Export product concentration index in Namibia
Namibia: Export product concentration index was 0.2228 in 2011. ▼ Falling
Export product concentration index in Namibia, 1995–2011
Source: UNCTAD Statistical Office, also reported in the UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics, various issues (http://unctadstat.unctad.org/).
Analysis
Namibia recorded 0.2228 for export product concentration index in 2011.
The figure is up 1.8% on the previous year and down 35.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, export product concentration index in Namibia peaked at 0.3442 in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.2188, in 2010.
Namibia ranks 44th of 53 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 17 years of available data.
Export product concentration index in Namibia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 0.2583 | — |
| 1996 | 0.2541 | -1.6% |
| 1997 | 0.2244 | -11.7% |
| 1998 | 0.2401 | +7.0% |
| 1999 | 0.2577 | +7.4% |
| 2000 | 0.3442 | +33.6% |
| 2001 | 0.3431 | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 0.3253 | -5.2% |
| 2003 | 0.2597 | -20.2% |
| 2004 | 0.2997 | +15.4% |
| 2005 | 0.3196 | +6.7% |
| 2006 | 0.3383 | +5.9% |
| 2007 | 0.257 | -24.0% |
| 2008 | 0.236 | -8.2% |
| 2009 | 0.2218 | -6.0% |
| 2010 | 0.2188 | -1.4% |
| 2011 | 0.2228 | +1.8% |
Namibia compared with similar countries
- Namibia's 0.2228 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.301, 74% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Namibia's 0.2228 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.4301, 52% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.2469 | 0.2244 | 0.2583 | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.2945 | 0.2218 | 0.3442 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.2208 | 0.2188 | 0.2228 | 2 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is export product concentration index in Namibia?
- Export product concentration index in Namibia was 0.2228 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 Namibia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3442 in 2000.
- What is the lowest export product concentration index recorded in Namibia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2188 in 2010.
- How does Namibia rank for export product concentration index?
- Namibia ranks 44th out of 53 countries with data for 2011.
- Is export product concentration index rising or falling in Namibia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 35.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Namibia 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.