Import product concentration index in Gabon
Gabon: Import product concentration index was 0.0719 in 2011. ▲ Rising
Import product concentration index in Gabon, 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 Gabon stood at 0.0719.
That represents a change of down 15.4% on the previous year and up 9.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, import product concentration index in Gabon peaked at 0.1067 in 2007 and was at its lowest, 0.0607, in 1995.
Gabon ranks 49th of 53 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Import product concentration index in Gabon, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 0.0607 | — |
| 1996 | 0.062 | +2.2% |
| 1997 | 0.0765 | +23.3% |
| 1998 | 0.0958 | +25.2% |
| 1999 | 0.076 | -20.7% |
| 2000 | 0.0736 | -3.1% |
| 2001 | 0.0655 | -11.0% |
| 2002 | 0.0737 | +12.5% |
| 2003 | 0.0627 | -15.0% |
| 2004 | 0.0666 | +6.3% |
| 2005 | 0.0702 | +5.5% |
| 2006 | 0.0728 | +3.6% |
| 2007 | 0.1067 | +46.6% |
| 2008 | 0.085 | -20.3% |
| 2009 | 0.0746 | -12.2% |
| 2010 | 0.085 | +13.9% |
| 2011 | 0.0719 | -15.4% |
Gabon compared with similar countries
- Gabon's 0.0719 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.1193, 60% of the median. (8 countries reporting)
- Gabon's 0.0719 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.1457, 49% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0742 | 0.0607 | 0.0958 | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.0751 | 0.0627 | 0.1067 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0784 | 0.0719 | 0.085 | 2 |
Countries ranked near Gabon
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Frequently asked questions
- What is import product concentration index in Gabon?
- Import product concentration index in Gabon was 0.0719 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 Gabon?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1067 in 2007.
- What is the lowest import product concentration index recorded in Gabon?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0607 in 1995.
- How does Gabon rank for import product concentration index?
- Gabon ranks 49th out of 53 countries with data for 2011.
- Is import product concentration index rising or falling in Gabon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Gabon 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.