | -18.0% |
| 2008 | 0.3415 | -2.3% |
| 2009 | 0.3695 | +8.2% |
| 2010 | 0.3317 | -10.2% |
| 2011 | 0.3389 | +2.2% |
Central African Republic compared with similar countries
- Central African Republic's 0.3389 is below the median for low income countries, which is 0.4395, 77% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Central African Republic's 0.3389 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.4301, 79% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.5157 | 0.4009 | 0.6564 | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.4563 | 0.3415 | 0.6799 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.3353 | 0.3317 | 0.3389 | 2 |
Countries ranked near Central African Republic
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Frequently asked questions
- What is export product concentration index in Central African Republic?
- Export product concentration index in Central African Republic was 0.3389 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 Central African Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6799 in 2000.
- What is the lowest export product concentration index recorded in Central African Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3317 in 2010.
- How does Central African Republic rank for export product concentration index?
- Central African Republic ranks 34th out of 53 countries with data for 2011.
- Is export product concentration index rising or falling in Central African Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is down 31.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Central African Republic 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.