Import product concentration index in Cape Verde
Cape Verde: Import product concentration index was 0.1647 in 2011. ▲ Rising
Import product concentration index in Cape Verde, 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 Cape Verde stood at 0.1647. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 44.5% on the previous year and up 103.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, import product concentration index in Cape Verde peaked at 0.1647 in 2011 and was at its lowest, 0.0662, in 1998.
Cape Verde ranks 17th 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 | 0.0982 | 0.0662 | 0.1628 | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.0931 | 0.0787 | 0.1137 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1393 | 0.114 | 0.1647 | 2 |
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More trade data for Cape Verde
- Net long-term borrowing 15.22 million BoP, current US$ (2011)
- Pesticides imports 1.36 million FAO, current US$ (2011)
- Food imports excluding fish 171.26 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Total agricultural imports 204.45 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal imports 37.84 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal imports quantity 84,489 FAO, tonnes (2010)
- Total agricultural exports 965,000 FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal exports 0 FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal exports quantity 0 FAO, tonnes (2010)
- Merchandise exports, WB 105.31 million current US$ (2010)
Frequently asked questions
- What is import product concentration index in Cape Verde?
- Import product concentration index in Cape Verde was 0.1647 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 Cape Verde?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1647 in 2011.
- What is the lowest import product concentration index recorded in Cape Verde?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0662 in 1998.
- How does Cape Verde rank for import product concentration index?
- Cape Verde ranks 17th out of 53 countries with data for 2011.
- Is import product concentration index rising or falling in Cape Verde?
- Over the last ten years it is up 103.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cape Verde 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.