Export product concentration index in Sudan
Sudan: Export product concentration index was 0.7723 in 2011. ▲ Rising
Export product concentration index in Sudan, 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 Sudan stood at 0.7723.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 7.1% on the previous year and up 43.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, export product concentration index in Sudan peaked at 0.8724 in 2008 and was at its lowest, 0.2736, in 1998.
That places Sudan 9th out of 53 countries with data for 2011, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Export product concentration index in Sudan, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 0.3002 | — |
| 1996 | 0.2962 | -1.3% |
| 1997 | 0.2861 | -3.4% |
| 1998 | 0.2736 | -4.4% |
| 1999 | 0.3446 | +25.9% |
| 2000 | 0.4892 | +42.0% |
| 2001 | 0.5371 | +9.8% |
| 2002 | 0.4906 | -8.6% |
| 2003 | 0.4955 | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 0.5538 | +11.8% |
| 2005 | 0.6069 | +9.6% |
| 2006 | 0.6077 | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 0.6325 | +4.1% |
| 2008 | 0.8724 | +37.9% |
| 2009 | 0.7802 | -10.6% |
| 2010 | 0.721 | -7.6% |
| 2011 | 0.7723 | +7.1% |
Sudan compared with similar countries
- Sudan's 0.7723 is above the median for low income countries, which is 0.4395, 1.8× the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Sudan's 0.7723 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.4301, 1.8× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.3002 | 0.2736 | 0.3446 | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.6066 | 0.4892 | 0.8724 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.7466 | 0.721 | 0.7723 | 2 |
Countries ranked near Sudan
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Frequently asked questions
- What is export product concentration index in Sudan?
- Export product concentration index in Sudan was 0.7723 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 Sudan?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8724 in 2008.
- What is the lowest export product concentration index recorded in Sudan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2736 in 1998.
- How does Sudan rank for export product concentration index?
- Sudan ranks 9th out of 53 countries with data for 2011.
- Is export product concentration index rising or falling in Sudan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 43.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sudan 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.