Import product diversification index in Comoros
Comoros: Import product diversification index was 0.5387 in 2011. ▲ Rising
Import product diversification index in Comoros, 1995–2011
Source: UNCTAD Statistical Office, also reported in the UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics, various issues (http://unctadstat.unctad.org/).
Analysis
Comoros recorded 0.5387 for import product diversification index in 2011.
That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and up 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, import product diversification index in Comoros peaked at 0.5509 in 2005 and was at its lowest, 0.4184, in 1996.
That places Comoros 13th out of 53 countries with data for 2011, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Import product diversification index in Comoros, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 0.4276 | — |
| 1996 | 0.4184 | -2.1% |
| 1997 | 0.4527 | +8.2% |
| 1998 | 0.4263 | -5.8% |
| 1999 | 0.5257 | +23.3% |
| 2000 | 0.5462 | +3.9% |
| 2001 | 0.5321 | -2.6% |
| 2002 | 0.5147 | -3.3% |
| 2003 | 0.5063 | -1.6% |
| 2004 | 0.4923 | -2.8% |
| 2005 | 0.5509 | +11.9% |
| 2006 | 0.5436 | -1.3% |
| 2007 | 0.5211 | -4.1% |
| 2008 | 0.518 | -0.6% |
| 2009 | 0.5217 | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 0.535 | +2.6% |
| 2011 | 0.5387 | +0.7% |
Comoros compared with similar countries
- Comoros's 0.5387 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.498, 1.1× the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Comoros's 0.5387 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.5119, 1.1× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.4502 | 0.4184 | 0.5257 | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.5247 | 0.4923 | 0.5509 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.5369 | 0.535 | 0.5387 | 2 |
Countries ranked near Comoros
- 10 Seychelles 0.5688 compare
- 11 Mauritania 0.566 compare
- 12 Eritrea 0.5402 compare
- 14 Lesotho 0.5341 compare
- 15 Cape Verde 0.5316 compare
- 16 Congo 0.5312 compare
More trade data for Comoros
- Commodity Net Export Price Index, Individual Commodities Weighted by 116.59 (2025)
- Commodity Net Export Price Index, Individual Commodities Weighted by 100.81 (2025)
- Commodity Export Price Index, Individual Commodites Weighted by Ratio 99.95 (2025)
- Commodity Export Price Index, Individual Commodites Weighted by Ratio 101.36 (2025)
- Commodity Import Price Index, Individual Commodites Weighted by Ratio 99.15 (2025)
- Commodity Import Price Index, Individual Commodites Weighted by Ratio 84.35 (2025)
- Imports of low carbon technology products, Percent of GDP 0.8268 (2021)
- Imports of low carbon technology products, US dollar (World), per 12.86 units per person (2021)
- Imports of low carbon technology products, US dollar (World), per 0.0081 units per US$ of GDP (2021)
- Exports of low carbon technology products, US dollar (World), gaps 34,220 (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is import product diversification index in Comoros?
- Import product diversification index in Comoros was 0.5387 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 Comoros?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5509 in 2005.
- What is the lowest import product diversification index recorded in Comoros?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4184 in 1996.
- How does Comoros rank for import product diversification index?
- Comoros ranks 13th out of 53 countries with data for 2011.
- Is import product diversification index rising or falling in Comoros?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Comoros 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.