Import product concentration index in Madagascar
Madagascar: Import product concentration index was 0.1486 in 2011. ▲ Rising
Import product concentration index in Madagascar, 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 Madagascar is 0.1486, measured in 2011.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 29.2% on the previous year and up 45.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, import product concentration index in Madagascar peaked at 0.1661 in 2006 and was at its lowest, 0.0636, in 1998.
That places Madagascar 23rd out of 53 countries with data for 2011, putting it 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 | 0.078 | 0.0636 | 0.0987 | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.1285 | 0.0802 | 0.1661 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1318 | 0.115 | 0.1486 | 2 |
Countries ranked near Madagascar
More trade data for Madagascar
- Net long-term borrowing 0 BoP, current US$ (2011)
- Pesticides imports 14.15 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Food imports excluding fish 287.15 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Total agricultural imports 340.99 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal imports 103.24 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal imports quantity 285,358 FAO, tonnes (2010)
- Total agricultural exports 160.36 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal exports 414,000 FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal exports quantity 1,609 FAO, tonnes (2010)
- Merchandise exports, WB 2.05 billion current US$ (2011)
Frequently asked questions
- What is import product concentration index in Madagascar?
- Import product concentration index in Madagascar was 0.1486 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 Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1661 in 2006.
- What is the lowest import product concentration index recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0636 in 1998.
- How does Madagascar rank for import product concentration index?
- Madagascar ranks 23rd out of 53 countries with data for 2011.
- Is import product concentration index rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 45.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Madagascar 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.