Import product diversification index in Botswana
Botswana: Import product diversification index was 0.4681 in 2011. ▲ Rising
Import product diversification index in Botswana, 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 diversification index in Botswana is 0.4681, measured in 2011. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.2% on the previous year and up 16.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, import product diversification index in Botswana peaked at 0.4681 in 2011 and was at its lowest, 0.3724, in 1998.
That places Botswana 39th 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.3753 | 0.3724 | 0.3793 | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.4213 | 0.3982 | 0.4615 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.4631 | 0.4581 | 0.4681 | 2 |
Countries ranked near Botswana
More trade data for Botswana
- Net long-term borrowing 0 BoP, current US$ (2011)
- Pesticides imports 2.63 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Food imports excluding fish 523.89 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Total agricultural imports 698.14 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal imports 78.22 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal imports quantity 291,999 FAO, tonnes (2010)
- Total agricultural exports 243.79 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal exports 2.30 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal exports quantity 4,707 FAO, tonnes (2010)
- Merchandise exports, WB 5.07 billion current US$ (2011)
Frequently asked questions
- What is import product diversification index in Botswana?
- Import product diversification index in Botswana was 0.4681 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 diversification index recorded in Botswana?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4681 in 2011.
- What is the lowest import product diversification index recorded in Botswana?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3724 in 1998.
- How does Botswana rank for import product diversification index?
- Botswana ranks 39th out of 53 countries with data for 2011.
- Is import product diversification index rising or falling in Botswana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Botswana 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 diversification index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The diversification index signals whether the structure of imports by product of a given country or group of countries differ from the structure of product of the world. Diversification index that ranges from 0 to 1 reveals the extent of the differences between the structure of trade of the country or country group and the world average. The index value closer to 1 indicates a bigger difference from the world average. It is constructed as the inverse of a Herfindahl index, using disaggregated exports at 4 digits (following the STIC3). This index is a modified Finger-Kreinin measure of similarity in trade. For more information, please consult the article of Finger, J. M. and M. E. Kreinin (1979), “A measure of ‘export similarity’ and its possible uses” in the Economic Journal , 89: 905-12.