Import product concentration index in Central African Republic
Central African Republic: Import product concentration index was 0.1562 in 2011. ▲ Rising
Import product concentration index in Central African Republic, 1995–2011
Source: UNCTAD Statistical Office, also reported in the UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics, various issues (http://unctadstat.unctad.org/).
Analysis
The most recent figure for import product concentration index in Central African Republic is 0.1562, measured in 2011.
The figure is up 1.7% on the previous year and up 52.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, import product concentration index in Central African Republic peaked at 0.2928 in 2008 and was at its lowest, 0.0789, in 1997.
Central African Republic ranks 19th 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 | 0.0917 | 0.0789 | 0.1142 | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.1394 | 0.0807 | 0.2928 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1549 | 0.1535 | 0.1562 | 2 |
Countries ranked near Central African Republic
- 16 Sudan 0.1705 compare
- 17 Cape Verde 0.1647 compare
- 18 Guinea-Bissau 0.1586 compare
- 20 Mauritius 0.153 compare
- 21 Burkina Faso 0.152 compare
- 22 Ethiopia 0.1497 compare
More trade data for Central African Republic
- Net long-term borrowing 0 BoP, current US$ (2011)
- Pesticides imports 571,900 FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Food imports excluding fish 50.35 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Total agricultural imports 59.12 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal imports 14.51 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal imports quantity 48,027 FAO, tonnes (2010)
- Total agricultural exports 28.79 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal exports 0 FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal exports quantity 0 FAO, tonnes (2010)
- Merchandise exports, WB 132.57 million current US$ (2010)
Frequently asked questions
- What is import product concentration index in Central African Republic?
- Import product concentration index in Central African Republic was 0.1562 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 Central African Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2928 in 2008.
- What is the lowest import product concentration index recorded in Central African Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0789 in 1997.
- How does Central African Republic rank for import product concentration index?
- Central African Republic ranks 19th out of 53 countries with data for 2011.
- Is import product concentration index rising or falling in Central African Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is up 52.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Central African Republic 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.