Data for 2015

Export Concentration Index, 2015

Name: Export Concentration Index, 2015
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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, 2015 covers 213 countries on 3 measures. South Sudan is highest, at 0.993961; Italy is lowest, at 0.051984. The middle country reads 0.308992. Against 2014, 213 values changed (99 up, 114 down), the same countries are covered.

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Export Concentration Index · Data for 2015

HighestSouth Sudan

0.993961

LowestItaly

0.051984

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

213countries
3measures per country
2015the year it describes
213distinct values6 decimals, as published
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South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.993961	0.75573	16	—
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.968396	0.89611	109	Estimated
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.928968	0.78376	5	Estimated
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.911015	0.89364	134	Estimated
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.872381	0.84859	47	Estimated
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.867870	0.85893	7	Estimated
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.805025	0.91407	159	Estimated
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.780270	0.76591	11	Estimated
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.779634	0.86497	94	Estimated
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.775571	0.80423	9	Estimated
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.768355	0.81212	163	Estimated
Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0.752981	0.78977	7	—
Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.750763	0.74911	19	Estimated
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.736924	0.80244	31	—
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.734933	0.85418	203	Estimated
Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.732463	0.82942	205	—
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.722977	0.89882	157	Estimated
Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	0.719872	0.78090	39	—
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.711838	0.79331	33	Estimated
Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	0.709811	0.87282	46	Estimated
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.680293	0.86273	184	Estimated
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.671390	0.86562	38	—
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.669194	0.62490	25	Estimated
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.654113	0.86418	26	Estimated
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.646720	0.86181	115	—
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.640041	0.81192	130	Estimated
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.638431	0.87165	104	Estimated
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.637826	0.82468	20	Estimated
Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	0.615696	0.75221	22	More than 30% of total trade under "931: Special transactions & commodities not classified"
Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.610211	0.65209	22	Estimated
Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	0.610037	0.78587	8	Estimated
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.609089	0.80784	214	Estimated
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.606814	0.71118	18	—
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.606410	0.84808	29	Estimated
Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	0.604758	0.78720	68	Estimated
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	0.596151	0.78534	37	Estimated
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.595888	0.84138	37	Estimated
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	0.586736	0.91832	100	Estimated
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.575900	0.86499	126	Estimated
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.574199	0.83441	18	Estimated
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.572757	0.72623	15	Estimated
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.565151	0.81761	77	Estimated
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.562758	0.79046	224	—
Suriname`SUR`South America	0.562144	0.80896	93	Estimated
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.560997	0.83517	110	Estimated
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.558566	0.75986	45	Estimated
Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.548655	0.77148	243	Estimated
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.532780	0.88645	114	Estimated
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	0.526939	0.78418	18	—
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.525922	0.76722	109	—
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.512251	0.81356	198	Estimated
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.511411	0.82531	26	Estimated
Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	0.504285	0.73579	17	Estimated
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.499140	0.78897	79	Estimated
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.496775	0.83190	119	Estimated
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.496191	0.81312	19	Estimated
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.485238	0.78268	91	—
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.481278	0.80295	84	Estimated
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.476622	0.81411	86	Estimated
Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.472289	0.71478	19	Estimated
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.459715	0.79937	104	—
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.450400	0.80750	132	—
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.446831	0.80898	195	Estimated
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.445233	0.67215	164	Estimated
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.444863	0.69124	82	Estimated
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.441770	0.77047	20	—
Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.436025	0.83358	159	Estimated
Guyana`GUY`South America	0.434764	0.87102	82	Estimated
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.434451	0.64436	36	Estimated
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.424367	0.68122	224	Estimated
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.422106	0.84314	85	Estimated
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.420165	0.76097	193	Estimated
Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	0.413630	0.62404	22	Estimated
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.413426	0.65127	153	—
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.408548	0.88752	185	Estimated
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0.403465	0.77111	57	Estimated
Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.398600	0.84595	86	Estimated
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.381176	0.77210	26	Estimated
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.378116	0.78933	167	Estimated
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.378053	0.80673	164	Estimated
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.374990	0.81797	39	Estimated
Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.371876	0.79158	200	—
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.359581	0.85156	80	Estimated
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.358415	0.82037	69	Estimated
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.356224	0.69309	35	Estimated
Colombia`COL`South America	0.354111	0.65552	232	—
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.353773	0.75884	29	Estimated
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.351253	0.65426	176	Estimated
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.347385	0.78464	77	Estimated
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.345690	0.81142	116	Estimated
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.341842	0.76811	186	Estimated
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.340829	0.78727	166	Estimated
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.339577	0.69243	244	Estimated
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.335397	0.69764	187	—
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.333462	0.63707	236	—
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.332715	0.72150	21	Estimated
American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.332459	0.61918	100	Estimated
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.329322	0.84263	174	Estimated
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.327512	0.66217	223	Estimated
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.327059	0.76579	118	Estimated
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.324667	0.81289	140	Estimated
Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	0.321505	0.61402	35	Estimated
Chile`CHL`South America	0.318822	0.75496	232	—
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.316225	0.64410	253	—
Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.315183	0.84368	161	Estimated
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.311280	0.82726	153	Estimated
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.308992	0.79823	52	—
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.301855	0.83736	153	Estimated
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.300987	0.83580	74	Estimated
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.295742	0.67494	32	Estimated
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.294187	0.79553	196	Estimated
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.293941	0.81551	131	Estimated
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.293528	0.79618	113	Estimated
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.286633	0.80644	153	Estimated
Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	0.281998	0.58569	27	—
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.278991	0.57318	237	—
Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.276155	0.75488	107	Estimated
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.275752	0.69443	29	Estimated
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.273351	0.58154	227	—
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.273101	0.76308	197	Estimated
Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.267422	0.64106	246	—
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.266047	0.76570	168	Estimated
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.262102	0.78571	204	Estimated
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.253235	0.56058	244	—
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.251039	0.77933	149	Estimated
Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.249973	0.48283	244	—
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.249822	0.55842	245	—
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.243347	0.68744	239	—
United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.241774	0.52740	258	Estimated
Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.235535	0.67459	254	Estimated
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.235416	0.72101	118	Estimated
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.231571	0.73040	193	Estimated
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.231076	0.76394	27	Estimated
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.230990	0.47114	257	Estimated
Honduras`HND`Central America	0.230117	0.73783	198	Estimated
Peru`PER`South America	0.229043	0.73510	237	Estimated
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.226399	0.59594	239	Estimated
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.224471	0.81017	158	Estimated
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.223853	0.64572	217	Estimated
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.222940	0.69338	30	Estimated
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.222750	0.69230	101	—
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.218467	0.69183	231	Estimated
Uruguay`URY`South America	0.218135	0.70905	192	—
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.217902	0.70246	161	Estimated
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.208875	0.75015	138	Estimated
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.206776	0.66153	204	Estimated
Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.205614	0.54944	79	Estimated
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.204961	0.73829	213	Estimated
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.202381	0.76747	216	—
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.200867	0.72865	163	Estimated
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.199587	0.71580	198	Estimated
Niue`NIU`Polynesia	0.199131	0.54554	39	—
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.196265	0.64632	210	—
Argentina`ARG`South America	0.195858	0.64819	240	—
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.191197	0.56741	245	—
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.190619	0.67597	185	Estimated
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.186365	0.67758	144	Estimated
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.185951	0.64768	73	Estimated
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.185034	0.68614	223	Estimated
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.183921	0.73369	187	Estimated
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.183456	0.45158	246	—
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.183167	0.64432	183	—
Panama`PAN`Central America	0.174067	0.57263	225	Estimated
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.169554	0.43965	254	—
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.166016	0.68740	233	—
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.165760	0.66915	228	Estimated
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.165446	0.64246	199	Estimated
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.161889	0.66995	174	—
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	0.160776	0.60616	129	Estimated
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.151404	0.62057	125	Estimated
South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.147719	0.43560	246	—
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.141731	0.57277	244	Estimated
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.141049	0.50571	237	—
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.141038	0.51856	211	—
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.140180	0.68533	227	Estimated
Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.139521	0.37611	255	—
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.137785	0.75020	111	Estimated
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.137765	0.54773	243	—
Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.135279	0.43209	243	—
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.134918	0.68180	244	—
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.132846	0.45583	244	—
Brazil`BRA`South America	0.131841	0.56235	252	—
Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.124289	0.40680	244	—
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.122943	0.40675	250	Estimated
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.122008	0.50931	252	—
India`IND`Southern Asia	0.119711	0.43594	254	—
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.118424	0.40535	252	—
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.115865	0.46816	237	—
United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.112222	0.34379	258	—
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.104348	0.43894	248	Estimated
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.104071	0.41983	257	—
Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.103779	0.31659	257	—
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.103298	0.42179	244	—
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.102585	0.33664	255	—
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.101819	0.53573	246	Estimated
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.101639	0.60655	219	Estimated
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.101158	0.44914	246	Estimated
France`FRA`Western Europe	0.097704	0.33145	257	—
United States`USA`Northern America	0.096864	0.24662	258	—
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.096634	0.47372	251	Estimated
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.096385	0.59921	226	Estimated
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.090876	0.49813	244	—
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.089544	0.37661	258	—
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.089542	0.34792	252	—
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.082825	0.33224	256	Estimated
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.078090	0.42404	246	—
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.076498	0.36753	250	—
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.074771	0.43883	253	Estimated
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.071510	0.42012	252	—
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.068999	0.43550	241	—
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.065250	0.37215	254	—
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.060946	0.36055	247	—
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.051984	0.35082	258	—

02In 2015

At either end

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

Highest

South Sudan0.993961
Iraq0.968396
Kiribati0.928968
Angola0.911015
Chad0.872381

Lowest

Italy0.051984
Austria0.060946
Poland0.065250
Croatia0.068999
Türkiye0.071510

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.308992. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Export diversification index (0–1)
HighestNew Caledonia0.91832
LowestUnited States0.24662
Middle country: 0.72865
Products exported (SITC 3-digit groups)
Highest5 share it
LowestKiribati5
Middle country: 164

032014 → 2015

Since 2014

+0 / −0countries joined / left
213values changed, of 213 in both
99 · 114rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Timor-Leste0.539220 → 0.867870+0.328650
Bermuda0.375328 → 0.610037+0.234709
DR Congo0.305159 → 0.532780+0.227621
British Virgin Islands0.254718 → 0.441770+0.187052
Kiribati0.803245 → 0.928968+0.125723

Fell most

Sierra Leone0.652346 → 0.293528−0.358818
Macau0.394350 → 0.160776−0.233574
Palau0.692464 → 0.472289−0.220175
Costa Rica0.431483 → 0.223853−0.207630
Saudi Arabia0.701528 → 0.548655−0.152873

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