Import product concentration index in Mauritius
Mauritius: Import product concentration index was 0.153 in 2011. ▲ Rising
Import product concentration index in Mauritius, 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 Mauritius is 0.153, measured in 2011.
The figure is up 15.2% on the previous year and up 51.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, import product concentration index in Mauritius peaked at 0.1535 in 2008 and was at its lowest, 0.0869, in 1995.
That places Mauritius 20th 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.
Import product concentration index in Mauritius, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 0.0869 | — |
| 1996 | 0.089 | +2.5% |
| 1997 | 0.1042 | +17.1% |
| 1998 | 0.087 | -16.5% |
| 1999 | 0.0922 | +5.9% |
| 2000 | 0.1089 | +18.1% |
| 2001 | 0.1013 | -7.0% |
| 2002 | 0.0941 | -7.1% |
| 2003 | 0.0911 | -3.2% |
| 2004 | 0.1018 | +11.7% |
| 2005 | 0.1401 | +37.6% |
| 2006 | 0.1482 | +5.8% |
| 2007 | 0.1334 | -10.0% |
| 2008 | 0.1535 | +15.1% |
| 2009 | 0.1077 | -29.9% |
| 2010 | 0.1328 | +23.3% |
| 2011 | 0.153 | +15.2% |
Mauritius compared with similar countries
- Mauritius's 0.153 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.1193, 1.3× the median. (8 countries reporting)
- Mauritius's 0.153 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.1457, 1.1× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0919 | 0.0869 | 0.1042 | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.118 | 0.0911 | 0.1535 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1429 | 0.1328 | 0.153 | 2 |
Countries ranked near Mauritius
- 17 Cape Verde 0.1647 compare
- 18 Guinea-Bissau 0.1586 compare
- 19 Central African Republic 0.1562 compare
- 21 Burkina Faso 0.152 compare
- 22 Ethiopia 0.1497 compare
- 23 Madagascar 0.1486 compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is import product concentration index in Mauritius?
- Import product concentration index in Mauritius was 0.153 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 Mauritius?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1535 in 2008.
- What is the lowest import product concentration index recorded in Mauritius?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0869 in 1995.
- How does Mauritius rank for import product concentration index?
- Mauritius ranks 20th out of 53 countries with data for 2011.
- Is import product concentration index rising or falling in Mauritius?
- Over the last ten years it is up 51.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mauritius 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.