Import product concentration index in Mauritania
Mauritania: Import product concentration index was 0.1389 in 2011. ▲ Rising
Import product concentration index in Mauritania, 1995–2011
Source: UNCTAD Statistical Office, also reported in the UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics, various issues (http://unctadstat.unctad.org/).
Analysis
In 2011, import product concentration index in Mauritania stood at 0.1389.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.5% on the previous year and up 60.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, import product concentration index in Mauritania peaked at 0.1425 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.08, in 1999.
Mauritania ranks 27th 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 | 0.0931 | 0.08 | 0.1128 | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.1024 | 0.083 | 0.1362 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1407 | 0.1389 | 0.1425 | 2 |
Countries ranked near Mauritania
More trade data for Mauritania
- Net long-term borrowing 0 BoP, current US$ (2011)
- Pesticides imports 48,400 FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Food imports excluding fish 298.69 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Total agricultural imports 334.24 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal imports 125.23 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal imports quantity 440,793 FAO, tonnes (2010)
- Total agricultural exports 43.00 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Merchandise exports, WB 3.17 billion current US$ (2011)
- Other long-term inflows, net 0 BoP, current US$ (2011)
- Agricultural tractors, imports 1.09 million FAO, current US$ (2007)
Frequently asked questions
- What is import product concentration index in Mauritania?
- Import product concentration index in Mauritania was 0.1389 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 Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1425 in 2010.
- What is the lowest import product concentration index recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.08 in 1999.
- How does Mauritania rank for import product concentration index?
- Mauritania ranks 27th out of 53 countries with data for 2011.
- Is import product concentration index rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 60.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mauritania 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.