Export product concentration index in Niger
Niger: Export product concentration index was 0.388 in 2011. ▲ Rising
Export product concentration index in Niger, 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 Niger stood at 0.388.
The figure is up 3.2% on the previous year and up 29.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, export product concentration index in Niger peaked at 0.4967 in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.2867, in 1996.
That places Niger 29th out of 53 countries with data for 2011, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Export product concentration index in Niger, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 0.418 | — |
| 1996 | 0.2867 | -31.4% |
| 1997 | 0.3601 | +25.6% |
| 1998 | 0.3586 | -0.4% |
| 1999 | 0.3774 | +5.2% |
| 2000 | 0.4967 | +31.6% |
| 2001 | 0.2986 | -39.9% |
| 2002 | 0.3143 | +5.2% |
| 2003 | 0.3785 | +20.4% |
| 2004 | 0.3025 | -20.1% |
| 2005 | 0.3142 | +3.9% |
| 2006 | 0.3703 | +17.9% |
| 2007 | 0.4464 | +20.5% |
| 2008 | 0.3258 | -27.0% |
| 2009 | 0.4354 | +33.6% |
| 2010 | 0.376 | -13.6% |
| 2011 | 0.388 | +3.2% |
Niger compared with similar countries
- Niger's 0.388 is below the median for low income countries, which is 0.4395, 88% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Niger's 0.388 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.4301, 90% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.3602 | 0.2867 | 0.418 | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.3683 | 0.2986 | 0.4967 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.382 | 0.376 | 0.388 | 2 |
Countries ranked near Niger
- 26 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.4301 compare
- 27 Rwanda 0.422 compare
- 28 Ghana 0.4001 compare
- 30 Cote d'Ivoire 0.3821 compare
- 31 Cameroon 0.3797 compare
- 32 Mozambique 0.3675 compare
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- Commodity Export Price Index, Individual Commodites Weighted by Ratio 100.3 (2025)
- Commodity Export Price Index, Individual Commodites Weighted by Ratio 124.78 (2025)
- Commodity Import Price Index, Individual Commodites Weighted by Ratio 98.25 (2025)
- Commodity Import Price Index, Individual Commodites Weighted by Ratio 68.98 (2025)
- Imports of low carbon technology products, Percent of GDP 0.1443 (2024)
- Imports of low carbon technology products, US dollar (World), per 1.06 units per person (2024)
- Imports of low carbon technology products, US dollar (World), per 0.0015 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Exports of low carbon technology products, US dollar (World), gaps 8.24 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is export product concentration index in Niger?
- Export product concentration index in Niger was 0.388 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 Niger?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4967 in 2000.
- What is the lowest export product concentration index recorded in Niger?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2867 in 1996.
- How does Niger rank for export product concentration index?
- Niger ranks 29th out of 53 countries with data for 2011.
- Is export product concentration index rising or falling in Niger?
- Over the last ten years it is up 29.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Niger 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.