Import product diversification index in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Import product diversification index was 0.5033 in 2011. ▲ Rising
Import product diversification index in Ethiopia, 1995–2011
Source: UNCTAD Statistical Office, also reported in the UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics, various issues (http://unctadstat.unctad.org/).
Analysis
Ethiopia recorded 0.5033 for import product diversification index in 2011.
The figure is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 3.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, import product diversification index in Ethiopia peaked at 0.5099 in 2008 and was at its lowest, 0.434, in 1996.
That places Ethiopia 28th 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.
Import product diversification index in Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 0.4865 | — |
| 1996 | 0.434 | -10.8% |
| 1997 | 0.4468 | +3.0% |
| 1998 | 0.4774 | +6.8% |
| 1999 | 0.4593 | -3.8% |
| 2000 | 0.4815 | +4.9% |
| 2001 | 0.4882 | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 0.453 | -7.2% |
| 2003 | 0.4795 | +5.9% |
| 2004 | 0.4631 | -3.4% |
| 2005 | 0.4811 | +3.9% |
| 2006 | 0.4987 | +3.7% |
| 2007 | 0.4834 | -3.1% |
| 2008 | 0.5099 | +5.5% |
| 2009 | 0.4985 | -2.2% |
| 2010 | 0.5005 | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 0.5033 | +0.6% |
Ethiopia compared with similar countries
- Ethiopia's 0.5033 is below the median for low income countries, which is 0.5179, 97% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Ethiopia's 0.5033 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.5119, 98% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.4608 | 0.434 | 0.4865 | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.4837 | 0.453 | 0.5099 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.5019 | 0.5005 | 0.5033 | 2 |
Countries ranked near Ethiopia
- 25 Burkina Faso 0.5119 compare
- 26 Cote d'Ivoire 0.5061 compare
- 27 Burundi 0.5049 compare
- 29 Sao Tome and Principe 0.4984 compare
- 30 Tanzania 0.4977 compare
- 31 Algeria 0.4835 compare
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- Commodity Net Export Price Index, Individual Commodities Weighted by 154.44 (2025)
- Commodity Net Export Price Index, Individual Commodities Weighted by 103.69 (2025)
- Commodity Export Price Index, Individual Commodites Weighted by Ratio 101.56 (2025)
- Commodity Export Price Index, Individual Commodites Weighted by Ratio 156.32 (2025)
- Commodity Import Price Index, Individual Commodites Weighted by Ratio 97.95 (2025)
- Commodity Import Price Index, Individual Commodites Weighted by Ratio 64.76 (2025)
- Imports of low carbon technology products, Percent of GDP 0.5153 (2023)
- Imports of low carbon technology products, US dollar (World), per 6.4 units per person (2023)
- Imports of low carbon technology products, US dollar (World), per 0.0061 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Exports of low carbon technology products, US dollar (World), gaps 1.77 million (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is import product diversification index in Ethiopia?
- Import product diversification index in Ethiopia was 0.5033 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 Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5099 in 2008.
- What is the lowest import product diversification index recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.434 in 1996.
- How does Ethiopia rank for import product diversification index?
- Ethiopia ranks 28th out of 53 countries with data for 2011.
- Is import product diversification index rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ethiopia 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.