Import product diversification index in Togo
Togo: Import product diversification index was 0.5777 in 2011. ▲ Rising
Import product diversification index in Togo, 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 Togo stood at 0.5777.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 8.6% on the previous year and up 2.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, import product diversification index in Togo peaked at 0.6266 in 2002 and was at its lowest, 0.5195, in 1997.
Togo ranks 8th of 53 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Import product diversification index in Togo, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 0.5234 | — |
| 1996 | 0.5212 | -0.4% |
| 1997 | 0.5195 | -0.3% |
| 1998 | 0.5196 | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.5623 | +8.2% |
| 2000 | 0.5685 | +1.1% |
| 2001 | 0.5624 | -1.1% |
| 2002 | 0.6266 | +11.4% |
| 2003 | 0.5521 | -11.9% |
| 2004 | 0.6048 | +9.5% |
| 2005 | 0.6096 | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 0.5978 | -1.9% |
| 2007 | 0.6115 | +2.3% |
| 2008 | 0.57 | -6.8% |
| 2009 | 0.5263 | -7.7% |
| 2010 | 0.5319 | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 0.5777 | +8.6% |
Togo compared with similar countries
- Togo's 0.5777 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.498, 1.2× the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Togo's 0.5777 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 | 0.5292 | 0.5195 | 0.5623 | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.583 | 0.5263 | 0.6266 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.5548 | 0.5319 | 0.5777 | 2 |
Countries ranked near Togo
- 5 Benin 0.5993 compare
- 6 Eswatini 0.5955 compare
- 7 Namibia 0.5851 compare
- 9 Guinea-Bissau 0.5776 compare
- 10 Seychelles 0.5688 compare
- 11 Mauritania 0.566 compare
More trade data for Togo
- Commodity Net Export Price Index, Individual Commodities Weighted by 131.48 (2025)
- Commodity Net Export Price Index, Individual Commodities Weighted by 102.85 (2025)
- Commodity Export Price Index, Individual Commodites Weighted by Ratio 100.67 (2025)
- Commodity Export Price Index, Individual Commodites Weighted by Ratio 118.35 (2025)
- Commodity Import Price Index, Individual Commodites Weighted by Ratio 97.89 (2025)
- Commodity Import Price Index, Individual Commodites Weighted by Ratio 73.26 (2025)
- Imports of low carbon technology products, Percent of GDP 0.6897 (2024)
- Imports of low carbon technology products, US dollar (World), per 8.02 units per person (2024)
- Imports of low carbon technology products, US dollar (World), per 0.0063 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Exports of low carbon technology products, US dollar (World), gaps 5.44 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is import product diversification index in Togo?
- Import product diversification index in Togo was 0.5777 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 Togo?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6266 in 2002.
- What is the lowest import product diversification index recorded in Togo?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5195 in 1997.
- How does Togo rank for import product diversification index?
- Togo ranks 8th out of 53 countries with data for 2011.
- Is import product diversification index rising or falling in Togo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Togo 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.