Data for 2009

Export Concentration Index, 2009

Name: Export Concentration Index, 2009
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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, 2009 covers 209 countries on 3 measures. Iraq is highest, at 0.94125; Italy is lowest, at 0.05073. The middle country reads 0.26535. Against 2008, 209 values changed (82 up, 127 down), the same countries are covered.

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Export Concentration Index · Data for 2009

HighestIraq

0.94125

LowestItaly

0.05073

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

209countries
3measures per country
2009the year it describes
209distinct values6 decimals, as published
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Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.94125	0.839364	113	Estimated
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.93008	0.836668	83	Estimated
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.92275	0.711307	8	—
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.88694	0.773734	57	Estimated
Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.86698	0.758103	9	Estimated
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.85246	0.723735	13	—
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.84564	0.806635	160	Estimated
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.80232	0.840875	203	Estimated
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0.78797	0.848442	103	Estimated
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.77058	0.821055	92	Estimated
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.77040	0.847798	13	Estimated
Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0.76510	0.776494	6	—
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.76012	0.788125	152	Estimated
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.71872	0.820639	140	Estimated
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.71599	0.740651	254	Estimated
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.71553	0.844852	113	Estimated
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.70530	0.817416	94	—
Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.69543	0.756221	248	Estimated
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	0.69219	0.770505	43	Estimated
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.66165	0.845180	19	Estimated
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.66096	0.851333	171	Estimated
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.65598	0.843188	109	—
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.65339	0.813334	27	Estimated
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.65106	0.816767	21	Estimated
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.63273	0.736636	16	Estimated
Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.63176	0.760631	213	Estimated
Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	0.63134	0.765634	48	Estimated
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.62608	0.747248	29	Estimated
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.62569	0.783087	35	Estimated
Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.62174	0.688124	11	Estimated
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.61892	0.806808	113	—
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.61759	0.774799	217	Estimated
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.60663	0.784695	21	Estimated
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.58642	0.777100	211	—
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.58211	0.840545	106	Estimated
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.57423	0.811295	53	Estimated
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.55364	0.793800	106	—
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.54652	0.812089	189	Estimated
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.54618	0.818129	163	Estimated
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.53265	0.699962	207	Estimated
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.52849	0.747358	95	Estimated
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.52805	0.798340	35	—
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.52780	0.816704	66	Estimated
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.52654	0.788119	93	Estimated
Suriname`SUR`South America	0.50852	0.773519	95	Estimated. More than 30% of total trade under "931: Special transactions & commodities not classified"
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.50554	0.782490	10	Estimated
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.49653	0.770430	191	Estimated
Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	0.49128	0.602379	13	Estimated
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	0.49014	0.781749	110	Estimated
Niue`NIU`Polynesia	0.47578	0.619040	41	—
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.47569	0.768747	44	Estimated
Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.45211	0.736497	197	—
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.44708	0.684738	20	Estimated
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	0.43374	0.739970	20	—
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.43259	0.822844	196	Estimated
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.42956	0.825419	113	—
Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	0.42795	0.654267	58	—
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.42707	0.790051	37	Estimated
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.41523	0.882498	180	Estimated
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.41500	0.764769	64	Estimated
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.41245	0.774369	179	Estimated
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.40258	0.780249	135	—
Guyana`GUY`South America	0.40003	0.847024	77	Estimated
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.39724	0.636415	42	Estimated
Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.39426	0.822744	88	Estimated
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.39248	0.730752	179	Estimated
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.39021	0.765937	44	Estimated
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.38767	0.737327	89	Estimated
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.38495	0.701078	117	—
Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.38494	0.822340	147	Estimated
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.38195	0.781215	65	Estimated
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.38081	0.619507	229	—
Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.37784	0.798998	148	Estimated
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.37068	0.757960	129	—
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.37025	0.679014	178	Estimated
Chile`CHL`South America	0.36638	0.743992	232	—
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.36018	0.827965	123	Estimated
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.35916	0.826960	170	Estimated
Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	0.35524	0.604015	32	Estimated
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.35515	0.794122	66	Estimated
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.35447	0.621977	41	—
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.35085	0.748200	170	Estimated
United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.35083	0.526390	258	Estimated
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.35066	0.680299	24	Estimated
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.34749	0.645474	250	—
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.34361	0.683618	43	Estimated
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.34077	0.816282	114	Estimated
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.33559	0.773277	114	Estimated
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.32984	0.724825	45	Estimated
Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	0.32778	0.681915	20	Estimated
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.32050	0.645740	23	Estimated
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.31695	0.670700	67	Estimated
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.31012	0.525628	72	Estimated
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.30903	0.693472	210	Estimated
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.30868	0.738089	140	Estimated
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.30059	0.698610	212	Estimated
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.29638	0.717622	175	Estimated
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.29588	0.597800	227	—
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.29552	0.757546	176	Estimated
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.28604	0.760326	164	Estimated
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.28406	0.701546	22	Estimated
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.27685	0.612211	225	Estimated
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.27588	0.788429	135	Estimated
Colombia`COL`South America	0.26760	0.599410	235	—
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.26535	0.631518	27	Estimated
Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	0.26050	0.535960	22	Estimated
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.25917	0.733038	193	Estimated
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.25765	0.823431	65	Estimated
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.25603	0.761069	156	Estimated
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.25350	0.735767	110	Estimated
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.25091	0.637014	36	Estimated
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.24892	0.661696	241	—
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.24612	0.672074	109	Estimated
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.24457	0.632766	220	Estimated
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.24376	0.474121	251	Estimated
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.24114	0.708360	190	Estimated
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.24087	0.669679	193	Estimated
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.24050	0.553853	230	—
Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.23868	0.629567	255	Estimated
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.22893	0.644371	48	Estimated
Peru`PER`South America	0.22745	0.727561	233	Estimated
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.22717	0.745604	134	Estimated
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.22667	0.696282	121	Estimated
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.22411	0.768958	203	Estimated
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.22374	0.752421	182	Estimated
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.21841	0.722796	141	Estimated
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.21757	0.748078	123	Estimated
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.21506	0.731811	208	Estimated
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.21186	0.773324	174	Estimated
Honduras`HND`Central America	0.20882	0.719185	194	Estimated
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.20748	0.642771	198	Estimated
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.20671	0.632456	36	—
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.20573	0.655119	232	Estimated
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.20349	0.746259	211	Estimated
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.20323	0.806330	159	Estimated
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.20197	0.706758	217	—
Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.20170	0.577369	247	—
Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.19849	0.486173	242	—
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.19146	0.543891	243	—
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.19016	0.617417	142	Estimated
Uruguay`URY`South America	0.18800	0.682370	181	—
Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.18067	0.529110	28	Estimated
Panama`PAN`Central America	0.18049	0.575502	230	Estimated
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.18019	0.692753	142	—
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.17927	0.673703	35	Estimated
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.17829	0.543691	158	—
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.17409	0.470048	252	—
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.16972	0.482623	241	—
American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.16781	0.637336	117	Estimated
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.16773	0.466931	245	—
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.16439	0.576324	210	—
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.16422	0.626484	182	Estimated
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.16410	0.477544	44	Estimated
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.16355	0.487930	247	—
South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.16093	0.434489	246	—
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.16079	0.673754	164	—
Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.16067	0.538222	144	Estimated
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.15747	0.508116	191	—
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.15625	0.548631	213	—
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	0.15617	0.571439	156	Estimated
Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.15579	0.518768	84	Estimated
Argentina`ARG`South America	0.15480	0.558939	241	—
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.15468	0.705478	223	Estimated
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.15325	0.507264	240	—
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.15311	0.642533	199	Estimated
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.15179	0.519023	244	—
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.15133	0.693436	207	Estimated
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.14980	0.506947	165	Estimated
India`IND`Southern Asia	0.14855	0.475867	254	—
Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	0.14760	0.589897	43	—
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.14604	0.619275	238	—
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.14574	0.550161	245	Estimated
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.14488	0.674868	218	Estimated
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.14443	0.586133	253	—
Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.14227	0.406693	249	—
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.14107	0.390352	250	Estimated
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.13888	0.729557	131	Estimated
United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.13083	0.326881	258	—
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.13043	0.410993	234	—
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.13022	0.581806	240	—
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.12822	0.602049	229	Estimated
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.12656	0.527259	240	Estimated
Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.12197	0.335935	256	—
Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.11879	0.418669	247	—
Brazil`BRA`South America	0.11865	0.513229	251	—
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.11687	0.435315	244	Estimated
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.11550	0.599773	247	—
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.11049	0.456367	239	Estimated
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.10900	0.332634	258	Estimated
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.10869	0.454939	258	—
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.10749	0.612811	220	Estimated
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.10546	0.480770	251	Estimated
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.10318	0.352393	257	—
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.10268	0.354068	257	—
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.10092	0.407878	251	—
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.09667	0.346793	250	—
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.09583	0.435477	239	—
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.09370	0.427800	229	—
United States`USA`Northern America	0.08763	0.254738	260	—
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.08689	0.387794	249	—
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.08508	0.428944	255	—
Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.08360	0.303536	258	—
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.08310	0.511663	251	—
France`FRA`Western Europe	0.08129	0.321662	258	—
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.07463	0.409709	253	Estimated
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.06968	0.411579	247	—
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.06552	0.523766	239	—
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.05753	0.332683	253	—
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.05073	0.367279	258	—

02In 2009

At either end

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

Highest

Iraq0.94125
Angola0.93008
Guinea-Bissau0.92275
Chad0.88694
Palau0.86698

Lowest

Italy0.05073
Austria0.05753
Serbia0.06552
Portugal0.06968
Denmark0.07463

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.26535. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Export diversification index (0–1)
HighestBangladesh0.882498
LowestUnited States0.254738
Middle country: 0.692753
Products exported (SITC 3-digit groups)
HighestUnited States260
LowestMarshall Islands6
Middle country: 170

032008 → 2009

Since 2008

+0 / −0countries joined / left
209values changed, of 209 in both
82 · 127rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Niue0.25592 → 0.47578+0.21985
Burundi0.42720 → 0.62569+0.19849
Gibraltar0.26081 → 0.42795+0.16714
Micronesia0.46241 → 0.62174+0.15933
Liberia0.50584 → 0.65339+0.14755

Fell most

Bermuda0.81996 → 0.32778−0.49218
American Samoa0.49397 → 0.16781−0.32616
Samoa0.68028 → 0.39724−0.28303
Mozambique0.50316 → 0.30868−0.19448
Jamaica0.55571 → 0.37068−0.18503

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