Export product concentration index in Comoros
Comoros: Export product concentration index was 0.5139 in 2011. ▼ Falling
Export product concentration index in Comoros, 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 Comoros stood at 0.5139.
The figure is up 1.9% on the previous year and down 42.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, export product concentration index in Comoros peaked at 0.8897 in 2001 and was at its lowest, 0.3927, in 1996.
Comoros ranks 19th 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.507 | 0.3927 | 0.6176 | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.672 | 0.4609 | 0.8897 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.5092 | 0.5044 | 0.5139 | 2 |
Countries ranked near Comoros
- 16 Burundi 0.5367 compare
- 17 Burkina Faso 0.5248 compare
- 18 Seychelles 0.5233 compare
- 20 Somalia 0.4969 compare
- 21 Mauritania 0.4819 compare
- 22 Liberia 0.4748 compare
More trade data for Comoros
- Net long-term borrowing 0 BoP, current US$ (2011)
- Pesticides imports 72,500 FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Food imports excluding fish 69.52 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Total agricultural imports 74.48 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal imports 28.58 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal imports quantity 67,304 FAO, tonnes (2010)
- Total agricultural exports 12.39 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal exports 0 FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal exports quantity 0 FAO, tonnes (2010)
- Merchandise exports, WB 11.30 million current US$ (2009)
Frequently asked questions
- What is export product concentration index in Comoros?
- Export product concentration index in Comoros was 0.5139 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 Comoros?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8897 in 2001.
- What is the lowest export product concentration index recorded in Comoros?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3927 in 1996.
- How does Comoros rank for export product concentration index?
- Comoros ranks 19th out of 53 countries with data for 2011.
- Is export product concentration index rising or falling in Comoros?
- Over the last ten years it is down 42.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Comoros 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.