Export product concentration index in Rwanda
Rwanda: Export product concentration index was 0.422 in 2011. ▼ Falling
Export product concentration index in Rwanda, 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 Rwanda stood at 0.422.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 14.7% on the previous year and down 13.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, export product concentration index in Rwanda peaked at 0.7501 in 1996 and was at its lowest, 0.368, in 2010.
That places Rwanda 27th 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
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.5646 | 0.4619 | 0.7501 | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.488 | 0.405 | 0.6904 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.395 | 0.368 | 0.422 | 2 |
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More trade data for Rwanda
- Net long-term borrowing 0 BoP, current US$ (2011)
- Pesticides imports 7.06 million FAO, current US$ (2011)
- Food imports excluding fish 157.91 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Total agricultural imports 179.84 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal imports 50.04 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal imports quantity 231,784 FAO, tonnes (2010)
- Total agricultural exports 110.44 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal exports 324,000 FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal exports quantity 2,059 FAO, tonnes (2010)
- Merchandise exports, WB 464.24 million current US$ (2011)
Frequently asked questions
- What is export product concentration index in Rwanda?
- Export product concentration index in Rwanda was 0.422 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 Rwanda?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7501 in 1996.
- What is the lowest export product concentration index recorded in Rwanda?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.368 in 2010.
- How does Rwanda rank for export product concentration index?
- Rwanda ranks 27th out of 53 countries with data for 2011.
- Is export product concentration index rising or falling in Rwanda?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Rwanda 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.