Import product concentration index in Malawi
Malawi: Import product concentration index was 0.1033 in 2011. ▲ Rising
Import product concentration index in Malawi, 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 Malawi is 0.1033, measured in 2011.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 10.3% on the previous year and down 9.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, import product concentration index in Malawi peaked at 0.1304 in 2007 and was at its lowest, 0.0697, in 1996.
Malawi ranks 38th 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 | 0.084 | 0.0697 | 0.0969 | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.1098 | 0.0947 | 0.1304 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1092 | 0.1033 | 0.1151 | 2 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
- 35 Equatorial Guinea 0.1112 compare
- 36 Nigeria 0.1095 compare
- 37 Chad 0.1092 compare
- 39 Mozambique 0.1017 compare
- 40 Morocco 0.0924 compare
- 41 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0903 compare
More trade data for Malawi
- Net long-term borrowing -1.20 million BoP, current US$ (2011)
- Pesticides imports 17.88 million FAO, current US$ (2011)
- Food imports excluding fish 274.41 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Total agricultural imports 442.79 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal imports 135.60 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal imports quantity 199,076 FAO, tonnes (2010)
- Total agricultural exports 1.26 billion FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal exports 10.25 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal exports quantity 26,085 FAO, tonnes (2010)
- Merchandise exports, WB 935.42 million current US$ (2011)
Frequently asked questions
- What is import product concentration index in Malawi?
- Import product concentration index in Malawi was 0.1033 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 Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1304 in 2007.
- What is the lowest import product concentration index recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0697 in 1996.
- How does Malawi rank for import product concentration index?
- Malawi ranks 38th out of 53 countries with data for 2011.
- Is import product concentration index rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malawi 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.