Import product diversification index in Democratic Republic of Congo
Democratic Republic of Congo: Import product diversification index was 0.455 in 2011. ▬ Flat
Import product diversification index in Democratic Republic of Congo, 1995–2011
Source: UNCTAD Statistical Office, also reported in the UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics, various issues (http://unctadstat.unctad.org/).
Analysis
Democratic Republic of Congo recorded 0.455 for import product diversification index in 2011. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 8.9% on the previous year and down 12.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, import product diversification index in Democratic Republic of Congo peaked at 0.5252 in 1999 and was at its lowest, 0.455, in 2011.
Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 45th of 53 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.4961 | 0.4757 | 0.5252 | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.4988 | 0.4655 | 0.5188 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.4772 | 0.455 | 0.4994 | 2 |
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More trade data for Democratic Republic of Congo
- Net long-term borrowing 0 BoP, current US$ (2011)
- Pesticides imports 3.60 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Food imports excluding fish 875.75 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Total agricultural imports 1.00 billion FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal imports 199.01 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal imports quantity 643,448 FAO, tonnes (2010)
- Total agricultural exports 75.12 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal exports 154,000 FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal exports quantity 594 FAO, tonnes (2010)
- Merchandise exports, WB 10.93 billion current US$ (2011)
Frequently asked questions
- What is import product diversification index in Democratic Republic of Congo?
- Import product diversification index in Democratic Republic of Congo was 0.455 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 Democratic Republic of Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5252 in 1999.
- What is the lowest import product diversification index recorded in Democratic Republic of Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.455 in 2011.
- How does Democratic Republic of Congo rank for import product diversification index?
- Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 45th out of 53 countries with data for 2011.
- Is import product diversification index rising or falling in Democratic Republic of Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Democratic Republic of Congo 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.