Import product concentration index in Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea: Import product concentration index was 0.1112 in 2011. ▼ Falling
Import product concentration index in Equatorial Guinea, 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 Equatorial Guinea stood at 0.1112.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 52.3% on the previous year and down 50.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, import product concentration index in Equatorial Guinea peaked at 0.3229 in 1998 and was at its lowest, 0.1067, in 1995.
Equatorial Guinea ranks 35th of 53 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 17 years of available data.
Import product concentration index in Equatorial Guinea, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 0.1067 | — |
| 1996 | 0.1778 | +66.7% |
| 1997 | 0.2341 | +31.7% |
| 1998 | 0.3229 | +37.9% |
| 1999 | 0.3029 | -6.2% |
| 2000 | 0.2275 | -24.9% |
| 2001 | 0.2227 | -2.1% |
| 2002 | 0.2095 | -5.9% |
| 2003 | 0.2475 | +18.1% |
| 2004 | 0.1673 | -32.4% |
| 2005 | 0.2124 | +26.9% |
| 2006 | 0.258 | +21.5% |
| 2007 | 0.1349 | -47.7% |
| 2008 | 0.128 | -5.1% |
| 2009 | 0.3203 | +150.3% |
| 2010 | 0.2331 | -27.2% |
| 2011 | 0.1112 | -52.3% |
Equatorial Guinea compared with similar countries
- Equatorial Guinea's 0.1112 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.1193, 93% of the median. (8 countries reporting)
- Equatorial Guinea's 0.1112 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.1457, 76% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.2289 | 0.1067 | 0.3229 | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.2128 | 0.128 | 0.3203 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1721 | 0.1112 | 0.2331 | 2 |
Countries ranked near Equatorial Guinea
More trade data for Equatorial Guinea
- Extensive Margin, Theil index 0.39 (2014)
- Export Diversification, Theil index 5.65 (2014)
- Intensive Margin, Theil index 5.26 (2014)
- Import quality, Mean, US dollar 0.7508 (2014)
- Import unit values, Mean, US dollar 0.7976 (2014)
- Export quality index 0.5799 (2014)
- Export quality, 95 percent interval - lower bound, Percent 0.6056 (2014)
- Export quality, 95 percent interval - upper bound, Percent 1.06 (2014)
- Export unit values, 95 percent interval - lower bound, Percent 1.01 (2014)
- Export unit values, 95 percent interval - upper bound, Percent 0.5872 (2014)
Frequently asked questions
- What is import product concentration index in Equatorial Guinea?
- Import product concentration index in Equatorial Guinea was 0.1112 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 Equatorial Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3229 in 1998.
- What is the lowest import product concentration index recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1067 in 1995.
- How does Equatorial Guinea rank for import product concentration index?
- Equatorial Guinea ranks 35th out of 53 countries with data for 2011.
- Is import product concentration index rising or falling in Equatorial Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 50.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Equatorial Guinea 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.