Import product diversification index in Namibia
Namibia: Import product diversification index was 0.5851 in 2011. ▲ Rising
Import product diversification index in Namibia, 1995–2011
Source: UNCTAD Statistical Office, also reported in the UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics, various issues (http://unctadstat.unctad.org/).
Analysis
The most recent figure for import product diversification index in Namibia is 0.5851, measured in 2011. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
The figure is up 3.8% on the previous year and up 46.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, import product diversification index in Namibia peaked at 0.5851 in 2011 and was at its lowest, 0.3536, in 1998.
That places Namibia 7th 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 Namibia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 0.3625 | — |
| 1996 | 0.3552 | -2.0% |
| 1997 | 0.3539 | -0.4% |
| 1998 | 0.3536 | -0.1% |
| 1999 | 0.354 | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 0.3781 | +6.8% |
| 2001 | 0.4 | +5.8% |
| 2002 | 0.385 | -3.7% |
| 2003 | 0.3917 | +1.7% |
| 2004 | 0.3732 | -4.7% |
| 2005 | 0.3935 | +5.4% |
| 2006 | 0.3805 | -3.3% |
| 2007 | 0.401 | +5.4% |
| 2008 | 0.4093 | +2.1% |
| 2009 | 0.5163 | +26.1% |
| 2010 | 0.5638 | +9.2% |
| 2011 | 0.5851 | +3.8% |
Namibia compared with similar countries
- Namibia's 0.5851 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.498, 1.2× the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Namibia's 0.5851 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 | 0.3558 | 0.3536 | 0.3625 | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.4029 | 0.3732 | 0.5163 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.5745 | 0.5638 | 0.5851 | 2 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is import product diversification index in Namibia?
- Import product diversification index in Namibia was 0.5851 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 Namibia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5851 in 2011.
- What is the lowest import product diversification index recorded in Namibia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3536 in 1998.
- How does Namibia rank for import product diversification index?
- Namibia ranks 7th out of 53 countries with data for 2011.
- Is import product diversification index rising or falling in Namibia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 46.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Namibia 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.