Export product concentration index in Libya
Libya: Export product concentration index was 0.7931 in 2011. ▲ Rising
Export product concentration index in Libya, 1995–2011
Source: UNCTAD Statistical Office, also reported in the UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics, various issues (http://unctadstat.unctad.org/).
Analysis
Libya recorded 0.7931 for export product concentration index in 2011.
The figure is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, export product concentration index in Libya peaked at 0.8542 in 2008 and was at its lowest, 0.7485, in 1998.
That places Libya 6th out of 53 countries with data for 2011, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Export product concentration index in Libya, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 0.7528 | — |
| 1996 | 0.7755 | +3.0% |
| 1997 | 0.7565 | -2.5% |
| 1998 | 0.7485 | -1.0% |
| 1999 | 0.7618 | +1.8% |
| 2000 | 0.7777 | +2.1% |
| 2001 | 0.7997 | +2.8% |
| 2002 | 0.7892 | -1.3% |
| 2003 | 0.8114 | +2.8% |
| 2004 | 0.8344 | +2.8% |
| 2005 | 0.8329 | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 0.8469 | +1.7% |
| 2007 | 0.8383 | -1.0% |
| 2008 | 0.8542 | +1.9% |
| 2009 | 0.7574 | -11.3% |
| 2010 | 0.7945 | +4.9% |
| 2011 | 0.7931 | -0.2% |
Libya compared with similar countries
- Libya's 0.7931 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.6216, 1.3× the median. (8 countries reporting)
- Libya's 0.7931 is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.2047, 3.9× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.759 | 0.7485 | 0.7755 | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.8142 | 0.7574 | 0.8542 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.7938 | 0.7931 | 0.7945 | 2 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is export product concentration index in Libya?
- Export product concentration index in Libya was 0.7931 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 Libya?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8542 in 2008.
- What is the lowest export product concentration index recorded in Libya?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7485 in 1998.
- How does Libya rank for export product concentration index?
- Libya ranks 6th out of 53 countries with data for 2011.
- Is export product concentration index rising or falling in Libya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Libya 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.