Import product concentration index in Democratic Republic of Congo
Democratic Republic of Congo: Import product concentration index was 0.0609 in 2011. ▼ Falling
Import product concentration index in Democratic Republic of Congo, 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 Democratic Republic of Congo stood at 0.0609. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.
That represents a change of down 14.5% on the previous year and down 30.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, import product concentration index in Democratic Republic of Congo peaked at 0.1154 in 2005 and was at its lowest, 0.0609, in 2011.
That places Democratic Republic of Congo 53rd out of 53 countries with data for 2011, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 17 years of available data.
Import product concentration index in Democratic Republic of Congo, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 0.0914 | — |
| 1996 | 0.1005 | +9.9% |
| 1997 | 0.0818 | -18.6% |
| 1998 | 0.0873 | +6.7% |
| 1999 | 0.1086 | +24.4% |
| 2000 | 0.1127 | +3.8% |
| 2001 | 0.0874 | -22.4% |
| 2002 | 0.103 | +17.8% |
| 2003 | 0.0896 | -13.0% |
| 2004 | 0.0955 | +6.6% |
| 2005 | 0.1154 | +20.8% |
| 2006 | 0.1088 | -5.7% |
| 2007 | 0.0759 | -30.2% |
| 2008 | 0.0873 | +14.9% |
| 2009 | 0.0746 | -14.5% |
| 2010 | 0.0712 | -4.5% |
| 2011 | 0.0609 | -14.5% |
Democratic Republic of Congo compared with similar countries
- Democratic Republic of Congo's 0.0609 is below the median for low income countries, which is 0.1472, 41% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Democratic Republic of Congo's 0.0609 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.1457, 42% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0939 | 0.0818 | 0.1086 | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.095 | 0.0746 | 0.1154 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0661 | 0.0609 | 0.0712 | 2 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is import product concentration index in Democratic Republic of Congo?
- Import product concentration index in Democratic Republic of Congo was 0.0609 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 Democratic Republic of Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1154 in 2005.
- What is the lowest import product concentration index recorded in Democratic Republic of Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0609 in 2011.
- How does Democratic Republic of Congo rank for import product concentration index?
- Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 53rd out of 53 countries with data for 2011.
- Is import product concentration index rising or falling in Democratic Republic of Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is down 30.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Democratic Republic of Congo 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.