Import product concentration index in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Import product concentration index was 0.0822 in 2011. ▲ Rising
Import product concentration index in Zimbabwe, 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 Zimbabwe stood at 0.0822.
The figure is down 21.2% on the previous year and down 49.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, import product concentration index in Zimbabwe peaked at 0.1649 in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.0541, in 1997.
That places Zimbabwe 45th out of 53 countries with data for 2011, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Import product concentration index in Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 0.0558 | — |
| 1996 | 0.0554 | -0.8% |
| 1997 | 0.0541 | -2.2% |
| 1998 | 0.0551 | +1.7% |
| 1999 | 0.0544 | -1.3% |
| 2000 | 0.1649 | +203.2% |
| 2001 | 0.1618 | -1.9% |
| 2002 | 0.1111 | -31.3% |
| 2003 | 0.0851 | -23.5% |
| 2004 | 0.1136 | +33.5% |
| 2005 | 0.1331 | +17.2% |
| 2006 | 0.1334 | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 0.1242 | -6.9% |
| 2008 | 0.1368 | +10.1% |
| 2009 | 0.0946 | -30.9% |
| 2010 | 0.1044 | +10.4% |
| 2011 | 0.0822 | -21.2% |
Zimbabwe compared with similar countries
- Zimbabwe's 0.0822 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.1371, 60% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Zimbabwe's 0.0822 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.1457, 56% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Import product concentration index in Zimbabwe 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | +203.2% | 0.0544 | 0.1649 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.055 | 0.0541 | 0.0558 | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.1259 | 0.0851 | 0.1649 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0933 | 0.0822 | 0.1044 | 2 |
Countries ranked near Zimbabwe
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Frequently asked questions
- What is import product concentration index in Zimbabwe?
- Import product concentration index in Zimbabwe was 0.0822 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 Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1649 in 2000.
- What is the lowest import product concentration index recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0541 in 1997.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for import product concentration index?
- Zimbabwe ranks 45th out of 53 countries with data for 2011.
- Is import product concentration index rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 49.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Zimbabwe 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.