Export product concentration index in Lesotho
Lesotho: Export product concentration index was 0.3263 in 2011. ▲ Rising
Export product concentration index in Lesotho, 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 Lesotho stood at 0.3263.
The figure is down 1.2% on the previous year and up 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, export product concentration index in Lesotho peaked at 0.4434 in 2003 and was at its lowest, 0.2617, in 1996.
That places Lesotho 35th out of 53 countries with data for 2011, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.2728 | 0.2617 | 0.3005 | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.3926 | 0.3075 | 0.4434 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.3282 | 0.3263 | 0.3301 | 2 |
Countries ranked near Lesotho
- 32 Mozambique 0.3675 compare
- 33 Ethiopia 0.3612 compare
- 34 Central African Republic 0.3389 compare
- 36 Benin 0.2757 compare
- 37 Sierra Leone 0.2743 compare
- 38 Gambia 0.2715 compare
More trade data for Lesotho
- Net long-term borrowing 0 BoP, current US$ (2011)
- Pesticides imports 748,000 FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Food imports excluding fish 126.03 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Total agricultural imports 155.88 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal imports 45.20 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal imports quantity 255,968 FAO, tonnes (2010)
- Total agricultural exports 1.59 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal exports 2,000 FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal exports quantity 69 FAO, tonnes (2010)
- Merchandise exports, WB 1.10 billion current US$ (2011)
Frequently asked questions
- What is export product concentration index in Lesotho?
- Export product concentration index in Lesotho was 0.3263 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 Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4434 in 2003.
- What is the lowest export product concentration index recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2617 in 1996.
- How does Lesotho rank for export product concentration index?
- Lesotho ranks 35th out of 53 countries with data for 2011.
- Is export product concentration index rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Lesotho 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.