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Extensive Margin, Theil index by country

Covers 200 countries with data from 1962 to 2014. It has three main indicators: the Export Diversification Index, which can be disaggregated into sub-indices covering the Extensive Margin and the Intensive Margin. As these are Theil indices, higher values for all three correspond to lower export diversification.

Countries reporting
189
Highest
2.37
Gabon
Lowest
-0.0411
Jordan
Median
0.1331
Years covered
53
1962–2014
Data points
10,017

What the numbers show

Extensive Margin, Theil index is currently reported for 189 countries. The highest value is 2.37 in Gabon; the lowest is -0.0411 in Jordan.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.1331, and the mean is 0.3339.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 58.

Over the past decade 62 countries rose and 119 fell. The largest increase was in Singapore (up 1,577.1%), and the largest decrease in Bahrain (down 2,516.7%).

Extensive Margin, Theil index: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Gabon 2.37 2014 up 5.5% flat
2 Central African Republic 2.2 2014 down 5.0% falling
3 Liberia 2.16 2014 down 5.5% falling
4 Kuwait 2.03 2014 up 18.9% falling
5 Iraq 2 2014 up 3.2% flat
6 Sierra Leone 1.96 2014 up 135.4% falling
7 Haiti 1.93 2014 up 20.4% rising
8 Oman 1.82 2014 down 28.4% falling
9 Saudi Arabia 1.75 2014 up 1.0% falling
10 Guyana 1.68 2014 up 1.0% falling
11 Comoros 1.59 2014 down 29.1% volatile
12 Somalia 1.43 2014 down 13.8% falling
13 Congo 1.3 2014 up 11.1% rising
14 Ecuador 1.22 2014 up 1.2% falling
15 Jamaica 1.15 2014 down 5.5% falling
16 Venezuela 1.1 2014 up 41.6% falling
17 Afghanistan 1.05 2014 down 14.2% falling
18 Malta 0.9539 2014 up 5.4% rising
19 Libya 0.9506 2014 down 32.2% falling
20 Bhutan 0.8505 2014 — volatile
21 Burundi 0.8435 2014 down 40.7% falling
22 Marshall Islands 0.8319 2014 — volatile
23 Benin 0.7882 2014 down 12.7% volatile
24 Nigeria 0.7767 2014 down 0.5% flat
25 Iran 0.7753 2014 down 20.5% falling
26 Chile 0.7681 2014 up 5.7% falling
27 Barbados 0.7512 2014 up 437.1% volatile
28 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.7024 2014 down 12.7% falling
29 Cote d'Ivoire 0.6888 2014 up 3.6% falling
30 Senegal 0.6776 2014 up 34.4% falling
31 Pakistan 0.6437 2014 up 6.9% falling
32 Mali 0.642 2014 down 63.9% falling
33 Burkina Faso 0.6023 2014 down 49.3% falling
34 Algeria 0.5595 2014 down 1.7% flat
35 Kiribati 0.5489 2014 up 45.6% volatile
36 Philippines 0.5187 2014 down 5.3% falling
37 New Zealand 0.5112 2014 down 3.8% falling
38 Peru 0.4954 2014 down 17.2% falling
39 Myanmar 0.483 2014 up 231.7% volatile
40 Colombia 0.4711 2014 up 124.6% falling
41 Angola 0.4551 2014 down 6.0% flat
42 Suriname 0.4455 2014 up 1,454.1% volatile
43 Greece 0.4238 2014 up 5.7% falling
44 Uganda 0.4238 2014 down 1.8% volatile
45 Indonesia 0.4018 2014 up 40.5% volatile
46 Brunei 0.3999 2014 — volatile
47 Israel 0.399 2014 down 1.1% falling
48 Equatorial Guinea 0.39 2014 up 2.9% volatile
49 Anguilla 0.3763 2014 up 3.8% volatile
50 Togo 0.3661 2014 up 43.3% falling
51 Bahamas 0.3655 2014 down 68.7% volatile
52 Guinea 0.3338 2014 down 65.3% falling
53 Argentina 0.329 2014 up 11.4% falling
54 Bulgaria 0.3244 2014 up 50.9% volatile
55 Egypt 0.3177 2014 up 46.4% volatile
56 Panama 0.3171 2014 down 53.9% falling
57 Eritrea 0.3065 2014 up 6.6% volatile
58 Madagascar 0.3048 2014 down 65.4% falling
59 Brazil 0.2959 2014 up 16.2% falling
60 Lebanon 0.2923 2014 down 11.8% falling
61 Montserrat 0.2893 2014 down 1.9% volatile
62 Tunisia 0.2884 2014 down 46.4% falling
63 Finland 0.2864 2014 down 11.2% falling
64 Grenada 0.2808 2014 down 2.1% volatile
65 Mexico 0.2743 2014 up 1.8% falling
66 Hungary 0.2727 2014 up 14.3% falling
67 Saint Lucia 0.2702 2014 down 5.1% volatile
68 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.2515 2014 up 1.8% volatile
69 Maldives 0.2515 2014 down 9.9% volatile
70 Sri Lanka 0.243 2014 down 21.0% volatile
71 Cape Verde 0.2358 2014 down 0.2% volatile
72 Hong Kong 0.2321 2014 up 6.5% falling
73 Paraguay 0.2234 2014 up 318.4% volatile
74 Lesotho 0.2132 2014 down 1.8% volatile
75 Poland 0.2101 2014 down 16.9% falling
76 South Africa 0.2093 2014 up 82.8% volatile
77 South Sudan 0.2059 2014 — volatile
78 Guatemala 0.1952 2014 up 33.3% volatile
79 South Korea 0.1911 2014 up 84.4% volatile
80 Morocco 0.1804 2014 down 35.2% falling
81 Portugal 0.1752 2014 up 0.6% falling
82 Norway 0.1699 2014 down 2.9% flat
83 India 0.165 2014 up 7.8% falling
84 Romania 0.1547 2014 down 13.5% volatile
85 Singapore 0.1545 2014 up 1,577.1% volatile
86 Armenia 0.1518 2014 down 12.7% volatile
87 Guinea-Bissau 0.1455 2014 down 49.7% volatile
88 Kenya 0.1454 2014 down 35.6% volatile
89 Ethiopia 0.1443 2014 down 15.0% volatile
90 Dominica 0.1443 2014 down 13.3% volatile
91 Aruba 0.1425 2014 down 28.5% volatile
92 Iceland 0.1393 2014 down 79.2% falling
93 Papua New Guinea 0.1387 2014 down 79.7% volatile
94 Turkey 0.1348 2014 up 16.0% volatile
95 Qatar 0.1331 2014 down 80.4% volatile
96 Spain 0.1323 2014 up 6.5% falling
97 Austria 0.1274 2014 up 1.7% flat
98 Mongolia 0.1249 2014 down 6.8% volatile
99 Thailand 0.12 2014 up 31.0% volatile
100 Antigua and Barbuda 0.1188 2014 down 7.7% volatile
101 Vanuatu 0.1175 2014 down 77.9% volatile
102 China 0.1167 2014 up 18.7% volatile
103 Belize 0.1116 2014 down 20.3% volatile
104 Kyrgyzstan 0.1098 2014 down 15.2% volatile
105 Moldova 0.1045 2014 down 12.0% volatile
106 Azerbaijan 0.1027 2014 down 24.8% volatile
107 Malawi 0.0992 2014 down 12.4% volatile
108 Laos 0.0981 2014 down 13.5% volatile
109 Ireland 0.098 2014 down 15.1% volatile
110 Cyprus 0.0881 2014 up 61.4% volatile
111 Botswana 0.0869 2014 down 48.9% volatile
112 Mauritania 0.0868 2014 down 20.6% volatile
113 Georgia 0.0851 2014 down 16.7% volatile
114 Japan 0.0846 2014 up 1.0% flat
115 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.0816 2014 down 8.7% volatile
116 Canada 0.0798 2014 up 19.3% falling
117 Dominican Republic 0.0788 2014 down 62.9% volatile
118 Andorra 0.0764 2014 down 11.5% volatile
118 North Macedonia 0.0764 2014 down 11.3% volatile
120 Denmark 0.0752 2014 up 5.6% flat
121 Belarus 0.073 2014 down 4.5% volatile
122 Mauritius 0.0725 2014 up 356.0% volatile
123 Switzerland 0.0687 2014 up 3.8% flat
124 Ghana 0.0682 2014 down 90.3% falling
125 Kazakhstan 0.0644 2014 down 9.3% volatile
126 Syria 0.0617 2014 down 92.5% falling
127 Fiji 0.0604 2014 up 195.6% volatile
128 Bangladesh 0.0593 2014 down 20.6% volatile
129 Gambia 0.0584 2014 down 15.7% volatile
129 Chad 0.0584 2014 up 114.7% volatile
131 Latvia 0.0576 2014 down 30.3% volatile
131 Namibia 0.0576 2014 down 29.2% volatile
133 Sweden 0.0573 2014 down 0.2% flat
134 Estonia 0.0542 2014 down 15.9% volatile
134 Luxembourg 0.0542 2014 down 11.1% volatile
136 Australia 0.0519 2014 down 54.0% falling
137 Croatia 0.0492 2014 down 21.4% volatile
138 Italy 0.0477 2014 down 0.2% flat
139 Honduras 0.0461 2014 up 195.5% volatile
140 Lithuania 0.0458 2014 down 20.1% volatile
141 Costa Rica 0.0437 2014 up 473.5% volatile
142 Cambodia 0.0433 2014 down 74.9% volatile
143 Cameroon 0.0403 2014 down 36.4% volatile
144 Belgium 0.0392 2014 unchanged volatile
145 Czechia 0.0358 2014 unchanged volatile
146 Uruguay 0.0346 2014 down 91.1% volatile
147 Yemen 0.0328 2014 down 23.9% volatile
148 Albania 0.0312 2014 down 37.0% volatile
149 Mozambique 0.0287 2014 down 62.4% volatile
150 Tonga 0.0283 2014 down 42.9% volatile
151 Turkmenistan 0.0276 2014 down 26.4% volatile
152 Rwanda 0.0262 2014 down 44.3% volatile
153 Netherlands 0.0223 2014 up 7.7% falling
154 Niger 0.0194 2014 down 9.3% volatile
155 Nicaragua 0.0183 2014 down 32.7% volatile
156 United Kingdom 0.016 2014 unchanged flat
157 Djibouti 0.0155 2014 down 13.9% volatile
158 Solomon Islands 0.0148 2014 down 34.2% volatile
159 Macao 0.0145 2014 down 99.2% falling
160 United Arab Emirates 0.0129 2014 down 27.1% volatile
161 Seychelles 0.0115 2014 down 67.7% volatile
162 France 0.0113 2014 up 189.7% falling
163 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0112 2014 up 54.1% volatile
164 Eswatini 0.0107 2014 down 69.7% volatile
165 Germany 0.0096 2014 down 0.1% flat
166 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0081 2014 down 63.4% volatile
167 Samoa 0.0072 2014 down 76.1% volatile
168 United States 0.0064 2014 unchanged flat
169 Tajikistan 0.0059 2014 down 72.6% volatile
170 Tuvalu 0.0051 2014 down 0.0% volatile
171 Uzbekistan 0.0036 2014 down 66.8% volatile
172 Nepal 0.0036 2014 down 82.0% volatile
173 Zambia 0.0033 2014 down 84.5% volatile
174 Tanzania 0.0033 2014 up 108.4% volatile
175 Malaysia 0.0032 2014 down 49.9% volatile
176 Slovenia 0.0017 2014 down 50.0% volatile
177 Bolivia 0.0015 2014 down 89.9% volatile
178 Russia 0 2014 down 100.0% volatile
178 Sudan 0 2014 down 100.0% volatile
178 Slovakia 0 2014 down 100.0% volatile
178 Ukraine 0 2014 down 100.0% volatile
178 Vietnam 0 2014 down 100.0% volatile
178 Zimbabwe 0 2014 down 100.0% volatile
178 Netherlands Antilles 0 2014 down 100.0% falling
178 Serbia and Montenegro 0 2014 down 100.0% volatile
186 El Salvador -0.0065 2014 up 58.1% volatile
187 Trinidad and Tobago -0.0152 2014 up 25.5% volatile
188 Bahrain -0.0314 2014 down 2,516.7% volatile
189 Jordan -0.0411 2014 down 25.7% volatile

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Indicator
Extensive Margin, Theil index
Source
International Monetary Fund
Licence
IMF Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
189 places, 10,017 data points, 1962–2014
Last refreshed

Covers 200 countries with data from 1962 to 2014. It has three main indicators: the Export Diversification Index, which can be disaggregated into sub-indices covering the Extensive Margin and the Intensive Margin. As these are Theil indices, higher values for all three correspond to lower export diversification.