Import product diversification index in Eswatini

Eswatini: Import product diversification index was 0.5955 in 2011. ▲ Rising

Latest (2011)
0.5955
Change on year
up 25.5%
World rank
6th
of 53 countries
All-time high
0.5955
in 2011
All-time low
0.4011
in 1995
Years of data
17
1995–2011

Import product diversification index in Eswatini, 1995–2011

00.20.40.61995200320111995: 0.4011996: 0.4081997: 0.4131998: 0.4111999: 0.4262000: 0.4692001: 0.4512002: 0.4692003: 0.4722004: 0.4922005: 0.4782006: 0.4632007: 0.4692008: 0.4722009: 0.4532010: 0.4752011: 0.595

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.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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

Countries ranked near Eswatini

  1. 3 Sierra Leone 0.6296 compare
  2. 4 Gambia 0.6075 compare
  3. 5 Benin 0.5993 compare
  4. 7 Namibia 0.5851 compare
  5. 8 Togo 0.5777 compare
  6. 9 Guinea-Bissau 0.5776 compare

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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

Indicator
Import product diversification index
Source
UNCTAD Statistical Office, also reported in the UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics, various issues (http://unctadstat.unctad.org/)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
55 places, 935 data points, 1995–2011
Last refreshed

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.