Import product concentration index in Cameroon
Cameroon: Import product concentration index was 0.1786 in 2011. ▲ Rising
Import product concentration index in Cameroon, 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 Cameroon stood at 0.1786.
The figure is down 15.3% on the previous year and up 20.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, import product concentration index in Cameroon peaked at 0.2768 in 2007 and was at its lowest, 0.0686, in 1995.
That places Cameroon 13th 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.
Import product concentration index in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 0.0686 | — |
| 1996 | 0.1094 | +59.3% |
| 1997 | 0.1136 | +3.9% |
| 1998 | 0.1014 | -10.8% |
| 1999 | 0.1192 | +17.6% |
| 2000 | 0.1792 | +50.3% |
| 2001 | 0.1481 | -17.4% |
| 2002 | 0.1037 | -30.0% |
| 2003 | 0.0895 | -13.6% |
| 2004 | 0.133 | +48.5% |
| 2005 | 0.2114 | +59.0% |
| 2006 | 0.2619 | +23.9% |
| 2007 | 0.2768 | +5.7% |
| 2008 | 0.237 | -14.4% |
| 2009 | 0.1363 | -42.5% |
| 2010 | 0.2109 | +54.7% |
| 2011 | 0.1786 | -15.3% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 0.1786 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.1371, 1.3× the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 0.1786 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.1457, 1.2× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.1025 | 0.0686 | 0.1192 | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.1777 | 0.0895 | 0.2768 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1947 | 0.1786 | 0.2109 | 2 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is import product concentration index in Cameroon?
- Import product concentration index in Cameroon was 0.1786 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 Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2768 in 2007.
- What is the lowest import product concentration index recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0686 in 1995.
- How does Cameroon rank for import product concentration index?
- Cameroon ranks 13th out of 53 countries with data for 2011.
- Is import product concentration index rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cameroon 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.