Import product concentration index in Zambia
Zambia: Import product concentration index was 0.1229 in 2011. ▲ Rising
Import product concentration index in Zambia, 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 Zambia is 0.1229, measured in 2011.
The figure is down 11.5% on the previous year and up 62.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, import product concentration index in Zambia peaked at 0.1388 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.0563, in 2003.
Zambia ranks 31st of 53 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0675 | 0.0585 | 0.0753 | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.0909 | 0.0563 | 0.1255 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1309 | 0.1229 | 0.1388 | 2 |
Countries ranked near Zambia
More trade data for Zambia
- Net long-term borrowing 0 BoP, current US$ (2011)
- Pesticides imports 35.28 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Food imports excluding fish 195.74 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Total agricultural imports 246.25 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal imports 8.28 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal imports quantity 17,474 FAO, tonnes (2010)
- Total agricultural exports 494.74 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal exports 64.19 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal exports quantity 124,700 FAO, tonnes (2010)
- Merchandise exports, WB 8.68 billion current US$ (2011)
Frequently asked questions
- What is import product concentration index in Zambia?
- Import product concentration index in Zambia was 0.1229 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 Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1388 in 2010.
- What is the lowest import product concentration index recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0563 in 2003.
- How does Zambia rank for import product concentration index?
- Zambia ranks 31st out of 53 countries with data for 2011.
- Is import product concentration index rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 62.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Zambia 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.