Import product concentration index in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Import product concentration index was 0.1497 in 2011. ▲ Rising
Import product concentration index in Ethiopia, 1995–2011
Source: UNCTAD Statistical Office, also reported in the UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics, various issues (http://unctadstat.unctad.org/).
Analysis
Ethiopia recorded 0.1497 for import product concentration index in 2011.
The figure is down 9.0% on the previous year and down 2.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, import product concentration index in Ethiopia peaked at 0.2049 in 2008 and was at its lowest, 0.0938, in 1996.
Ethiopia ranks 22nd 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.
Import product concentration index in Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 0.1227 | — |
| 1996 | 0.0938 | -23.6% |
| 1997 | 0.0942 | +0.4% |
| 1998 | 0.193 | +105.0% |
| 1999 | 0.1171 | -39.3% |
| 2000 | 0.1687 | +44.1% |
| 2001 | 0.1539 | -8.8% |
| 2002 | 0.1181 | -23.2% |
| 2003 | 0.1451 | +22.8% |
| 2004 | 0.1374 | -5.3% |
| 2005 | 0.1385 | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 0.1801 | +30.0% |
| 2007 | 0.1259 | -30.1% |
| 2008 | 0.2049 | +62.8% |
| 2009 | 0.1449 | -29.3% |
| 2010 | 0.1645 | +13.6% |
| 2011 | 0.1497 | -9.0% |
Ethiopia compared with similar countries
- Ethiopia's 0.1497 is above the median for low income countries, which is 0.1472, 1.0× the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Ethiopia's 0.1497 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.1457, 1.0× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.1241 | 0.0938 | 0.193 | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.1517 | 0.1181 | 0.2049 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1571 | 0.1497 | 0.1645 | 2 |
Countries ranked near Ethiopia
- 19 Central African Republic 0.1562 compare
- 20 Mauritius 0.153 compare
- 21 Burkina Faso 0.152 compare
- 23 Madagascar 0.1486 compare
- 24 Uganda 0.1457 compare
- 25 Kenya 0.1449 compare
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- Commodity Export Price Index, Individual Commodites Weighted by Ratio 101.56 (2025)
- Commodity Export Price Index, Individual Commodites Weighted by Ratio 156.32 (2025)
- Commodity Import Price Index, Individual Commodites Weighted by Ratio 97.95 (2025)
- Commodity Import Price Index, Individual Commodites Weighted by Ratio 64.76 (2025)
- Imports of low carbon technology products, Percent of GDP 0.5153 (2023)
- Imports of low carbon technology products, US dollar (World), per 6.4 units per person (2023)
- Imports of low carbon technology products, US dollar (World), per 0.0061 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Exports of low carbon technology products, US dollar (World), gaps 1.77 million (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is import product concentration index in Ethiopia?
- Import product concentration index in Ethiopia was 0.1497 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 Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2049 in 2008.
- What is the lowest import product concentration index recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0938 in 1996.
- How does Ethiopia rank for import product concentration index?
- Ethiopia ranks 22nd out of 53 countries with data for 2011.
- Is import product concentration index rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ethiopia 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.