Export product concentration index in Mauritania
Mauritania: Export product concentration index was 0.4819 in 2011. ▼ Falling
Export product concentration index in Mauritania, 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 Mauritania is 0.4819, measured in 2011.
That represents a change of down 4.1% on the previous year and down 4.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, export product concentration index in Mauritania peaked at 0.543 in 1997 and was at its lowest, 0.4528, in 2009.
Mauritania ranks 21st 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 Mauritania, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 0.53 | — |
| 1996 | 0.5187 | -2.1% |
| 1997 | 0.543 | +4.7% |
| 1998 | 0.5427 | -0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.5332 | -1.8% |
| 2000 | 0.4854 | -9.0% |
| 2001 | 0.5035 | +3.7% |
| 2002 | 0.5133 | +1.9% |
| 2003 | 0.4806 | -6.4% |
| 2004 | 0.532 | +10.7% |
| 2005 | 0.5403 | +1.6% |
| 2006 | 0.4747 | -12.1% |
| 2007 | 0.4795 | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 0.4699 | -2.0% |
| 2009 | 0.4528 | -3.6% |
| 2010 | 0.5024 | +11.0% |
| 2011 | 0.4819 | -4.1% |
Mauritania compared with similar countries
- Mauritania's 0.4819 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.301, 1.6× the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Mauritania's 0.4819 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 | 0.5335 | 0.5187 | 0.543 | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.4932 | 0.4528 | 0.5403 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.4922 | 0.4819 | 0.5024 | 2 |
Countries ranked near Mauritania
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Frequently asked questions
- What is export product concentration index in Mauritania?
- Export product concentration index in Mauritania was 0.4819 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 Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 0.543 in 1997.
- What is the lowest export product concentration index recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4528 in 2009.
- How does Mauritania rank for export product concentration index?
- Mauritania ranks 21st out of 53 countries with data for 2011.
- Is export product concentration index rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mauritania 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.