Import product concentration index in Gambia
Gambia: Import product concentration index was 0.14 in 2011. ▲ Rising
Import product concentration index in Gambia, 1995–2011
Source: UNCTAD Statistical Office, also reported in the UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics, various issues (http://unctadstat.unctad.org/).
Analysis
Gambia recorded 0.14 for import product concentration index in 2011.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 10.3% on the previous year and up 16.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, import product concentration index in Gambia peaked at 0.1506 in 1995 and was at its lowest, 0.1094, in 1997.
Gambia ranks 26th 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.1247 | 0.1094 | 0.1506 | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.1288 | 0.1135 | 0.1503 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1334 | 0.1269 | 0.14 | 2 |
Countries ranked near Gambia
- 23 Madagascar 0.1486 compare
- 24 Uganda 0.1457 compare
- 25 Kenya 0.1449 compare
- 27 Mauritania 0.1389 compare
- 28 Eswatini 0.1382 compare
More trade data for Gambia
- Net long-term borrowing 0 BoP, current US$ (2011)
- Pesticides imports 804,330 FAO, current US$ (2011)
- Food imports excluding fish 137.43 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Total agricultural imports 173.89 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal imports 56.40 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal imports quantity 266,252 FAO, tonnes (2010)
- Total agricultural exports 27.94 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal exports 23,000 FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal exports quantity 66 FAO, tonnes (2010)
- Merchandise exports, WB 119.00 million current US$ (2011)
Frequently asked questions
- What is import product concentration index in Gambia?
- Import product concentration index in Gambia was 0.14 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 Gambia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1506 in 1995.
- What is the lowest import product concentration index recorded in Gambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1094 in 1997.
- How does Gambia rank for import product concentration index?
- Gambia ranks 26th out of 53 countries with data for 2011.
- Is import product concentration index rising or falling in Gambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Gambia 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.