Export product concentration index in Gabon
Gabon: Export product concentration index was 0.7502 in 2011. ▬ Flat
Export product concentration index in Gabon, 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 Gabon is 0.7502, measured in 2011.
That represents a change of up 3.3% on the previous year and down 0.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, export product concentration index in Gabon peaked at 0.8069 in 1995 and was at its lowest, 0.6417, in 1999.
That places Gabon 10th out of 53 countries with data for 2011, putting it in the top quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.741 | 0.6417 | 0.8069 | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.7384 | 0.7185 | 0.7695 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.7381 | 0.726 | 0.7502 | 2 |
Countries ranked near Gabon
More trade data for Gabon
- Net long-term borrowing 0 BoP, current US$ (2011)
- Pesticides imports 3.22 million FAO, current US$ (2009)
- Food imports excluding fish 379.96 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Total agricultural imports 456.51 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal imports 65.90 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal imports quantity 145,273 FAO, tonnes (2010)
- Total agricultural exports 48.95 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal exports 0 FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal exports quantity 0 FAO, tonnes (2010)
- Merchandise exports, WB 10.02 billion current US$ (2011)
Frequently asked questions
- What is export product concentration index in Gabon?
- Export product concentration index in Gabon was 0.7502 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 Gabon?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8069 in 1995.
- What is the lowest export product concentration index recorded in Gabon?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6417 in 1999.
- How does Gabon rank for export product concentration index?
- Gabon ranks 10th out of 53 countries with data for 2011.
- Is export product concentration index rising or falling in Gabon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Gabon 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.