Import product diversification index in Tanzania
Tanzania: Import product diversification index was 0.4977 in 2011. ▲ Rising
Import product diversification index in Tanzania, 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 Tanzania stood at 0.4977. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
The figure is up 3.4% on the previous year and up 15.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, import product diversification index in Tanzania peaked at 0.4977 in 2011 and was at its lowest, 0.3914, in 1999.
That places Tanzania 30th 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.4124 | 0.3914 | 0.436 | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.448 | 0.4293 | 0.4706 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.4895 | 0.4813 | 0.4977 | 2 |
Countries ranked near Tanzania
- 27 Burundi 0.5049 compare
- 28 Ethiopia 0.5033 compare
- 29 Sao Tome and Principe 0.4984 compare
- 31 Algeria 0.4835 compare
- 32 Mozambique 0.4788 compare
- 33 Equatorial Guinea 0.4785 compare
More trade data for Tanzania
- Net long-term borrowing 0 BoP, current US$ (2011)
- Pesticides imports 40.65 million FAO, current US$ (2011)
- Lead time to export, median case 4 days (2018)
- Food imports excluding fish 771.53 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Total agricultural imports 831.52 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal imports 373.11 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal imports quantity 1.23 million FAO, tonnes (2010)
- Total agricultural exports 988.70 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal exports 76.13 million FAO, current US$ (2010)
- Cereal exports quantity 224,465 FAO, tonnes (2010)
Frequently asked questions
- What is import product diversification index in Tanzania?
- Import product diversification index in Tanzania was 0.4977 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 Tanzania?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4977 in 2011.
- What is the lowest import product diversification index recorded in Tanzania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3914 in 1999.
- How does Tanzania rank for import product diversification index?
- Tanzania ranks 30th out of 53 countries with data for 2011.
- Is import product diversification index rising or falling in Tanzania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Tanzania 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.