Data for 2017

Export Concentration Index, 2017

Name: Export Concentration Index, 2017
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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, 2017 covers 213 countries on 3 measures. South Sudan is highest, at 0.98640; Italy is lowest, at 0.05339. The middle country reads 0.30271. Against 2016, 213 values changed (124 up, 89 down), the same countries are covered.

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Export Concentration Index · Data for 2017

HighestSouth Sudan

0.98640

LowestItaly

0.05339

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

213countries
3measures per country
2017the year it describes
213distinct values6 decimals, as published
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South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.98640	0.807784	16	—
Niue`NIU`Polynesia	0.96487	0.726576	2	—
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.93939	0.893563	149	Estimated
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.90372	0.722226	12	Estimated
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.90009	0.934833	147	Estimated
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.88897	0.842703	10	Estimated
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.87548	0.884092	149	Estimated
Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.84235	0.806612	10	Estimated
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.84126	0.806710	6	Estimated
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.82102	0.836985	165	Estimated
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.80172	0.844735	68	Estimated
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.78637	0.827632	98	Estimated
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.78552	0.873976	27	Estimated
Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	0.77602	0.840420	22	More than 30% of total trade under "931: Special transactions & commodities not classified"
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.77037	0.825783	103	Estimated
Suriname`SUR`South America	0.76388	0.817566	105	Estimated
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.75329	0.857589	197	Estimated
Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.74827	0.808417	210	—
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.72896	0.868376	177	Estimated
Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	0.72374	0.847427	45	Estimated
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.68392	0.792790	9	Estimated
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.66137	0.795719	35	—
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.65705	0.672049	27	—
Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0.65205	0.754139	10	—
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.64298	0.858212	31	Estimated
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.63172	0.873947	96	Estimated
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.62472	0.799239	228	Estimated
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.62387	0.755411	15	—
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.62362	0.671932	20	Estimated
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.62019	0.846740	136	Estimated
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	0.61457	0.928599	95	Estimated
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.61377	0.840191	83	—
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.61096	0.848957	114	—
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.60664	0.849822	103	Estimated
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.60368	0.848687	21	Estimated
Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.58872	0.684453	17	Estimated
Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.57663	0.600150	26	Estimated
Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.57077	0.763402	245	Estimated
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	0.56929	0.779990	42	Estimated
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.55818	0.866575	115	Estimated
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.55448	0.824638	109	Estimated
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.54657	0.855768	120	Estimated
Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	0.54434	0.758923	13	Estimated
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.53674	0.760269	16	Estimated
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.53218	0.630747	38	Estimated
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.52717	0.789856	231	—
Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	0.52615	0.722493	44	—
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.52287	0.811911	40	—
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.51799	0.829970	18	Estimated
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.51692	0.753446	21	Estimated
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	0.50841	0.802567	17	—
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.50796	0.812358	43	Estimated
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.49792	0.720427	244	Estimated
Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	0.49634	0.647790	18	Estimated
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.48793	0.805701	185	Estimated
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.47952	0.790788	108	—
Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	0.46883	0.748503	83	Estimated
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.46440	0.813083	126	—
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.46428	0.791811	131	—
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.45997	0.830322	35	Estimated
Guyana`GUY`South America	0.45996	0.839991	88	Estimated
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.45863	0.821597	194	Estimated
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.44067	0.756362	43	Estimated
Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	0.44015	0.757948	12	Estimated
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.43789	0.824309	87	Estimated
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.43162	0.837005	113	Estimated
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.41146	0.774616	192	Estimated
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.40999	0.768192	91	Estimated
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.40776	0.824639	75	Estimated
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.40589	0.864398	127	Estimated
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.40109	0.775061	65	Estimated. More than 30% of total trade under "931: Special transactions & commodities not classified"
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.40058	0.705703	232	Estimated
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.39702	0.800648	107	Estimated. More than 30% of total trade under "931: Special transactions & commodities not classified"
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.39661	0.850846	197	Estimated
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.39511	0.796133	57	Estimated
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.39428	0.811006	97	Estimated
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.39068	0.716051	178	Estimated
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.38803	0.703486	29	Estimated
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.38101	0.778558	131	Estimated
Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.36798	0.779849	199	—
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.36774	0.853435	67	Estimated
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.36358	0.811071	161	Estimated
Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.36287	0.848124	156	Estimated
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.36054	0.747687	24	Estimated
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.35593	0.778045	169	Estimated
Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.35225	0.815283	111	Estimated
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.34291	0.838015	121	Estimated
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0.34059	0.739922	53	Estimated
Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.34005	0.817255	160	Estimated
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.33485	0.634539	185	Estimated
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.33338	0.796628	113	Estimated
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.33314	0.812835	76	Estimated
Chile`CHL`South America	0.32955	0.770740	236	—
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.32873	0.655861	240	—
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.32590	0.796294	141	Estimated
Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.32471	0.741499	94	Estimated
Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	0.32149	0.595906	21	—
Colombia`COL`South America	0.31933	0.672104	230	—
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.31766	0.748594	115	Estimated
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.31616	0.715306	218	Estimated
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.31570	0.802472	42	Estimated
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.31439	0.752165	186	Estimated
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.31048	0.766593	155	Estimated
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.30907	0.719250	38	Estimated
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.30589	0.635571	41	Estimated
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.30343	0.790701	33	Estimated
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.30271	0.747872	151	Estimated
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.30264	0.628278	254	—
Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.30164	0.489648	244	—
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.29829	0.657692	159	—
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.29234	0.830724	150	Estimated
Peru`PER`South America	0.29217	0.766092	238	Estimated
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.28870	0.782830	182	Estimated
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.28862	0.779702	153	Estimated
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.28699	0.829812	155	Estimated
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.28283	0.783865	182	Estimated
Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.28065	0.713346	255	Estimated
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.27128	0.790843	93	Estimated
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.26997	0.571575	240	—
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.26898	0.570638	243	—
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.26748	0.632548	50	Estimated
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.26735	0.753949	110	Estimated
Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	0.26619	0.591008	43	Estimated
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.25968	0.690598	217	Estimated
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.25798	0.715150	168	Estimated
Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.25763	0.637621	248	—
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.25744	0.808986	190	Estimated
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.25655	0.639657	30	Estimated
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.25578	0.705918	141	Estimated
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.25073	0.705635	228	Estimated
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.24200	0.699613	173	—
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.24176	0.560118	236	—
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.24129	0.473089	252	Estimated
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.24015	0.561088	220	—
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.23650	0.755704	185	Estimated
American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.23613	0.669663	98	Estimated
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.23408	0.761832	191	Estimated
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.23284	0.671842	241	—
United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.23223	0.530540	259	Estimated
Uruguay`URY`South America	0.23110	0.734615	184	—
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.22983	0.597385	72	Estimated
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.22880	0.680748	34	Estimated
Honduras`HND`Central America	0.22753	0.710028	201	Estimated
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.22459	0.808255	174	Estimated
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.22289	0.761925	191	Estimated
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.21951	0.576329	247	—
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.21429	0.734399	167	Estimated
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.21328	0.657363	210	Estimated
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.21095	0.682138	34	Estimated
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.21035	0.763519	214	—
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.20725	0.678549	111	—
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.20576	0.667189	208	—
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.20562	0.655759	185	—
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.20266	0.676964	203	Estimated
Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.19745	0.505972	77	Estimated
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.19623	0.720195	214	Estimated
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.19609	0.668034	188	Estimated
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.19433	0.675200	228	Estimated
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.19328	0.654964	153	Estimated
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.19227	0.441887	254	—
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.18982	0.472423	246	—
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	0.18277	0.605549	128	Estimated
Argentina`ARG`South America	0.17936	0.660707	242	—
South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.17790	0.428215	247	—
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.17775	0.707141	235	—
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.17581	0.653866	234	Estimated
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.17055	0.694695	174	—
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.15288	0.563479	242	Estimated
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.15246	0.612574	129	Estimated
Brazil`BRA`South America	0.14816	0.572649	249	—
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.14796	0.698700	223	Estimated
Panama`PAN`Central America	0.14598	0.547839	221	Estimated
Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.14285	0.384971	255	—
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.14204	0.560505	243	—
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.14152	0.678544	246	—
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.14104	0.524305	213	—
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.14039	0.598112	188	Estimated
Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.13886	0.423024	244	—
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.13812	0.625465	204	Estimated
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.13806	0.510443	243	—
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.13496	0.569551	244	Estimated
Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.13297	0.424562	242	—
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.12744	0.519235	251	—
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.12592	0.417364	253	—
India`IND`Southern Asia	0.12214	0.449673	253	—
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.11610	0.442769	249	Estimated
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.11551	0.587928	224	Estimated
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.11355	0.436047	244	—
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.11344	0.440986	247	—
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.11171	0.404130	251	Estimated
United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.10752	0.321863	260	—
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.10012	0.620526	222	Estimated
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.09919	0.534225	240	Estimated
Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.09838	0.309312	257	—
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.09807	0.465146	254	Estimated
United States`USA`Northern America	0.09681	0.241273	259	—
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.09644	0.411694	257	—
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.09609	0.338071	257	—
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.09369	0.390630	256	—
France`FRA`Western Europe	0.09244	0.324920	257	—
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.08979	0.352193	251	—
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.08830	0.437683	240	—
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.08226	0.437958	242	Estimated
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.08078	0.493804	246	—
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.07954	0.366524	251	—
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.07729	0.425382	252	—
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.07514	0.314066	257	Estimated
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.07399	0.395925	244	—
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.07277	0.461676	240	—
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.06848	0.436691	252	Estimated
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.06421	0.378830	254	—
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.06147	0.334515	249	—
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.05339	0.348523	258	—

02In 2017

At either end

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

Highest

South Sudan0.98640
Niue0.96487
Iraq0.93939
Guinea-Bissau0.90372
Botswana0.90009

Lowest

Italy0.05339
Austria0.06147
Poland0.06421
Denmark0.06848
Croatia0.07277

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.30271. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Export diversification index (0–1)
HighestBotswana0.934833
LowestUnited States0.241273
Middle country: 0.720427
Products exported (SITC 3-digit groups)
HighestUnited Kingdom260
LowestNiue2
Middle country: 168

032016 → 2017

Since 2016

+0 / −0countries joined / left
213values changed, of 213 in both
124 · 89rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Niue0.24666 → 0.96487+0.71822
Seychelles0.50808 → 0.78552+0.27744
British Virgin Islands0.34686 → 0.62387+0.27701
Libya0.65347 → 0.78637+0.13291
Nepal0.13810 → 0.26735+0.12925

Fell most

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines0.77949 → 0.51799−0.26150
Saint Lucia0.45115 → 0.22983−0.22132
Bermuda0.63711 → 0.44015−0.19696
Somalia0.68571 → 0.52287−0.16284
Antigua and Barbuda0.64360 → 0.51692−0.12668

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