Export product concentration index in Somalia
Somalia: Export product concentration index was 0.4969 in 2011. ▼ Falling
Export product concentration index in Somalia, 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 Somalia is 0.4969, measured in 2011.
The figure is down 1.4% on the previous year and up 51.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, export product concentration index in Somalia peaked at 0.7017 in 1995 and was at its lowest, 0.3285, in 2001.
Somalia ranks 20th 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.5602 | 0.3528 | 0.7017 | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.4543 | 0.3285 | 0.6523 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.5003 | 0.4969 | 0.5037 | 2 |
Countries ranked near Somalia
- 17 Burkina Faso 0.5248 compare
- 18 Seychelles 0.5233 compare
- 19 Comoros 0.5139 compare
- 21 Mauritania 0.4819 compare
- 22 Liberia 0.4748 compare
- 23 Cape Verde 0.469 compare
More trade data for Somalia
- Net long-term borrowing 0 BoP, current US$ (2011)
- Pesticides imports 1.35 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Food imports excluding fish 313.48 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Total agricultural imports 376.15 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal imports 122.56 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal imports quantity 362,697 FAO, tonnes (2010)
- Total agricultural exports 164.75 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal exports 3,000 FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal exports quantity 15 FAO, tonnes (2010)
- Agricultural tractors, imports 1.30 million FAO, current US$ (2006)
Frequently asked questions
- What is export product concentration index in Somalia?
- Export product concentration index in Somalia was 0.4969 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 Somalia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7017 in 1995.
- What is the lowest export product concentration index recorded in Somalia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3285 in 2001.
- How does Somalia rank for export product concentration index?
- Somalia ranks 20th out of 53 countries with data for 2011.
- Is export product concentration index rising or falling in Somalia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 51.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Somalia 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.