Export product concentration index in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Export product concentration index was 0.3612 in 2011. ▼ Falling
Export product concentration index in Ethiopia, 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 Ethiopia stood at 0.3612.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.8% on the previous year and up 7.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, export product concentration index in Ethiopia peaked at 0.6485 in 1998 and was at its lowest, 0.3326, in 2009.
Ethiopia ranks 33rd 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 | 0.6048 | 0.5741 | 0.6485 | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.3827 | 0.3326 | 0.5038 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.3545 | 0.3479 | 0.3612 | 2 |
Countries ranked near Ethiopia
- 30 Cote d'Ivoire 0.3821 compare
- 31 Cameroon 0.3797 compare
- 32 Mozambique 0.3675 compare
- 34 Central African Republic 0.3389 compare
- 35 Lesotho 0.3263 compare
- 36 Benin 0.2757 compare
More trade data for Ethiopia
- Net long-term borrowing 0 BoP, current US$ (2011)
- Pesticides imports 36.08 million FAO, current US$ (2011)
- Food imports excluding fish 1.17 billion FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Total agricultural imports 1.23 billion FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal imports 638.65 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal imports quantity 2.13 million FAO, tonnes (2010)
- Total agricultural exports 1.79 billion FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal exports 17.51 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal exports quantity 59,209 FAO, tonnes (2010)
- Merchandise exports, WB 87.12 million current US$ (2011)
Frequently asked questions
- What is export product concentration index in Ethiopia?
- Export product concentration index in Ethiopia was 0.3612 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 Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6485 in 1998.
- What is the lowest export product concentration index recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3326 in 2009.
- How does Ethiopia rank for export product concentration index?
- Ethiopia ranks 33rd out of 53 countries with data for 2011.
- Is export product concentration index rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ethiopia 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.