Import product concentration index in Ghana
Ghana: Import product concentration index was 0.0699 in 2011. ▼ Falling
Import product concentration index in Ghana, 1995–2011
Source: UNCTAD Statistical Office, also reported in the UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics, various issues (http://unctadstat.unctad.org/).
Analysis
The most recent figure for import product concentration index in Ghana is 0.0699, measured in 2011.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 19.8% on the previous year and down 27.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, import product concentration index in Ghana peaked at 0.1455 in 2006 and was at its lowest, 0.0651, in 2004.
Ghana ranks 50th of 53 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 17 years of available data.
Import product concentration index in Ghana, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 0.1077 | — |
| 1996 | 0.0914 | -15.1% |
| 1997 | 0.1131 | +23.7% |
| 1998 | 0.1108 | -2.0% |
| 1999 | 0.1104 | -0.4% |
| 2000 | 0.102 | -7.7% |
| 2001 | 0.096 | -5.9% |
| 2002 | 0.0923 | -3.8% |
| 2003 | 0.1128 | +22.2% |
| 2004 | 0.0651 | -42.3% |
| 2005 | 0.1252 | +92.3% |
| 2006 | 0.1455 | +16.2% |
| 2007 | 0.1086 | -25.3% |
| 2008 | 0.1188 | +9.4% |
| 2009 | 0.0769 | -35.2% |
| 2010 | 0.0872 | +13.3% |
| 2011 | 0.0699 | -19.8% |
Ghana compared with similar countries
- Ghana's 0.0699 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.1371, 51% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Ghana's 0.0699 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.1457, 48% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.1067 | 0.0914 | 0.1131 | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.1043 | 0.0651 | 0.1455 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0785 | 0.0699 | 0.0872 | 2 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
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Frequently asked questions
- What is import product concentration index in Ghana?
- Import product concentration index in Ghana was 0.0699 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 Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1455 in 2006.
- What is the lowest import product concentration index recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0651 in 2004.
- How does Ghana rank for import product concentration index?
- Ghana ranks 50th out of 53 countries with data for 2011.
- Is import product concentration index rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 27.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ghana 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.