Data for 2003

Export Concentration Index, 2003

Name: Export Concentration Index, 2003
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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, 2003 covers 207 countries on 3 measures. Cayman Islands is highest, at 0.94130; Italy is lowest, at 0.05456. The middle country reads 0.31501. Against 2002, 205 values changed (105 up, 100 down), 2 countries joined.

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Export Concentration Index · Data for 2003

HighestCayman Islands

0.94130

LowestItaly

0.05456

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

207countries
3measures per country
2003the year it describes
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Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.94130	0.83145	5	Estimated
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.93940	0.84354	73	Estimated
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.92671	0.84402	75	Estimated
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.87392	0.75669	6	Estimated
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.87302	0.77082	30	—
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.83797	0.84103	122	Estimated
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.83796	0.87392	175	Estimated
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.82145	0.70513	19	Estimated
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0.82021	0.82640	109	Estimated
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.79760	0.83617	70	Estimated
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.78235	0.91617	123	Estimated
Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.76815	0.64852	14	Estimated
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.76729	0.86336	60	Estimated
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.75359	0.82658	57	Estimated
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.75333	0.69104	15	Estimated
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.71789	0.78330	234	Estimated
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.68313	0.81243	134	Estimated
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.68098	0.83210	69	Estimated
Niue`NIU`Polynesia	0.67935	0.57611	14	—
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.67849	0.81127	20	Estimated
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.67714	0.78181	20	Estimated
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.66948	0.78170	18	Estimated
Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.66929	0.79348	225	Estimated
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.65800	0.78892	183	Estimated
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	0.64304	0.87649	72	Estimated
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.63585	0.65853	36	Estimated
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.63574	0.71503	67	Estimated
Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	0.63287	0.86169	43	Estimated
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.63234	0.78125	112	—
Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.60124	0.78325	252	Estimated
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.59479	0.83351	94	—
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.57855	0.84097	146	Estimated
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.56969	0.83807	25	Estimated
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.56561	0.84633	96	Estimated. More than 30% of total trade under "931: Special transactions & commodities not classified"
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.54743	0.75876	184	Estimated
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.54087	0.81919	105	—
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.53283	0.83169	105	Estimated
Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0.52972	0.68258	8	—
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.52227	0.79308	193	—
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.50470	0.70991	14	Estimated
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.50423	0.77266	195	Estimated
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	0.50122	0.78604	25	—
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.50025	0.74572	59	Estimated
Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	0.49924	0.69234	57	—
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.49715	0.80881	64	—
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.49648	0.78865	72	Estimated
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.49610	0.78023	31	Estimated
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.49306	0.76840	23	Estimated. More than 30% of total trade under "931: Special transactions & commodities not classified"
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.49174	0.79591	74	Estimated
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.48967	0.77598	25	Estimated
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.48881	0.81977	55	Estimated
Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.48745	0.88463	113	Estimated
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.48137	0.75906	66	Estimated
Suriname`SUR`South America	0.48036	0.79328	82	Estimated
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	0.47746	0.72140	50	Estimated
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.47338	0.73580	17	Estimated
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.47278	0.63777	165	Estimated
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.46339	0.83396	29	Estimated
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.46309	0.82040	122	Estimated
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.45984	0.76651	185	Estimated
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.45254	0.73279	59	Estimated
Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.43625	0.54616	11	Estimated
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.43058	0.75765	23	Estimated
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.42722	0.62552	224	—
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.41880	0.65030	235	—
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.41779	0.71561	18	Estimated
American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.41720	0.69144	118	Estimated
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.41470	0.82939	162	Estimated
Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	0.41434	0.61173	23	Estimated
Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.40887	0.75357	174	—
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.40605	0.84696	48	Estimated
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.40530	0.80801	42	Estimated
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.40492	0.83037	39	—
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.40325	0.70554	21	—
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.39874	0.79182	139	Estimated
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.39808	0.76263	31	Estimated
United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.39794	0.59434	251	Estimated
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.39030	0.87046	138	Estimated
Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.38199	0.79198	91	Estimated
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.38128	0.66555	97	Estimated
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.37721	0.76997	125	Estimated
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.37504	0.64643	18	Estimated
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.37306	0.77087	69	Estimated
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.37062	0.82003	109	—
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.36872	0.79346	29	Estimated
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.36858	0.70474	29	—
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.36194	0.64812	11	Estimated
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.35544	0.77091	173	Estimated
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.34906	0.74962	203	Estimated
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.34894	0.79826	61	Estimated
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.34677	0.58313	211	—
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.34350	0.78918	171	Estimated
Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	0.33960	0.75659	20	Estimated
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.33745	0.85113	89	Estimated
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	0.33596	0.78463	132	Estimated
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.33166	0.76911	92	Estimated
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.32976	0.62874	48	Estimated
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.32801	0.80124	177	Estimated
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.32624	0.73524	139	Estimated
Guyana`GUY`South America	0.32565	0.84407	65	Estimated
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.32517	0.61123	38	Estimated
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.32503	0.81043	124	Estimated
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.32186	0.84525	90	Estimated
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.31501	0.81486	60	Estimated
Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.31372	0.76905	75	Estimated
Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.31123	0.56017	31	Estimated
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.31034	0.80928	54	Estimated
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.30980	0.67153	250	—
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.30875	0.79362	88	Estimated
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.30712	0.58863	42	Estimated
Honduras`HND`Central America	0.30458	0.79704	170	Estimated
Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	0.30100	0.61405	23	Estimated
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.30007	0.77010	184	Estimated
Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	0.29796	0.68711	89	—
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.29181	0.81329	140	Estimated
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.28802	0.71116	132	Estimated
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.28531	0.66395	205	Estimated
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.28458	0.71876	171	Estimated
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.28439	0.72302	137	—
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.28364	0.67640	49	Estimated
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.28331	0.79395	118	Estimated
Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.28293	0.73998	141	Estimated
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.27451	0.76306	174	Estimated
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.26404	0.80829	98	Estimated
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.26021	0.66995	45	Estimated
Chile`CHL`South America	0.25983	0.71220	220	—
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.25472	0.73608	135	Estimated
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.24945	0.72403	33	Estimated
Panama`PAN`Central America	0.24789	0.62427	179	Estimated
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.24556	0.67045	41	Estimated
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.24245	0.52826	252	Estimated
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.24219	0.71971	133	Estimated
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.24030	0.76265	120	Estimated
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.23980	0.62269	25	Estimated
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.23215	0.73748	198	Estimated
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.22874	0.78348	197	—
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.22794	0.54821	182	—
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.22525	0.72384	213	Estimated
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.22466	0.74863	167	Estimated
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.21753	0.49810	249	—
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.21714	0.62004	242	—
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.21706	0.58116	230	Estimated
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.21006	0.71383	188	Estimated
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.20950	0.66122	228	—
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.20856	0.52997	240	—
Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	0.20707	0.51295	36	Estimated
Colombia`COL`South America	0.20676	0.62672	223	—
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.19775	0.63144	210	—
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.19735	0.77554	109	—
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.19370	0.64873	39	Estimated
Peru`PER`South America	0.19353	0.73438	221	Estimated
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.19319	0.56124	161	—
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.18847	0.77829	135	Estimated
Uruguay`URY`South America	0.18709	0.70062	167	—
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.18392	0.62078	236	Estimated
Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.18203	0.59140	79	Estimated
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.17902	0.63029	223	Estimated
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.17680	0.47850	242	—
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.17045	0.70212	215	Estimated
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.16462	0.64407	193	Estimated
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.16441	0.67452	205	Estimated
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.16426	0.66288	182	Estimated
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.16212	0.70829	116	Estimated
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.15919	0.55089	230	—
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.15838	0.57555	134	Estimated
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.15789	0.61490	198	—
Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.15737	0.49612	240	—
Argentina`ARG`South America	0.15517	0.58640	238	—
South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.15390	0.42935	238	—
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.14669	0.63746	210	Estimated
Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.14552	0.40219	250	—
Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.14536	0.55241	258	Estimated
Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.13949	0.52785	243	—
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.13344	0.34377	256	—
India`IND`Southern Asia	0.13285	0.55517	249	—
Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.13283	0.39997	248	—
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.13101	0.54795	232	—
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.13048	0.37700	249	Estimated
Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.12853	0.37007	256	—
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.12680	0.64656	235	—
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.12644	0.55432	253	—
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.12599	0.48903	244	—
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.12338	0.50687	250	—
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.12224	0.57045	235	—
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.12062	0.52984	229	—
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.11900	0.52231	237	Estimated
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.11708	0.37734	250	—
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.11642	0.46894	231	—
Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.11228	0.27750	257	—
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.10591	0.34890	258	Estimated
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.10575	0.34428	256	—
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.10488	0.46023	235	Estimated
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.10196	0.47058	255	—
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.09953	0.50411	240	Estimated
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.09523	0.54238	249	—
United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.09381	0.23622	256	—
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.09197	0.41511	245	—
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.09066	0.50489	233	—
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.08988	0.38775	243	—
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.08988	0.37815	248	—
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.08518	0.45988	253	—
Brazil`BRA`South America	0.08482	0.48699	246	—
France`FRA`Western Europe	0.08443	0.27630	256	—
United States`USA`Northern America	0.08052	0.25801	257	—
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.07632	0.39176	251	Estimated
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.06509	0.31808	251	—
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.05456	0.37307	256	—

02In 2003

At either end

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

Highest

Cayman Islands0.94130
Iraq0.93940
Angola0.92671
Comoros0.87392
Equatorial Guinea0.87302

Lowest

Italy0.05456
Austria0.06509
Denmark0.07632
United States0.08052
France0.08443

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.31501. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Export diversification index (0–1)
HighestBotswana0.91617
LowestUnited Kingdom0.23622
Middle country: 0.71503
Products exported (SITC 3-digit groups)
Highest2 share it
LowestCayman Islands5
Middle country: 135

032002 → 2003

Since 2002

+2 / −0countries joined / left
205values changed, of 205 in both
105 · 100rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Palau0.40385 → 0.76815+0.36430
Niue0.41692 → 0.67935+0.26243
Burkina Faso0.51024 → 0.68098+0.17074
São Tomé and Príncipe0.47355 → 0.63585+0.16230
Barbados0.22205 → 0.38128+0.15923

Fell most

Bermuda0.80390 → 0.33960−0.46429
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines0.66865 → 0.36872−0.29993
Central African Republic0.63462 → 0.46339−0.17123
Tuvalu0.48106 → 0.31123−0.16983
Eritrea0.49198 → 0.32517−0.16681

+ Indonesia

+ Timor-Leste

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