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Intensive Margin, Theil index by country

Covers 200 countries with data from 1962 to 2014. It has three main indicators: the Export Diversification Index, which can be disaggregated into sub-indices covering the Extensive Margin and the Intensive Margin. As these are Theil indices, higher values for all three correspond to lower export diversification.

Countries reporting
189
Highest
5.94
Chad
Lowest
0
Netherlands Antilles
Median
3.08
Years covered
53
1962–2014
Data points
10,017

What the numbers show

Intensive Margin, Theil index is currently reported for 189 countries. The highest value is 5.94 in Chad; the lowest is 0 in Netherlands Antilles.

The median across all reporting countries is 3.08, and the mean is 3.2.

Over the past decade 104 countries rose and 81 fell. The largest increase was in Eritrea (up 129.0%), and the largest decrease in Sudan (down 100.0%).

Intensive Margin, Theil index: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Chad 5.94 2014 up 4.5% rising
2 Azerbaijan 5.91 2014 up 27.1% volatile
3 Eritrea 5.83 2014 up 129.0% volatile
4 Angola 5.76 2014 down 1.5% rising
5 Botswana 5.74 2014 up 3.6% volatile
6 Kiribati 5.49 2014 up 31.1% rising
7 Antigua and Barbuda 5.4 2014 up 7.4% rising
8 Turkmenistan 5.4 2014 up 2.0% volatile
9 Maldives 5.29 2014 up 19.0% rising
10 Equatorial Guinea 5.26 2014 down 8.0% rising
11 Niger 5.19 2014 up 37.2% rising
12 Yemen 5.11 2014 down 10.4% rising
13 Guinea-Bissau 5.1 2014 up 2.6% rising
14 Seychelles 5.03 2014 up 10.9% rising
15 Brunei 4.98 2014 — volatile
16 South Sudan 4.93 2014 — volatile
17 Bangladesh 4.89 2014 up 7.3% rising
18 Libya 4.85 2014 up 3.8% flat
19 Solomon Islands 4.85 2014 up 2.2% rising
20 Venezuela 4.85 2014 up 22.1% rising
21 Nigeria 4.84 2014 down 6.5% rising
22 Sao Tome and Principe 4.81 2014 up 49.1% rising
23 Malawi 4.78 2014 up 8.7% rising
24 Algeria 4.75 2014 down 5.4% rising
25 Kazakhstan 4.64 2014 up 19.8% volatile
26 Lesotho 4.63 2014 down 11.8% volatile
27 Marshall Islands 4.62 2014 — volatile
28 Zambia 4.61 2014 up 15.0% rising
29 Trinidad and Tobago 4.6 2014 up 11.2% rising
30 Aruba 4.57 2014 up 27.2% volatile
31 Mongolia 4.54 2014 up 9.7% rising
32 Qatar 4.54 2014 up 20.0% rising
33 Guinea 4.53 2014 up 30.9% rising
34 Cameroon 4.49 2014 up 6.3% rising
35 Tuvalu 4.44 2014 up 19.9% volatile
36 Mauritania 4.42 2014 down 2.7% falling
37 Iraq 4.4 2014 up 2.5% rising
38 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 4.38 2014 down 15.1% rising
39 Cambodia 4.31 2014 down 6.2% rising
40 Vanuatu 4.29 2014 up 14.2% rising
41 Cape Verde 4.25 2014 up 24.1% rising
42 Bolivia 4.14 2014 up 19.7% rising
43 Ghana 4.11 2014 up 28.2% falling
44 Saint Kitts and Nevis 4.1 2014 down 0.5% volatile
45 Myanmar 4.05 2014 up 8.3% rising
46 Costa Rica 4.02 2014 up 13.9% rising
47 Bhutan 3.97 2014 — volatile
48 Democratic Republic of Congo 3.93 2014 up 6.6% rising
49 Iceland 3.93 2014 up 26.0% rising
50 Gambia 3.93 2014 up 34.0% falling
51 Mozambique 3.91 2014 down 19.6% rising
52 Zimbabwe 3.88 2014 up 31.2% rising
53 Congo 3.88 2014 down 13.8% rising
54 Iran 3.87 2014 down 6.2% rising
55 United Arab Emirates 3.85 2014 up 6.2% flat
56 Russia 3.81 2014 up 26.5% volatile
57 Tajikistan 3.81 2014 down 11.2% volatile
58 Ethiopia 3.8 2014 down 0.5% volatile
59 Bahamas 3.78 2014 up 24.5% falling
60 Djibouti 3.76 2014 up 58.7% flat
61 Rwanda 3.74 2014 down 28.8% falling
62 Papua New Guinea 3.69 2014 up 28.4% rising
63 Anguilla 3.67 2014 up 27.7% volatile
64 Saint Lucia 3.66 2014 down 3.7% rising
65 Grenada 3.65 2014 up 1.1% rising
66 Laos 3.62 2014 up 1.6% rising
67 Kuwait 3.61 2014 down 2.7% flat
68 Norway 3.59 2014 up 2.6% rising
69 Saudi Arabia 3.55 2014 down 0.9% flat
70 Paraguay 3.53 2014 down 2.0% rising
71 Mali 3.52 2014 down 7.2% rising
72 Colombia 3.48 2014 up 37.6% falling
73 Cote d'Ivoire 3.44 2014 up 13.4% flat
74 Belize 3.44 2014 up 0.1% flat
75 Montserrat 3.42 2014 up 14.6% rising
76 Nicaragua 3.35 2014 up 4.8% rising
77 Somalia 3.35 2014 up 54.0% flat
78 Fiji 3.32 2014 up 3.7% rising
79 Hong Kong 3.32 2014 up 49.0% rising
80 Namibia 3.32 2014 down 5.3% volatile
81 Mauritius 3.3 2014 down 3.1% rising
82 Armenia 3.27 2014 down 3.6% volatile
83 Suriname 3.25 2014 down 36.2% rising
84 Gabon 3.24 2014 up 3.6% rising
85 Madagascar 3.22 2014 up 3.9% rising
86 Comoros 3.2 2014 up 8.5% flat
87 Uzbekistan 3.2 2014 down 6.8% volatile
88 Haiti 3.19 2014 down 5.9% rising
89 Eswatini 3.17 2014 down 1.0% volatile
90 Burkina Faso 3.17 2014 down 5.7% rising
91 Tonga 3.14 2014 down 15.3% rising
92 Australia 3.13 2014 up 52.4% flat
93 Jamaica 3.09 2014 down 3.3% flat
94 Honduras 3.09 2014 down 16.9% rising
95 Macao 3.08 2014 up 8.3% falling
96 El Salvador 3.08 2014 down 12.6% rising
97 Ecuador 3.08 2014 down 2.8% falling
98 North Macedonia 3.04 2014 up 11.0% volatile
99 Singapore 3.01 2014 up 2.3% rising
100 Sierra Leone 3 2014 up 7.7% rising
101 Sri Lanka 2.98 2014 up 1.5% falling
102 Malta 2.97 2014 down 9.9% rising
103 Georgia 2.91 2014 down 2.7% volatile
104 Albania 2.91 2014 down 6.4% rising
105 Bahrain 2.87 2014 down 15.2% rising
106 Uruguay 2.86 2014 up 43.5% falling
107 Ireland 2.84 2014 down 7.3% rising
108 Andorra 2.83 2014 up 19.8% falling
109 Kyrgyzstan 2.8 2014 up 10.8% volatile
110 Samoa 2.79 2014 down 6.3% rising
111 Benin 2.76 2014 down 20.3% rising
112 Chile 2.74 2014 up 4.1% falling
113 Morocco 2.74 2014 down 0.7% falling
114 Dominica 2.71 2014 up 1.4% falling
115 Malaysia 2.68 2014 down 9.1% falling
116 Liberia 2.68 2014 down 18.4% rising
117 Vietnam 2.64 2014 down 10.3% volatile
118 Moldova 2.63 2014 down 9.2% volatile
119 Central African Republic 2.61 2014 up 3.1% rising
120 Burundi 2.6 2014 down 14.5% falling
121 Kenya 2.6 2014 up 4.6% falling
122 Tanzania 2.6 2014 down 3.2% flat
123 Belarus 2.59 2014 down 38.5% volatile
124 Greece 2.59 2014 up 77.5% falling
125 Philippines 2.56 2014 down 18.6% rising
126 Oman 2.55 2014 up 3.6% falling
127 Tunisia 2.5 2014 down 0.2% falling
128 Nepal 2.46 2014 down 2.5% falling
129 Barbados 2.44 2014 up 3.9% falling
130 Pakistan 2.44 2014 down 2.5% flat
131 Slovakia 2.4 2014 up 7.3% volatile
132 Jordan 2.4 2014 down 8.4% falling
133 South Africa 2.38 2014 up 33.4% flat
134 Peru 2.37 2014 up 3.9% falling
135 Estonia 2.37 2014 up 22.6% volatile
136 Dominican Republic 2.34 2014 down 14.6% flat
137 Panama 2.34 2014 up 12.6% falling
138 Switzerland 2.33 2014 up 25.0% rising
139 Egypt 2.33 2014 up 19.6% falling
140 Senegal 2.31 2014 down 6.9% falling
141 Argentina 2.27 2014 up 11.1% falling
142 Brazil 2.27 2014 up 37.6% falling
143 Israel 2.25 2014 down 4.6% falling
144 Guyana 2.24 2014 up 2.9% falling
145 Canada 2.24 2014 up 13.7% falling
146 Afghanistan 2.23 2014 up 25.8% falling
147 South Korea 2.23 2014 down 5.5% rising
148 Syria 2.23 2014 down 26.2% flat
149 Togo 2.19 2014 down 18.0% falling
150 Mexico 2.16 2014 down 0.3% flat
151 Lithuania 2.16 2014 up 15.2% volatile
152 Guatemala 2.15 2014 down 18.6% falling
153 Uganda 2.14 2014 down 18.7% flat
154 Cyprus 2.07 2014 up 0.4% falling
155 Ukraine 2.06 2014 up 7.7% volatile
156 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2.06 2014 down 10.7% volatile
157 Japan 2.03 2014 down 4.2% rising
158 Luxembourg 2.01 2014 down 6.7% volatile
159 Slovenia 2 2014 up 6.2% volatile
160 India 1.99 2014 up 13.3% falling
161 New Zealand 1.98 2014 up 26.8% falling
162 Belgium 1.98 2014 up 20.4% volatile
163 Denmark 1.97 2014 up 20.9% rising
164 Czechia 1.96 2014 up 19.3% volatile
165 Serbia and Montenegro 1.96 2014 up 15.9% volatile
166 Sweden 1.93 2014 up 5.7% rising
167 United Kingdom 1.93 2014 up 11.8% rising
168 Romania 1.93 2014 down 6.6% rising
169 Netherlands 1.93 2014 up 34.5% rising
170 Hungary 1.91 2014 down 12.2% rising
171 China 1.89 2014 down 4.1% rising
172 Finland 1.89 2014 down 2.7% falling
173 Croatia 1.84 2014 down 2.9% volatile
174 Thailand 1.84 2014 down 4.5% falling
175 Latvia 1.81 2014 down 6.9% volatile
176 Indonesia 1.81 2014 down 0.5% falling
177 Lebanon 1.78 2014 down 2.1% falling
178 Bulgaria 1.78 2014 up 2.9% rising
179 Germany 1.73 2014 up 3.6% rising
180 United States 1.72 2014 up 9.8% rising
181 France 1.68 2014 up 5.3% rising
182 Turkey 1.68 2014 down 12.8% falling
183 Portugal 1.62 2014 down 5.4% falling
184 Spain 1.61 2014 down 0.3% flat
185 Italy 1.53 2014 up 9.4% rising
186 Austria 1.48 2014 up 2.2% rising
187 Poland 1.44 2014 down 3.0% falling
188 Sudan 0 2014 down 100.0% rising
188 Netherlands Antilles 0 2014 down 100.0% falling

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Indicator
Intensive Margin, Theil index
Source
International Monetary Fund
Licence
IMF Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
189 places, 10,017 data points, 1962–2014
Last refreshed

Covers 200 countries with data from 1962 to 2014. It has three main indicators: the Export Diversification Index, which can be disaggregated into sub-indices covering the Extensive Margin and the Intensive Margin. As these are Theil indices, higher values for all three correspond to lower export diversification.