Import product diversification index in Eswatini
Eswatini: Import product diversification index was 0.5955 in 2011. ▲ Rising
Import product diversification index in Eswatini, 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 diversification index in Eswatini stood at 0.5955. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
The figure is up 25.5% on the previous year and up 31.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, import product diversification index in Eswatini peaked at 0.5955 in 2011 and was at its lowest, 0.4011, in 1995.
Eswatini ranks 6th of 53 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Import product diversification index in Eswatini, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 0.4011 | — |
| 1996 | 0.4076 | +1.6% |
| 1997 | 0.4135 | +1.4% |
| 1998 | 0.4109 | -0.6% |
| 1999 | 0.4257 | +3.6% |
| 2000 | 0.4689 | +10.1% |
| 2001 | 0.4515 | -3.7% |
| 2002 | 0.4687 | +3.8% |
| 2003 | 0.4718 | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 0.4921 | +4.3% |
| 2005 | 0.4776 | -3.0% |
| 2006 | 0.4626 | -3.1% |
| 2007 | 0.4685 | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 0.472 | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 0.4527 | -4.1% |
| 2010 | 0.4745 | +4.8% |
| 2011 | 0.5955 | +25.5% |
Eswatini compared with similar countries
- Eswatini's 0.5955 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.498, 1.2× the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Eswatini's 0.5955 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.5119, 1.2× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Import product diversification index in Eswatini 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | +25.5% | 0.4745 | 0.5955 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.4118 | 0.4011 | 0.4257 | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.4686 | 0.4515 | 0.4921 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.535 | 0.4745 | 0.5955 | 2 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is import product diversification index in Eswatini?
- Import product diversification index in Eswatini was 0.5955 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 Eswatini?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5955 in 2011.
- What is the lowest import product diversification index recorded in Eswatini?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4011 in 1995.
- How does Eswatini rank for import product diversification index?
- Eswatini ranks 6th out of 53 countries with data for 2011.
- Is import product diversification index rising or falling in Eswatini?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eswatini 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.