Export product concentration index in Ghana
Ghana: Export product concentration index was 0.4001 in 2011. ▲ Rising
Export product concentration index in Ghana, 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 Ghana stood at 0.4001.
That represents a change of down 17.9% on the previous year and up 27.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, export product concentration index in Ghana peaked at 0.4874 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.3141, in 2000.
Ghana ranks 28th of 53 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Export product concentration index in Ghana, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 0.3489 | — |
| 1996 | 0.3398 | -2.6% |
| 1997 | 0.3307 | -2.7% |
| 1998 | 0.3532 | +6.8% |
| 1999 | 0.3297 | -6.7% |
| 2000 | 0.3141 | -4.7% |
| 2001 | 0.315 | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 0.3925 | +24.6% |
| 2003 | 0.4331 | +10.3% |
| 2004 | 0.453 | +4.6% |
| 2005 | 0.3959 | -12.6% |
| 2006 | 0.4356 | +10.0% |
| 2007 | 0.4275 | -1.9% |
| 2008 | 0.4205 | -1.6% |
| 2009 | 0.4668 | +11.0% |
| 2010 | 0.4874 | +4.4% |
| 2011 | 0.4001 | -17.9% |
Ghana compared with similar countries
- Ghana's 0.4001 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.301, 1.3× the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Ghana's 0.4001 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.4301, 93% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.3405 | 0.3297 | 0.3532 | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.4054 | 0.3141 | 0.4668 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.4438 | 0.4001 | 0.4874 | 2 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
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Frequently asked questions
- What is export product concentration index in Ghana?
- Export product concentration index in Ghana was 0.4001 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 Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4874 in 2010.
- What is the lowest export product concentration index recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3141 in 2000.
- How does Ghana rank for export product concentration index?
- Ghana ranks 28th out of 53 countries with data for 2011.
- Is export product concentration index rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 27.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ghana 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.