Import product concentration index in Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa: Import product concentration index was 0.0845 in 2011. ▲ Rising
Import product concentration index in Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa, 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 Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa is 0.0845, measured in 2011.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.9% on the previous year and up 41.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, import product concentration index in Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa peaked at 0.0936 in 2008 and was at its lowest, 0.0507, in 1995.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Import product concentration index in Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 0.0507 | — |
| 1996 | 0.056 | +10.5% |
| 1997 | 0.0524 | -6.6% |
| 1998 | 0.0509 | -2.8% |
| 1999 | 0.0517 | +1.6% |
| 2000 | 0.065 | +25.7% |
| 2001 | 0.0597 | -8.1% |
| 2002 | 0.0569 | -4.7% |
| 2003 | 0.0553 | -2.8% |
| 2004 | 0.0683 | +23.4% |
| 2005 | 0.0667 | -2.2% |
| 2006 | 0.0799 | +19.8% |
| 2007 | 0.0811 | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 0.0936 | +15.5% |
| 2009 | 0.0741 | -20.8% |
| 2010 | 0.0814 | +9.8% |
| 2011 | 0.0845 | +3.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0523 | 0.0507 | 0.056 | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.0701 | 0.0553 | 0.0936 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0829 | 0.0814 | 0.0845 | 2 |
Countries ranked near Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa
- 1 Liberia 0.8559 compare
- 2 Sierra Leone 0.3664 compare
- 3 Somalia 0.2557 compare
- 4 Namibia 0.2542 compare
- 5 Seychelles 0.2454 compare
More trade data for Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa
- Net long-term borrowing -317.19 million BoP, current US$ (2011)
- Pesticides imports 508.37 million FAO, current US$ (2011)
- Cereal imports quantity 27.69 million FAO, tonnes (2010)
- Total agricultural imports 30.85 billion FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Food imports excluding fish 25.82 billion FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal imports 9.08 billion FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Total agricultural exports 23.40 billion FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal exports quantity 1.75 million FAO, tonnes (2010)
- Cereal exports 498.27 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Merchandise exports, WB 325.28 billion current US$ (2011)
Frequently asked questions
- What is import product concentration index in Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa?
- Import product concentration index in Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa was 0.0845 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 Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0936 in 2008.
- What is the lowest import product concentration index recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0507 in 1995.
- How does Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa rank for import product concentration index?
- Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa ranks 2nd out of 2 groups with data for 2011.
- Is import product concentration index rising or falling in Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 41.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa 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.