Import product concentration index in Algeria
Algeria: Import product concentration index was 0.0833 in 2011. ▲ Rising
Import product concentration index in Algeria, 1995–2011
Source: UNCTAD Statistical Office, also reported in the UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics, various issues (http://unctadstat.unctad.org/).
Analysis
In 2011, import product concentration index in Algeria stood at 0.0833.
That represents a change of down 4.8% on the previous year and down 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, import product concentration index in Algeria peaked at 0.1095 in 2008 and was at its lowest, 0.0761, in 1996.
That places Algeria 44th out of 53 countries with data for 2011, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0837 | 0.0761 | 0.0893 | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.0903 | 0.0806 | 0.1095 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0853 | 0.0833 | 0.0874 | 2 |
Countries ranked near Algeria
More trade data for Algeria
- Net long-term borrowing 136.38 million BoP, current US$ (2011)
- Pesticides imports 81.69 million FAO, current US$ (2011)
- Food imports excluding fish 5.28 billion FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Total agricultural imports 6.22 billion FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal imports 1.81 billion FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal imports quantity 7.93 million FAO, tonnes (2010)
- Total agricultural exports 124.60 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal exports 3.33 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal exports quantity 8,357 FAO, tonnes (2010)
- Merchandise exports, WB 54.74 billion current US$ (2011)
Frequently asked questions
- What is import product concentration index in Algeria?
- Import product concentration index in Algeria was 0.0833 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 import product concentration index recorded in Algeria?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1095 in 2008.
- What is the lowest import product concentration index recorded in Algeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0761 in 1996.
- How does Algeria rank for import product concentration index?
- Algeria ranks 44th out of 53 countries with data for 2011.
- Is import product concentration index rising or falling in Algeria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Algeria 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 Import 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 import 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 imports are concentrated in fewer sectors. On the contrary, values closer to 0 reflect a more equal distribution of market shares among importers. 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 importers look more concentrated.