Export product concentration index in Mauritius

Mauritius: Export product concentration index was 0.2463 in 2011. ▼ Falling

Latest (2011)
0.2463
Change on year
down 1.0%
World rank
39th
of 53 countries
All-time high
0.3875
in 1996
All-time low
0.2463
in 2011
Years of data
17
1995–2011

Export product concentration index in Mauritius, 1995–2011

00.10.20.30.41995200320111995: 0.3581996: 0.3881997: 0.371998: 0.3631999: 0.3622000: 0.3652001: 0.3442002: 0.3222003: 0.3262004: 0.3152005: 0.282006: 0.2642007: 0.2622008: 0.2492009: 0.262010: 0.2492011: 0.246

Source: UNCTAD Statistical Office, also reported in the UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics, various issues (http://unctadstat.unctad.org/).

Analysis

Mauritius recorded 0.2463 for export product concentration index in 2011. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.

The figure is down 1.0% on the previous year and down 28.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, export product concentration index in Mauritius peaked at 0.3875 in 1996 and was at its lowest, 0.2463, in 2011.

That places Mauritius 39th out of 53 countries with data for 2011, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 17 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.368 0.3579 0.3875 5
2000s 0.2986 0.2486 0.3645 10
2010s 0.2475 0.2463 0.2487 2

Countries ranked near Mauritius

  1. 36 Benin 0.2757 compare
  2. 37 Sierra Leone 0.2743 compare
  3. 38 Gambia 0.2715 compare
  4. 40 Eswatini 0.2435 compare
  5. 41 Djibouti 0.2404 compare
  6. 42 Togo 0.235 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is export product concentration index in Mauritius?
Export product concentration index in Mauritius was 0.2463 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 Mauritius?
The highest recorded value was 0.3875 in 1996.
What is the lowest export product concentration index recorded in Mauritius?
The lowest recorded value was 0.2463 in 2011.
How does Mauritius rank for export product concentration index?
Mauritius ranks 39th out of 53 countries with data for 2011.
Is export product concentration index rising or falling in Mauritius?
Over the last ten years it is down 28.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Mauritius 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

Indicator
Export product concentration index
Source
UNCTAD Statistical Office, also reported in the UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics, various issues (http://unctadstat.unctad.org/)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
55 places, 935 data points, 1995–2011
Last refreshed

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.