Export product concentration index in Liberia
Liberia: Export product concentration index was 0.4748 in 2011. ▼ Falling
Export product concentration index in Liberia, 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 Liberia stood at 0.4748.
That represents a change of up 16.9% on the previous year and down 39.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, export product concentration index in Liberia peaked at 0.8384 in 2005 and was at its lowest, 0.4061, in 2010.
Liberia ranks 22nd 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.
Export product concentration index in Liberia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 0.8042 | — |
| 1996 | 0.6314 | -21.5% |
| 1997 | 0.657 | +4.0% |
| 1998 | 0.681 | +3.7% |
| 1999 | 0.5222 | -23.3% |
| 2000 | 0.5649 | +8.2% |
| 2001 | 0.7785 | +37.8% |
| 2002 | 0.5406 | -30.6% |
| 2003 | 0.6922 | +28.0% |
| 2004 | 0.7595 | +9.7% |
| 2005 | 0.8384 | +10.4% |
| 2006 | 0.688 | -17.9% |
| 2007 | 0.6524 | -5.2% |
| 2008 | 0.4995 | -23.4% |
| 2009 | 0.6863 | +37.4% |
| 2010 | 0.4061 | -40.8% |
| 2011 | 0.4748 | +16.9% |
Liberia compared with similar countries
- Liberia's 0.4748 is above the median for low income countries, which is 0.4395, 1.1× the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Liberia's 0.4748 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.4301, 1.1× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.6592 | 0.5222 | 0.8042 | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.67 | 0.4995 | 0.8384 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.4404 | 0.4061 | 0.4748 | 2 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is export product concentration index in Liberia?
- Export product concentration index in Liberia was 0.4748 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 Liberia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8384 in 2005.
- What is the lowest export product concentration index recorded in Liberia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4061 in 2010.
- How does Liberia rank for export product concentration index?
- Liberia ranks 22nd out of 53 countries with data for 2011.
- Is export product concentration index rising or falling in Liberia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 39.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Liberia 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.