Import unit values, Mean, US dollar (ACM1. Agricultural products) in Madagascar
Madagascar: Import unit values, Mean, US dollar (ACM1. Agricultural products) was 1.08 in 2014. ▲ Rising
Import unit values, Mean, US dollar in Madagascar, 1963–2014
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
The most recent figure for import unit values, mean, us dollar in Madagascar is 1.08, measured in 2014.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 15.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, import unit values, mean, us dollar in Madagascar peaked at 1.7 in 2011 and was at its lowest, 0.8697, in 1993.
Madagascar ranks 6th of 166 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 52 years of available data.
Import unit values, Mean, US dollar (ACM1. Agricultural products) in Madagascar, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1963 | 0.9031 | — |
| 1964 | 0.9864 | +9.2% |
| 1965 | 0.9646 | -2.2% |
| 1966 | 0.9603 | -0.4% |
| 1967 | 0.9562 | -0.4% |
| 1968 | 0.9458 | -1.1% |
| 1969 | 1.01 | +6.9% |
| 1970 | 1 | -0.8% |
| 1971 | 0.9632 | -3.9% |
| 1972 | 1.03 | +7.4% |
| 1973 | 1.01 | -2.3% |
| 1974 | 0.9566 | -5.3% |
| 1975 | 1.01 | +5.2% |
| 1976 | 0.9551 | -5.1% |
| 1977 | 1.01 | +6.1% |
| 1978 | 1.02 | +0.9% |
| 1979 | 1.09 | +6.3% |
| 1980 | 0.9543 | -12.3% |
| 1981 | 0.9735 | +2.0% |
| 1982 | 1.02 | +5.0% |
| 1983 | 0.9011 | -11.9% |
| 1984 | 0.9434 | +4.7% |
| 1985 | 0.8861 | -6.1% |
| 1986 | 0.9151 | +3.3% |
| 1987 | 0.9639 | +5.3% |
| 1988 | 0.9854 | +2.2% |
| 1989 | 0.9706 | -1.5% |
| 1990 | 0.9277 | -4.4% |
| 1991 | 0.9295 | +0.2% |
| 1992 | 0.9043 | -2.7% |
| 1993 | 0.8697 | -3.8% |
| 1994 | 0.9017 | +3.7% |
| 1995 | 0.9285 | +3.0% |
| 1996 | 0.8976 | -3.3% |
| 1997 | 0.909 | +1.3% |
| 1998 | 0.9246 | +1.7% |
| 1999 | 0.8939 | -3.3% |
| 2000 | 0.8874 | -0.7% |
| 2001 | 0.8844 | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 0.9086 | +2.7% |
| 2003 | 0.9201 | +1.3% |
| 2004 | 0.9388 | +2.0% |
| 2005 | 0.9965 | +6.1% |
| 2006 | 1.07 | +7.7% |
| 2007 | 0.9637 | -10.2% |
| 2008 | 0.9991 | +3.7% |
| 2009 | 0.9827 | -1.6% |
| 2010 | 1.01 | +3.2% |
| 2011 | 1.7 | +68.0% |
| 2012 | 1.17 | -31.2% |
| 2013 | 1.08 | -8.0% |
| 2014 | 1.08 | +0.2% |
Madagascar compared with similar countries
- Madagascar's 1.08 is above the median for low income countries, which is 0.8439, 1.3× the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Madagascar's 1.08 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.843, 1.3× the median. (45 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Import unit values, Mean, US dollar (ACM1. Agricultural products) in Madagascar 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | +68.0% | 1.01 | 1.7 |
| 2012 | -31.2% | 1.7 | 1.17 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.9611 | 0.9031 | 1.01 | 7 |
| 1970s | 1.01 | 0.9551 | 1.09 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.9516 | 0.8861 | 1.02 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.9087 | 0.8697 | 0.9295 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9555 | 0.8844 | 1.07 | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.21 | 1.01 | 1.7 | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is import unit values, mean, us dollar in Madagascar?
- Import unit values, mean, us dollar in Madagascar was 1.08 in 2014, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest import unit values, mean, us dollar recorded in Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 1.7 in 2011.
- What is the lowest import unit values, mean, us dollar recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8697 in 1993.
- How does Madagascar rank for import unit values, mean, us dollar?
- Madagascar ranks 6th out of 166 countries with data for 2014.
- Is import unit values, mean, us dollar rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Madagascar data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Import unit values, 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.