Export product concentration index in Democratic Republic of Congo
Democratic Republic of Congo: Export product concentration index was 0.4301 in 2011. ▼ Falling
Export product concentration index in Democratic Republic of Congo, 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 Democratic Republic of Congo stood at 0.4301.
The figure is up 11.7% on the previous year and down 27.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, export product concentration index in Democratic Republic of Congo peaked at 0.6988 in 1999 and was at its lowest, 0.3169, in 2007.
Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 26th 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 | 0.5653 | 0.516 | 0.6988 | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.4588 | 0.3169 | 0.6708 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.4076 | 0.3851 | 0.4301 | 2 |
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More trade data for Democratic Republic of Congo
- Net long-term borrowing 0 BoP, current US$ (2011)
- Pesticides imports 3.60 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Food imports excluding fish 875.75 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Total agricultural imports 1.00 billion FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal imports 199.01 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal imports quantity 643,448 FAO, tonnes (2010)
- Total agricultural exports 75.12 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal exports 154,000 FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal exports quantity 594 FAO, tonnes (2010)
- Merchandise exports, WB 10.93 billion current US$ (2011)
Frequently asked questions
- What is export product concentration index in Democratic Republic of Congo?
- Export product concentration index in Democratic Republic of Congo was 0.4301 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 Democratic Republic of Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6988 in 1999.
- What is the lowest export product concentration index recorded in Democratic Republic of Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3169 in 2007.
- How does Democratic Republic of Congo rank for export product concentration index?
- Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 26th out of 53 countries with data for 2011.
- Is export product concentration index rising or falling in Democratic Republic of Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is down 27.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Democratic Republic of Congo 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.