Export product concentration index in Egypt
Egypt: Export product concentration index was 0.1448 in 2011. ▼ Falling
Export product concentration index in Egypt, 1995–2011
Source: UNCTAD Statistical Office, also reported in the UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics, various issues (http://unctadstat.unctad.org/).
Analysis
The most recent figure for export product concentration index in Egypt is 0.1448, measured in 2011.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 9.2% on the previous year and down 49.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, export product concentration index in Egypt peaked at 0.325 in 2006 and was at its lowest, 0.1247, in 2009.
That places Egypt 53rd out of 53 countries with data for 2011, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 17 years of available data.
Export product concentration index in Egypt, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 0.2427 | — |
| 1996 | 0.2977 | +22.6% |
| 1997 | 0.274 | -8.0% |
| 1998 | 0.2225 | -18.8% |
| 1999 | 0.2648 | +19.0% |
| 2000 | 0.3141 | +18.6% |
| 2001 | 0.2859 | -9.0% |
| 2002 | 0.2508 | -12.3% |
| 2003 | 0.3228 | +28.7% |
| 2004 | 0.3145 | -2.5% |
| 2005 | 0.318 | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 0.325 | +2.2% |
| 2007 | 0.3113 | -4.2% |
| 2008 | 0.2161 | -30.6% |
| 2009 | 0.1247 | -42.3% |
| 2010 | 0.1326 | +6.3% |
| 2011 | 0.1448 | +9.2% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 0.1448 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.301, 48% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 0.1448 is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.2047, 71% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.2603 | 0.2225 | 0.2977 | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.2783 | 0.1247 | 0.325 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1387 | 0.1326 | 0.1448 | 2 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
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Frequently asked questions
- What is export product concentration index in Egypt?
- Export product concentration index in Egypt was 0.1448 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 Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 0.325 in 2006.
- What is the lowest export product concentration index recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1247 in 2009.
- How does Egypt rank for export product concentration index?
- Egypt ranks 53rd out of 53 countries with data for 2011.
- Is export product concentration index rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is down 49.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Egypt 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.