Export product diversification index in Seychelles
Seychelles: Export product diversification index was 0.8381 in 2011. ▲ Rising
Export product diversification index in Seychelles, 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 diversification index in Seychelles stood at 0.8381. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
The figure is up 3.9% on the previous year and up 3.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, export product diversification index in Seychelles peaked at 0.8381 in 2011 and was at its lowest, 0.6944, in 1995.
That places Seychelles 5th out of 53 countries with data for 2011, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Export product diversification index in Seychelles, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 0.6944 | — |
| 1996 | 0.7238 | +4.2% |
| 1997 | 0.7772 | +7.4% |
| 1998 | 0.7501 | -3.5% |
| 1999 | 0.7855 | +4.7% |
| 2000 | 0.8034 | +2.3% |
| 2001 | 0.8123 | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 0.8367 | +3.0% |
| 2003 | 0.8242 | -1.5% |
| 2004 | 0.7664 | -7.0% |
| 2005 | 0.8298 | +8.3% |
| 2006 | 0.8326 | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 0.7825 | -6.0% |
| 2008 | 0.741 | -5.3% |
| 2009 | 0.8367 | +12.9% |
| 2010 | 0.8065 | -3.6% |
| 2011 | 0.8381 | +3.9% |
Seychelles compared with similar countries
- Seychelles's 0.8381 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.7577, 1.1× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.7462 | 0.6944 | 0.7855 | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.8066 | 0.741 | 0.8367 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8223 | 0.8065 | 0.8381 | 2 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is export product diversification index in Seychelles?
- Export product diversification index in Seychelles was 0.8381 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 diversification index recorded in Seychelles?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8381 in 2011.
- What is the lowest export product diversification index recorded in Seychelles?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6944 in 1995.
- How does Seychelles rank for export product diversification index?
- Seychelles ranks 5th out of 53 countries with data for 2011.
- Is export product diversification index rising or falling in Seychelles?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Seychelles 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 diversification index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The diversification index signals whether the structure of exports by product of a given country or group of countries differ from the structure of product of the world. Diversification index is computed by measuring absolute deviation of the country share from world structure. Diversification index that ranges from 0 to 1 reveals the extent of the differences between the structure of trade of the country or country group and the world average. The index value closer to 1 indicates a bigger difference from the world average. It is constructed as the inverse of a Herfindahl index, using disaggregated exports at 4 digits (following the STIC3).