Import quality, Mean, US dollar (ACM1. Agricultural products) in Congo
Congo: Import quality, Mean, US dollar (ACM1. Agricultural products) was 0.7942 in 2014. ▼ Falling
Import quality, Mean, US dollar in Congo, 1963–2014
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
Congo recorded 0.7942 for import quality, mean, us dollar in 2014.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 31.8% on the previous year and up 18.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, import quality, mean, us dollar in Congo peaked at 0.9768 in 1963 and was at its lowest, 0.5649, in 2012.
Congo ranks 142nd of 166 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 52 years of available data.
Import quality, Mean, US dollar (ACM1. Agricultural products) in Congo, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1963 | 0.9768 | — |
| 1964 | 0.9766 | -0.0% |
| 1965 | 0.9649 | -1.2% |
| 1966 | 0.9709 | +0.6% |
| 1967 | 0.9731 | +0.2% |
| 1968 | 0.9309 | -4.3% |
| 1969 | 0.9213 | -1.0% |
| 1970 | 0.9031 | -2.0% |
| 1971 | 0.9498 | +5.2% |
| 1972 | 0.9103 | -4.2% |
| 1973 | 0.9716 | +6.7% |
| 1974 | 0.9615 | -1.0% |
| 1975 | 0.9325 | -3.0% |
| 1976 | 0.939 | +0.7% |
| 1977 | 0.9239 | -1.6% |
| 1978 | 0.9295 | +0.6% |
| 1979 | 0.8858 | -4.7% |
| 1980 | 0.8646 | -2.4% |
| 1981 | 0.889 | +2.8% |
| 1982 | 0.8884 | -0.1% |
| 1983 | 0.8785 | -1.1% |
| 1984 | 0.8345 | -5.0% |
| 1985 | 0.8524 | +2.1% |
| 1986 | 0.7872 | -7.7% |
| 1987 | 0.7866 | -0.1% |
| 1988 | 0.8259 | +5.0% |
| 1989 | 0.8223 | -0.4% |
| 1990 | 0.8115 | -1.3% |
| 1991 | 0.7815 | -3.7% |
| 1992 | 0.7404 | -5.3% |
| 1993 | 0.7522 | +1.6% |
| 1994 | 0.772 | +2.6% |
| 1995 | 0.7821 | +1.3% |
| 1996 | 0.7449 | -4.8% |
| 1997 | 0.7007 | -5.9% |
| 1998 | 0.7763 | +10.8% |
| 1999 | 0.773 | -0.4% |
| 2000 | 0.8478 | +9.7% |
| 2001 | 0.7657 | -9.7% |
| 2002 | 0.6711 | -12.4% |
| 2003 | 0.7072 | +5.4% |
| 2004 | 0.6713 | -5.1% |
| 2005 | 0.667 | -0.6% |
| 2006 | 0.6714 | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 0.6819 | +1.6% |
| 2008 | 0.6626 | -2.8% |
| 2009 | 0.6205 | -6.4% |
| 2010 | 0.57 | -8.1% |
| 2011 | 0.59 | +3.5% |
| 2012 | 0.5649 | -4.3% |
| 2013 | 0.6024 | +6.6% |
| 2014 | 0.7942 | +31.8% |
Congo compared with similar countries
- Congo's 0.7942 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.8526, 93% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Congo's 0.7942 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.8547, 93% of the median. (45 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Import quality, Mean, US dollar (ACM1. Agricultural products) in Congo changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | +31.8% | 0.6024 | 0.7942 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.9592 | 0.9213 | 0.9768 | 7 |
| 1970s | 0.9307 | 0.8858 | 0.9716 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.843 | 0.7866 | 0.889 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.7635 | 0.7007 | 0.8115 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.6967 | 0.6205 | 0.8478 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.6243 | 0.5649 | 0.7942 | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is import quality, mean, us dollar in Congo?
- Import quality, mean, us dollar in Congo was 0.7942 in 2014, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest import quality, mean, us dollar recorded in Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9768 in 1963.
- What is the lowest import quality, mean, us dollar recorded in Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5649 in 2012.
- How does Congo rank for import quality, mean, us dollar?
- Congo ranks 142nd out of 166 countries with data for 2014.
- Is import quality, mean, us dollar rising or falling in Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Congo data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Import quality, Mean, US dollar (ACM1. Agricultural products). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This dataset provides export quality indicators for over 800 products across 166 countries from 1963 to 2014, resulting in over 1.7 million observations. Higher index values indicate higher quality, and the index is normalized with a value of 1 representing the 90th percentile of export quality among all exporters (the world frontier). Data can be aggregated at various levels, including by product according to the Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) up to the 4-digit level, by Broad Economic Categories (BEC) up to the 3-digit level, and by aggregate sectors such as Agriculture, Commodities, and Manufactures.