Import product diversification index in Seychelles
Seychelles: Import product diversification index was 0.5688 in 2011. ▲ Rising
Import product diversification index in Seychelles, 1995–2011
Source: UNCTAD Statistical Office, also reported in the UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics, various issues (http://unctadstat.unctad.org/).
Analysis
Seychelles recorded 0.5688 for import product diversification index in 2011.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.9% on the previous year and down 6.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, import product diversification index in Seychelles peaked at 0.6078 in 2001 and was at its lowest, 0.4466, in 1995.
That places Seychelles 10th 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.5019 | 0.4466 | 0.5469 | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.562 | 0.5083 | 0.6078 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.5663 | 0.5638 | 0.5688 | 2 |
Countries ranked near Seychelles
More trade data for Seychelles
- Net long-term borrowing 0 BoP, current US$ (2011)
- Pesticides imports 1.13 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Food imports excluding fish 66.33 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Total agricultural imports 80.59 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal imports 9.71 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal imports quantity 18,257 FAO, tonnes (2010)
- Total agricultural exports 3.73 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal exports 9,000 FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal exports quantity 18 FAO, tonnes (2010)
- Merchandise exports, WB 697.49 million current US$ (2010)
Frequently asked questions
- What is import product diversification index in Seychelles?
- Import product diversification index in Seychelles was 0.5688 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 Seychelles?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6078 in 2001.
- What is the lowest import product diversification index recorded in Seychelles?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4466 in 1995.
- How does Seychelles rank for import product diversification index?
- Seychelles ranks 10th out of 53 countries with data for 2011.
- Is import product diversification index rising or falling in Seychelles?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Seychelles 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.