Import product concentration index in Egypt
Egypt: Import product concentration index was 0.0853 in 2011. ▲ Rising
Import product concentration index in Egypt, 1995–2011
Source: UNCTAD Statistical Office, also reported in the UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics, various issues (http://unctadstat.unctad.org/).
Analysis
Egypt recorded 0.0853 for import product concentration index in 2011.
The figure is up 19.9% on the previous year and up 3.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, import product concentration index in Egypt peaked at 0.1468 in 2007 and was at its lowest, 0.0578, in 2009.
That places Egypt 42nd out of 53 countries with data for 2011, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Import product concentration index in Egypt, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 0.0749 | — |
| 1996 | 0.0809 | +8.1% |
| 1997 | 0.0631 | -22.0% |
| 1998 | 0.0748 | +18.5% |
| 1999 | 0.0635 | -15.1% |
| 2000 | 0.0765 | +20.5% |
| 2001 | 0.0822 | +7.4% |
| 2002 | 0.1018 | +23.9% |
| 2003 | 0.1295 | +27.2% |
| 2004 | 0.109 | -15.8% |
| 2005 | 0.1242 | +13.9% |
| 2006 | 0.1407 | +13.3% |
| 2007 | 0.1468 | +4.4% |
| 2008 | 0.0638 | -56.6% |
| 2009 | 0.0578 | -9.4% |
| 2010 | 0.0711 | +23.1% |
| 2011 | 0.0853 | +19.9% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 0.0853 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.1371, 62% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 0.0853 is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.0843, 1.0× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0714 | 0.0631 | 0.0809 | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.1032 | 0.0578 | 0.1468 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0782 | 0.0711 | 0.0853 | 2 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is import product concentration index in Egypt?
- Import product concentration index in Egypt was 0.0853 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 Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1468 in 2007.
- What is the lowest import product concentration index recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0578 in 2009.
- How does Egypt rank for import product concentration index?
- Egypt ranks 42nd out of 53 countries with data for 2011.
- Is import product concentration index rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Egypt 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.