Data for 1996

Export Concentration Index, 1996

Name: Export Concentration Index, 1996
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The export concentration index measures how far a country's merchandise exports are concentrated in a few products rather than spread across many. It runs from 0, exports spread evenly across every product group, to 1, a single product — the classic measure of how exposed a country's export earnings are to the price of one or two goods.

Export Concentration Index, 1996 covers 204 countries on 3 measures. Angola is highest, at 0.94757; Czechia is lowest, at 0.04786. The middle country reads 0.31623. Against 1995, 202 values changed (115 up, 87 down), the same countries are covered.

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Export Concentration Index · Data for 1996

HighestAngola

0.94757

LowestCzechia

0.04786

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.

204countries
3measures per country
1996the year it describes
204distinct values6 decimals, as published
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Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.94757	0.81226	43	Estimated
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.91547	0.50017	9	Estimated
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.91414	0.88591	158	Estimated
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0.90930	0.88296	59	Estimated
Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.87399	0.52565	6	Estimated
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.83987	0.83595	83	Estimated
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.81661	0.81996	67	Estimated
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.80937	0.78568	35	Estimated
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.80716	0.82423	49	Estimated
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.79510	0.80441	77	Estimated
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.78979	0.66503	43	Estimated
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	0.77693	0.76877	50	Estimated
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.77032	0.83639	61	Estimated
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.76097	0.73334	12	Estimated
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.76066	0.69451	20	Estimated
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.74039	0.82259	219	Estimated
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.73923	0.72996	178	Estimated
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.70987	0.88284	141	Estimated
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.70593	0.79763	52	Estimated
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.70239	0.69440	12	—
Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.70048	0.55984	14	Estimated
Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0.69552	0.55733	14	—
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.68210	0.81641	116	Estimated
Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.66880	0.81566	239	Estimated
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.65799	0.85382	170	Estimated
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.65790	0.69213	11	Estimated
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.65763	0.79595	70	—
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.64597	0.70888	17	Estimated
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.63809	0.61382	16	Estimated
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.63437	0.70636	35	Estimated
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.62734	0.74931	23	—
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	0.62494	0.82735	34	Estimated
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.62364	0.85919	69	Estimated
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.62185	0.84045	121	Estimated
Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	0.62121	0.77342	23	Estimated
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.60529	0.62307	34	Estimated
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.59748	0.80116	93	Estimated
United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.59526	0.71200	242	Estimated
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.59506	0.81749	68	—
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.59314	0.72478	17	Estimated
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.59001	0.80036	153	Estimated
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.55786	0.85565	98	Estimated
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.55242	0.75525	123	Estimated
Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.54684	0.77109	230	Estimated
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.54598	0.78954	84	Estimated
Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	0.54471	0.77303	11	Estimated. More than 30% of total trade under "931: Special transactions & commodities not classified"
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.54347	0.61748	25	Estimated
Suriname`SUR`South America	0.53312	0.79934	52	Estimated
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.53199	0.78399	179	Estimated
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.52771	0.82165	96	—
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.51320	0.78135	34	Estimated
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	0.50995	0.75171	23	—
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.50896	0.79324	44	Estimated
Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	0.50714	0.58242	22	Estimated
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.49909	0.56120	12	Estimated
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.49544	0.59973	15	Estimated
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.49064	0.61102	19	Estimated
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.49027	0.67405	35	Estimated
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.48780	0.63695	16	—
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.48737	0.79375	58	Estimated
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.47799	0.75868	111	—
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.44673	0.78338	131	Estimated. More than 30% of total trade under "931: Special transactions & commodities not classified"
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.44186	0.69360	12	Estimated
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.43050	0.63349	174	Estimated
American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.42905	0.52742	19	Estimated
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.41614	0.78165	102	Estimated
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.40959	0.65164	241	—
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.40902	0.78555	52	Estimated
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.39823	0.75332	181	Estimated
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.39033	0.63578	9	Estimated
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.38986	0.71433	74	Estimated
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.38703	0.76191	104	Estimated
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.38535	0.54757	8	Estimated
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.38476	0.67286	171	—
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.37871	0.79265	177	Estimated
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.37502	0.71188	34	Estimated
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.37261	0.79988	82	—
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.36728	0.81502	110	Estimated
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.36727	0.69629	18	Estimated
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.36006	0.87312	33	Estimated
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.35946	0.86038	75	Estimated
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.35917	0.80587	126	Estimated
Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.35810	0.76131	158	—
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.35399	0.70198	39	Estimated
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.35349	0.69886	207	Estimated
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.34757	0.81045	115	Estimated
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.34639	0.74359	25	Estimated
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.34331	0.73294	27	Estimated
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.34277	0.77527	76	Estimated
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.34176	0.80426	116	Estimated
Guyana`GUY`South America	0.33967	0.78158	68	Estimated
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.33522	0.63899	24	—
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.33473	0.76541	89	Estimated
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.33445	0.78182	185	Estimated
Panama`PAN`Central America	0.33213	0.64487	153	Estimated
Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.33206	0.79377	142	Estimated
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	0.32825	0.78310	145	Estimated
Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	0.32814	0.66735	47	—
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.32494	0.74264	167	Estimated
Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	0.32467	0.56026	47	More than 30% of total trade under "931: Special transactions & commodities not classified"
Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.32102	0.76947	44	Estimated
Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.31668	0.48436	31	Estimated
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.31578	0.68807	23	—
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.30809	0.71606	181	—
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.30269	0.58562	27	Estimated
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.29323	0.70503	45	Estimated
Niue`NIU`Polynesia	0.29238	0.48604	22	—
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.29140	0.76921	54	Estimated
Chile`CHL`South America	0.28907	0.75634	226	—
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.28905	0.70189	43	Estimated
Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.28839	0.73374	73	Estimated
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.28543	0.65923	20	Estimated
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.28185	0.77714	55	Estimated
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.28129	0.59970	223	—
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.28109	0.67313	192	Estimated
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.28052	0.55699	218	—
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.27910	0.75305	94	Estimated
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.27772	0.74747	209	Estimated
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.27570	0.76190	60	Estimated
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.27371	0.80219	95	Estimated
Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	0.27144	0.56403	31	Estimated
Colombia`COL`South America	0.26283	0.65026	220	—
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.26181	0.79169	85	Estimated
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.26124	0.70204	148	—
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.25593	0.67107	251	—
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.25559	0.73383	180	Estimated
Honduras`HND`Central America	0.24790	0.76361	176	Estimated
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.24591	0.67055	162	Estimated
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.24370	0.51802	253	Estimated
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.23692	0.66857	27	Estimated
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.23576	0.71027	93	Estimated
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.23542	0.76609	128	Estimated
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.23456	0.79633	142	Estimated
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.23406	0.78795	150	—
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.23356	0.66873	45	Estimated
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.23026	0.72534	218	—
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.22512	0.65562	193	—
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.22171	0.73915	178	Estimated
Peru`PER`South America	0.22096	0.76011	201	Estimated
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.22094	0.74963	100	Estimated
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.21953	0.69755	199	Estimated
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.21430	0.71377	183	Estimated
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.20739	0.51024	52	Estimated
Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	0.20336	0.56095	31	Estimated
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.20042	0.74038	77	Estimated
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.19998	0.66614	205	Estimated
Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.19236	0.77675	113	Estimated
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.18260	0.51128	245	—
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.17941	0.51000	248	—
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.17653	0.58482	213	Estimated
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.17511	0.54915	239	—
Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.17349	0.58331	58	Estimated
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.17149	0.63369	104	Estimated
Uruguay`URY`South America	0.16970	0.65168	166	—
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.16803	0.71186	204	Estimated
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.16762	0.70587	156	Estimated
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.15694	0.65157	99	—
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.15470	0.59706	154	Estimated
Argentina`ARG`South America	0.14448	0.57790	241	—
South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.13963	0.40478	243	—
Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.13713	0.38595	252	—
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.13381	0.59359	134	Estimated
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.13307	0.61845	194	Estimated
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.13264	0.35265	253	—
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.12995	0.42926	250	—
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.12678	0.62737	191	Estimated
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.12660	0.60453	216	—
Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.12428	0.55268	255	Estimated
Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.12337	0.38666	258	—
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.12278	0.65340	232	—
Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.12183	0.38090	246	—
India`IND`Southern Asia	0.11926	0.56807	245	—
Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.11849	0.44738	241	—
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.11664	0.50829	242	—
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.11650	0.53568	232	—
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.11413	0.53846	223	—
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.11380	0.51236	255	Estimated
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.10815	0.36586	254	—
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.10814	0.58764	238	—
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.10749	0.62492	242	—
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.10613	0.57111	234	—
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.10601	0.51361	187	—
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.10444	0.49569	232	—
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.09748	0.42826	237	Estimated
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.09555	0.46762	241	—
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.09506	0.47679	225	Estimated
Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.09275	0.52302	242	—
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.09244	0.44295	247	—
Brazil`BRA`South America	0.08714	0.52390	241	—
Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.08592	0.29001	257	—
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.08560	0.50988	242	Estimated
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.07834	0.46782	250	—
United States`USA`Northern America	0.07732	0.27628	258	—
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.07403	0.50082	217	—
United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.07344	0.23137	257	—
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.07260	0.46881	251	—
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.06694	0.44051	225	—
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.06550	0.44326	249	Estimated
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.06425	0.36489	250	—
France`FRA`Western Europe	0.06034	0.26043	258	—
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.05969	0.34065	259	Estimated
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.05832	0.40392	248	Estimated
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.05445	0.35902	256	—
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.04786	0.37374	251	—

02In 1996

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

Angola0.94757
Guam0.91547
Nigeria0.91414
Aruba0.90930
Micronesia0.87399

Lowest

Czechia0.04786
Italy0.05445
Hungary0.05832
Netherlands0.05969
France0.06034

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.31623. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Export diversification index (0–1)
HighestNigeria0.88591
LowestUnited Kingdom0.23137
Middle country: 0.69540
Products exported (SITC 3-digit groups)
HighestNetherlands259
LowestMicronesia6
Middle country: 122

031995 → 1996

Since 1995

+0 / −0countries joined / left
202values changed, of 204 in both
115 · 87rose · fell
2unchanged

Rose most

Cayman Islands0.22604 → 0.65790+0.43186
Eritrea0.33837 → 0.60529+0.26692
Liberia0.54492 → 0.80937+0.26445
Dominican Republic0.20772 → 0.44673+0.23901
Marshall Islands0.50044 → 0.69552+0.19508

Fell most

Belarus0.48715 → 0.09506−0.39209
Comoros0.62639 → 0.39033−0.23605
Zambia0.75492 → 0.62185−0.13308
Niger0.40387 → 0.28839−0.11548
Cambodia0.39443 → 0.27910−0.11533

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