Import product concentration index in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Import product concentration index was 0.152 in 2011. ▲ Rising
Import product concentration index in Burkina Faso, 1995–2011
Source: UNCTAD Statistical Office, also reported in the UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics, various issues (http://unctadstat.unctad.org/).
Analysis
Burkina Faso recorded 0.152 for import product concentration index in 2011.
The figure is up 13.0% on the previous year and up 14.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, import product concentration index in Burkina Faso peaked at 0.1719 in 2008 and was at its lowest, 0.0998, in 2003.
Burkina Faso ranks 21st of 53 countries on this measure, 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 | 0.1138 | 0.1012 | 0.1359 | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.1352 | 0.0998 | 0.1719 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1433 | 0.1346 | 0.152 | 2 |
Countries ranked near Burkina Faso
- 18 Guinea-Bissau 0.1586 compare
- 19 Central African Republic 0.1562 compare
- 20 Mauritius 0.153 compare
- 22 Ethiopia 0.1497 compare
- 23 Madagascar 0.1486 compare
- 24 Uganda 0.1457 compare
More trade data for Burkina Faso
- Net long-term borrowing 0 BoP, current US$ (2011)
- Pesticides imports 11.51 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Food imports excluding fish 229.33 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Total agricultural imports 306.86 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal imports 101.97 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal imports quantity 354,838 FAO, tonnes (2010)
- Total agricultural exports 364.01 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal exports 9.59 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal exports quantity 34,989 FAO, tonnes (2010)
- Merchandise exports, WB 2.21 billion current US$ (2011)
Frequently asked questions
- What is import product concentration index in Burkina Faso?
- Import product concentration index in Burkina Faso was 0.152 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 Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1719 in 2008.
- What is the lowest import product concentration index recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0998 in 2003.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for import product concentration index?
- Burkina Faso ranks 21st out of 53 countries with data for 2011.
- Is import product concentration index rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Burkina Faso 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.