Export product concentration index in Tunisia
Tunisia: Export product concentration index was 0.1604 in 2011. ▼ Falling
Export product concentration index in Tunisia, 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 Tunisia is 0.1604, measured in 2011.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.0% on the previous year and down 20.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, export product concentration index in Tunisia peaked at 0.225 in 1996 and was at its lowest, 0.1562, in 2009.
That places Tunisia 52nd 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 | 0.2156 | 0.2101 | 0.225 | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.1847 | 0.1562 | 0.2066 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1612 | 0.1604 | 0.162 | 2 |
Countries ranked near Tunisia
More trade data for Tunisia
- Net long-term borrowing 0 BoP, current US$ (2011)
- Pesticides imports 50.73 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Lead time to export, median case 4 days (2018)
- Food imports excluding fish 1.72 billion FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Total agricultural imports 2.14 billion FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal imports 768.06 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal imports quantity 3.25 million FAO, tonnes (2010)
- Total agricultural exports 1.16 billion FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal exports 4.19 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal exports quantity 12,257 FAO, tonnes (2010)
Frequently asked questions
- What is export product concentration index in Tunisia?
- Export product concentration index in Tunisia was 0.1604 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 Tunisia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.225 in 1996.
- What is the lowest export product concentration index recorded in Tunisia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1562 in 2009.
- How does Tunisia rank for export product concentration index?
- Tunisia ranks 52nd out of 53 countries with data for 2011.
- Is export product concentration index rising or falling in Tunisia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Tunisia 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.