Export product concentration index in Togo
Togo: Export product concentration index was 0.235 in 2011. ▼ Falling
Export product concentration index in Togo, 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 Togo stood at 0.235.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.0% on the previous year and down 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, export product concentration index in Togo peaked at 0.3969 in 1998 and was at its lowest, 0.2109, in 2005.
That places Togo 42nd out of 53 countries with data for 2011, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 17 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.36 | 0.304 | 0.3969 | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.2369 | 0.2109 | 0.2849 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.2305 | 0.226 | 0.235 | 2 |
Countries ranked near Togo
More trade data for Togo
- Net long-term borrowing 0 BoP, current US$ (2011)
- Pesticides imports 5.03 million FAO, current US$ (2011)
- Food imports excluding fish 204.94 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Total agricultural imports 228.75 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal imports 26.77 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal imports quantity 128,238 FAO, tonnes (2010)
- Total agricultural exports 279.20 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal exports 7.75 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal exports quantity 29,352 FAO, tonnes (2010)
- Merchandise exports, WB 855.33 million current US$ (2011)
Frequently asked questions
- What is export product concentration index in Togo?
- Export product concentration index in Togo was 0.235 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 Togo?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3969 in 1998.
- What is the lowest export product concentration index recorded in Togo?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2109 in 2005.
- How does Togo rank for export product concentration index?
- Togo ranks 42nd out of 53 countries with data for 2011.
- Is export product concentration index rising or falling in Togo?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Togo 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.