Export product concentration index in Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea: Export product concentration index was 0.7054 in 2011. ▲ Rising
Export product concentration index in Equatorial Guinea, 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 Equatorial Guinea is 0.7054, measured in 2011.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 6.1% on the previous year and down 17.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, export product concentration index in Equatorial Guinea peaked at 0.9266 in 2004 and was at its lowest, 0.4864, in 1996.
That places Equatorial Guinea 11th out of 53 countries with data for 2011, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.6083 | 0.4864 | 0.6937 | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.8518 | 0.7297 | 0.9266 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.7282 | 0.7054 | 0.751 | 2 |
Countries ranked near Equatorial Guinea
More trade data for Equatorial Guinea
- Net long-term borrowing 0 BoP, current US$ (2011)
- Food imports excluding fish 61.25 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Total agricultural imports 136.83 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal imports 11.43 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal imports quantity 29,336 FAO, tonnes (2010)
- Total agricultural exports 2.32 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Merchandise exports, WB 9.78 billion current US$ (2010)
- Other long-term inflows, net 0 BoP, current US$ (1999)
- Other capital flows, net 278.73 million BoP, current US$ (1999)
- Manufactures exports 0 current US$ (2003)
Frequently asked questions
- What is export product concentration index in Equatorial Guinea?
- Export product concentration index in Equatorial Guinea was 0.7054 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 Equatorial Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9266 in 2004.
- What is the lowest export product concentration index recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4864 in 1996.
- How does Equatorial Guinea rank for export product concentration index?
- Equatorial Guinea ranks 11th out of 53 countries with data for 2011.
- Is export product concentration index rising or falling in Equatorial Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Equatorial Guinea 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.