Import product concentration index in Seychelles
Seychelles: Import product concentration index was 0.2454 in 2011. ▲ Rising
Import product concentration index in Seychelles, 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 Seychelles stood at 0.2454.
The figure is up 4.3% on the previous year and down 30.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, import product concentration index in Seychelles peaked at 0.3546 in 2001 and was at its lowest, 0.1232, in 1998.
That places Seychelles 5th out of 53 countries with data for 2011, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Import product concentration index in Seychelles, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 0.1405 | — |
| 1996 | 0.2375 | +69.0% |
| 1997 | 0.1349 | -43.2% |
| 1998 | 0.1232 | -8.6% |
| 1999 | 0.1689 | +37.0% |
| 2000 | 0.2491 | +47.5% |
| 2001 | 0.3546 | +42.4% |
| 2002 | 0.1911 | -46.1% |
| 2003 | 0.1878 | -1.7% |
| 2004 | 0.2626 | +39.8% |
| 2005 | 0.2526 | -3.8% |
| 2006 | 0.2605 | +3.1% |
| 2007 | 0.2537 | -2.6% |
| 2008 | 0.2116 | -16.6% |
| 2009 | 0.2286 | +8.0% |
| 2010 | 0.2353 | +2.9% |
| 2011 | 0.2454 | +4.3% |
Seychelles compared with similar countries
- Seychelles's 0.2454 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.1457, 1.7× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.161 | 0.1232 | 0.2375 | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.2452 | 0.1878 | 0.3546 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.2403 | 0.2353 | 0.2454 | 2 |
Countries ranked near Seychelles
- 2 Sierra Leone 0.3664 compare
- 3 Somalia 0.2557 compare
- 4 Namibia 0.2542 compare
- 6 Cote d'Ivoire 0.2407 compare
- 7 Togo 0.2379 compare
- 8 South Africa 0.2285 compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is import product concentration index in Seychelles?
- Import product concentration index in Seychelles was 0.2454 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 Seychelles?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3546 in 2001.
- What is the lowest import product concentration index recorded in Seychelles?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1232 in 1998.
- How does Seychelles rank for import product concentration index?
- Seychelles ranks 5th out of 53 countries with data for 2011.
- Is import product concentration index rising or falling in Seychelles?
- Over the last ten years it is down 30.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Seychelles 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.