Import product concentration index in Sudan
Sudan: Import product concentration index was 0.1705 in 2011. ▲ Rising
Import product concentration index in Sudan, 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 Sudan is 0.1705, measured in 2011.
That represents a change of up 7.1% on the previous year and up 160.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, import product concentration index in Sudan peaked at 0.2169 in 2008 and was at its lowest, 0.0654, in 2001.
That places Sudan 16th 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 Sudan, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 0.1261 | — |
| 1996 | 0.1127 | -10.7% |
| 1997 | 0.1182 | +4.9% |
| 1998 | 0.1223 | +3.4% |
| 1999 | 0.0667 | -45.5% |
| 2000 | 0.073 | +9.4% |
| 2001 | 0.0654 | -10.3% |
| 2002 | 0.0703 | +7.4% |
| 2003 | 0.0682 | -3.0% |
| 2004 | 0.0787 | +15.4% |
| 2005 | 0.08 | +1.7% |
| 2006 | 0.105 | +31.2% |
| 2007 | 0.1001 | -4.7% |
| 2008 | 0.2169 | +116.7% |
| 2009 | 0.0738 | -66.0% |
| 2010 | 0.1592 | +115.8% |
| 2011 | 0.1705 | +7.1% |
Sudan compared with similar countries
- Sudan's 0.1705 is above the median for low income countries, which is 0.1472, 1.2× the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Sudan's 0.1705 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.1457, 1.2× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Import product concentration index in Sudan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | +116.7% | 0.1001 | 0.2169 |
| 2010 | +115.8% | 0.0738 | 0.1592 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.1092 | 0.0667 | 0.1261 | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.0931 | 0.0654 | 0.2169 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1648 | 0.1592 | 0.1705 | 2 |
Countries ranked near Sudan
- 13 Cameroon 0.1786 compare
- 14 Mali 0.1753 compare
- 15 Congo 0.1718 compare
- 17 Cape Verde 0.1647 compare
- 18 Guinea-Bissau 0.1586 compare
- 19 Central African Republic 0.1562 compare
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- Commodity Export Price Index, Individual Commodites Weighted by Ratio 98.07 (2025)
- Commodity Export Price Index, Individual Commodites Weighted by Ratio 82.62 (2025)
- Commodity Import Price Index, Individual Commodites Weighted by Ratio 97.91 (2025)
- Commodity Import Price Index, Individual Commodites Weighted by Ratio 68.29 (2025)
- Imports of low carbon technology products, Percent of GDP 0.7018 (2018)
- Imports of low carbon technology products, US dollar (World), per 5.33 units per person (2018)
- Imports of low carbon technology products, US dollar (World), per 0.0073 units per US$ of GDP (2018)
- Exports of low carbon technology products, US dollar (World), gaps 126,787 (2018)
Frequently asked questions
- What is import product concentration index in Sudan?
- Import product concentration index in Sudan was 0.1705 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 Sudan?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2169 in 2008.
- What is the lowest import product concentration index recorded in Sudan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0654 in 2001.
- How does Sudan rank for import product concentration index?
- Sudan ranks 16th out of 53 countries with data for 2011.
- Is import product concentration index rising or falling in Sudan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 160.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sudan 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.