Export product diversification index in Sub-Saharan Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa: Export product diversification index was 0.5929 in 2011. ▲ Rising
Export product diversification index in Sub-Saharan Africa, 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 diversification index in Sub-Saharan Africa is 0.5929, measured in 2011.
The figure is up 1.3% on the previous year and down 0.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, export product diversification index in Sub-Saharan Africa peaked at 0.6112 in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.5096, in 1998.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.5299 | 0.5096 | 0.5554 | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.6007 | 0.5883 | 0.6112 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.589 | 0.5851 | 0.5929 | 2 |
Countries ranked near Sub-Saharan Africa
More trade data for Sub-Saharan Africa
- Net long-term borrowing -262.73 million BoP, current US$ (2011)
- Pesticides imports 843.91 million FAO, current US$ (2011)
- Lead time to export, median case 9.32 days (2018)
- Food imports excluding fish 28.97 billion FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Total agricultural imports 35.79 billion FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal imports 9.81 billion FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal imports quantity 29.80 million FAO, tonnes (2010)
- Total agricultural exports 29.52 billion FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal exports 865.33 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal exports quantity 3.12 million FAO, tonnes (2010)
Frequently asked questions
- What is export product diversification index in Sub-Saharan Africa?
- Export product diversification index in Sub-Saharan Africa was 0.5929 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 Sub-Saharan Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6112 in 2000.
- What is the lowest export product diversification index recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5096 in 1998.
- How does Sub-Saharan Africa rank for export product diversification index?
- Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 2nd out of 2 groups with data for 2011.
- Is export product diversification index rising or falling in Sub-Saharan Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sub-Saharan Africa 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).