Import product concentration index in Libya
Libya: Import product concentration index was 0.0657 in 2011. ▲ Rising
Import product concentration index in Libya, 1995–2011
Source: UNCTAD Statistical Office, also reported in the UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics, various issues (http://unctadstat.unctad.org/).
Analysis
Libya recorded 0.0657 for import product concentration index in 2011.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 27.8% on the previous year and down 26.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, import product concentration index in Libya peaked at 0.1141 in 2008 and was at its lowest, 0.0579, in 1995.
That places Libya 51st out of 53 countries with data for 2011, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Import product concentration index in Libya, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 0.0579 | — |
| 1996 | 0.0643 | +11.1% |
| 1997 | 0.0614 | -4.5% |
| 1998 | 0.0596 | -2.9% |
| 1999 | 0.0586 | -1.6% |
| 2000 | 0.077 | +31.4% |
| 2001 | 0.0894 | +16.1% |
| 2002 | 0.0922 | +3.1% |
| 2003 | 0.0779 | -15.4% |
| 2004 | 0.0944 | +21.1% |
| 2005 | 0.0965 | +2.2% |
| 2006 | 0.0922 | -4.4% |
| 2007 | 0.1 | +8.5% |
| 2008 | 0.1141 | +14.1% |
| 2009 | 0.0882 | -22.7% |
| 2010 | 0.0909 | +3.1% |
| 2011 | 0.0657 | -27.8% |
Libya compared with similar countries
- Libya's 0.0657 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.1193, 55% of the median. (8 countries reporting)
- Libya's 0.0657 is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.0843, 78% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0603 | 0.0579 | 0.0643 | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.0922 | 0.077 | 0.1141 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0783 | 0.0657 | 0.0909 | 2 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is import product concentration index in Libya?
- Import product concentration index in Libya was 0.0657 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 Libya?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1141 in 2008.
- What is the lowest import product concentration index recorded in Libya?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0579 in 1995.
- How does Libya rank for import product concentration index?
- Libya ranks 51st out of 53 countries with data for 2011.
- Is import product concentration index rising or falling in Libya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Libya 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.