Import product concentration index in Benin
Benin: Import product concentration index was 0.202 in 2011. ▲ Rising
Import product concentration index in Benin, 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 Benin stood at 0.202. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
That represents a change of up 9.8% on the previous year and up 53.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, import product concentration index in Benin peaked at 0.202 in 2011 and was at its lowest, 0.1095, in 1999.
That places Benin 10th out of 53 countries with data for 2011, putting it in the top 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 | 0.1328 | 0.1095 | 0.1664 | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.1448 | 0.1194 | 0.1901 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1929 | 0.1839 | 0.202 | 2 |
Countries ranked near Benin
More trade data for Benin
- Net long-term borrowing 0 BoP, current US$ (2011)
- Pesticides imports 1.95 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Food imports excluding fish 420.92 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Total agricultural imports 459.88 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal imports 92.06 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal imports quantity 649,054 FAO, tonnes (2010)
- Total agricultural exports 601.17 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal exports 101.46 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal exports quantity 581,879 FAO, tonnes (2010)
- Merchandise exports, WB 626.60 million current US$ (2005)
Frequently asked questions
- What is import product concentration index in Benin?
- Import product concentration index in Benin was 0.202 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 Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 0.202 in 2011.
- What is the lowest import product concentration index recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1095 in 1999.
- How does Benin rank for import product concentration index?
- Benin ranks 10th out of 53 countries with data for 2011.
- Is import product concentration index rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 53.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Benin 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.