Import product concentration index in Namibia
Namibia: Import product concentration index was 0.2542 in 2011. ◆ Volatile
Import product concentration index in Namibia, 1995–2011
Source: UNCTAD Statistical Office, also reported in the UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics, various issues (http://unctadstat.unctad.org/).
Analysis
Namibia recorded 0.2542 for import product concentration index in 2011. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
That represents a change of up 9.5% on the previous year and up 135.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, import product concentration index in Namibia peaked at 0.2542 in 2011 and was at its lowest, 0.0675, in 2004.
That places Namibia 4th out of 53 countries with data for 2011, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Import product concentration index in Namibia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 0.0748 | — |
| 1996 | 0.0735 | -1.7% |
| 1997 | 0.0752 | +2.4% |
| 1998 | 0.0791 | +5.2% |
| 1999 | 0.0789 | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 0.0822 | +4.2% |
| 2001 | 0.1081 | +31.6% |
| 2002 | 0.0964 | -10.9% |
| 2003 | 0.0863 | -10.5% |
| 2004 | 0.0675 | -21.8% |
| 2005 | 0.0701 | +3.9% |
| 2006 | 0.0726 | +3.5% |
| 2007 | 0.0915 | +26.1% |
| 2008 | 0.0944 | +3.2% |
| 2009 | 0.1261 | +33.6% |
| 2010 | 0.2323 | +84.1% |
| 2011 | 0.2542 | +9.5% |
Namibia compared with similar countries
- Namibia's 0.2542 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.1371, 1.9× the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Namibia's 0.2542 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.1457, 1.7× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Import product concentration index in Namibia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | +84.1% | 0.1261 | 0.2323 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0763 | 0.0735 | 0.0791 | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.0895 | 0.0675 | 0.1261 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.2432 | 0.2323 | 0.2542 | 2 |
Countries ranked near Namibia
- 1 Liberia 0.8559 compare
- 2 Sierra Leone 0.3664 compare
- 3 Somalia 0.2557 compare
- 5 Seychelles 0.2454 compare
- 6 Cote d'Ivoire 0.2407 compare
- 7 Togo 0.2379 compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is import product concentration index in Namibia?
- Import product concentration index in Namibia was 0.2542 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 Namibia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2542 in 2011.
- What is the lowest import product concentration index recorded in Namibia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0675 in 2004.
- How does Namibia rank for import product concentration index?
- Namibia ranks 4th out of 53 countries with data for 2011.
- Is import product concentration index rising or falling in Namibia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 135.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Namibia 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.