Import product concentration index in Botswana
Botswana: Import product concentration index was 0.1275 in 2011. ▲ Rising
Import product concentration index in Botswana, 1995–2011
Source: UNCTAD Statistical Office, also reported in the UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics, various issues (http://unctadstat.unctad.org/).
Analysis
Botswana recorded 0.1275 for import product concentration index in 2011.
That represents a change of down 11.2% on the previous year and up 73.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, import product concentration index in Botswana peaked at 0.1435 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.0528, in 1995.
That places Botswana 30th out of 53 countries with data for 2011, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0562 | 0.0528 | 0.0608 | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.0946 | 0.0621 | 0.1382 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1355 | 0.1275 | 0.1435 | 2 |
Countries ranked near Botswana
More trade data for Botswana
- Net long-term borrowing 0 BoP, current US$ (2011)
- Pesticides imports 2.63 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Food imports excluding fish 523.89 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Total agricultural imports 698.14 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal imports 78.22 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal imports quantity 291,999 FAO, tonnes (2010)
- Total agricultural exports 243.79 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal exports 2.30 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal exports quantity 4,707 FAO, tonnes (2010)
- Merchandise exports, WB 5.07 billion current US$ (2011)
Frequently asked questions
- What is import product concentration index in Botswana?
- Import product concentration index in Botswana was 0.1275 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 Botswana?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1435 in 2010.
- What is the lowest import product concentration index recorded in Botswana?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0528 in 1995.
- How does Botswana rank for import product concentration index?
- Botswana ranks 30th out of 53 countries with data for 2011.
- Is import product concentration index rising or falling in Botswana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 73.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Botswana 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.