Data for 2019

Export Concentration Index, 2019

Name: Export Concentration Index, 2019
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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, 2019 covers 213 countries on 3 measures. Niue is highest, at 0.95406; Italy is lowest, at 0.05647. The middle country reads 0.31279. Against 2018, 213 values changed (111 up, 102 down), the same countries are covered.

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Export Concentration Index · Data for 2019

HighestNiue

0.95406

LowestItaly

0.05647

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

213countries
3measures per country
2019the year it describes
213distinct values6 decimals, as published
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Niue`NIU`Polynesia	0.95406	0.80726	5	—
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.92830	0.80280	21	—
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.91545	0.86603	165	Estimated
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.89602	0.84903	9	Estimated
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.89230	0.92074	138	Estimated
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.87864	0.88530	146	Estimated
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.84144	0.81714	6	Estimated
Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	0.83769	0.78935	41	More than 30% of total trade under "931: Special transactions & commodities not classified"
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.83171	0.83359	69	Estimated
Suriname`SUR`South America	0.81901	0.88131	72	Estimated
Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.81347	0.73013	11	Estimated
Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	0.80208	0.81253	11	Estimated
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.79460	0.87617	122	Estimated
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.78128	0.82947	181	Estimated
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.78088	0.83319	126	Estimated
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.77651	0.86323	196	Estimated
Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.77241	0.80288	198	—
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.77184	0.78800	14	Estimated
Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0.75978	0.76348	10	—
Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	0.73263	0.83712	58	Estimated
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.71898	0.85360	98	Estimated
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.71152	0.85206	105	Estimated
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.69079	0.84429	64	Estimated
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.68222	0.81899	40	—
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.67991	0.85503	183	Estimated
Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.67767	0.81312	11	Estimated
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.65943	0.84985	11	Estimated
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.65466	0.68390	13	—
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.65437	0.83131	35	Estimated
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.63299	0.91223	40	Estimated
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	0.62506	0.94312	91	Estimated
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.60844	0.78371	222	Estimated
Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.60209	0.76764	244	Estimated
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.59523	0.87117	105	Estimated
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.58323	0.87798	126	Estimated
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.56423	0.79228	24	Estimated
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.56019	0.70189	14	—
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.55983	0.79333	126	—
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.55772	0.78089	238	—
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.55626	0.75815	115	Estimated
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.55060	0.82179	30	Estimated
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.53473	0.85494	83	—
Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.52926	0.72532	19	Estimated
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.51240	0.77846	12	Estimated
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.50562	0.79369	126	—
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.50264	0.62674	41	Estimated
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.50018	0.87218	122	Estimated
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.49427	0.69542	17	—
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.49424	0.79963	204	Estimated
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.49423	0.82069	108	Estimated
Guyana`GUY`South America	0.49342	0.83537	106	Estimated
Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	0.49110	0.68583	51	—
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.48905	0.82971	37	—
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	0.48058	0.84543	16	—
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.47850	0.66881	23	Estimated
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.47774	0.80803	20	Estimated
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	0.47750	0.75552	47	Estimated
Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	0.47484	0.72528	11	Estimated
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.47283	0.80781	124	—
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.45626	0.84952	114	Estimated
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.45036	0.82611	199	Estimated
Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	0.44241	0.61513	22	—
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.44230	0.79314	133	—
Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	0.43509	0.56947	33	Estimated
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.42811	0.84697	66	Estimated
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.41099	0.79726	130	Estimated
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.40919	0.79487	123	Estimated
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.40739	0.72177	185	Estimated
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.40646	0.71975	114	Estimated
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.40621	0.82632	60	Estimated
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.40573	0.86656	58	Estimated
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.40444	0.85315	69	Estimated
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.40421	0.81679	35	Estimated
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.40202	0.88915	206	Estimated
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.39641	0.77671	196	Estimated
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.39529	0.79238	180	Estimated
American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.38954	0.66830	114	Estimated
Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.38767	0.77431	193	—
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.38690	0.79163	59	Estimated
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.38537	0.84378	116	Estimated
Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	0.38116	0.71469	19	Estimated
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.37269	0.76764	163	Estimated
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.36929	0.73501	27	Estimated
Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.36871	0.86211	159	Estimated
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0.36838	0.71128	68	Estimated
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.35875	0.82585	100	—
Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.35331	0.82454	104	Estimated
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.35194	0.77476	210	Estimated
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.35059	0.80559	77	Estimated
Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	0.34889	0.66390	122	Estimated
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.34813	0.81153	160	Estimated
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.34465	0.66284	154	—
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.34239	0.83867	75	Estimated
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.33747	0.76024	27	Estimated
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.33257	0.80245	39	Estimated
Colombia`COL`South America	0.33095	0.66322	229	—
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.33021	0.80179	197	Estimated
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.32548	0.63816	240	—
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.32452	0.75793	187	Estimated
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.32412	0.67663	234	Estimated
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.32139	0.65165	46	Estimated
Chile`CHL`South America	0.32106	0.76461	237	—
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.32016	0.68562	216	Estimated
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.31519	0.61999	254	—
Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.31403	0.48898	243	—
Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.31386	0.81983	162	Estimated
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.31279	0.54522	232	—
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.31093	0.80645	151	Estimated
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.31051	0.67398	244	Estimated
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.30886	0.78239	147	Estimated
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.30372	0.81305	118	Estimated
Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.30370	0.72122	253	Estimated
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.30029	0.64028	66	Estimated
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.29820	0.57249	239	—
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.29647	0.76220	158	Estimated
Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.28912	0.72707	102	Estimated
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.28739	0.83801	123	Estimated
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.28661	0.71669	32	Estimated
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.28540	0.79026	154	Estimated
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.28427	0.61416	187	Estimated
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.28234	0.82679	187	Estimated
Peru`PER`South America	0.28101	0.76471	232	Estimated
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.28061	0.73058	54	Estimated
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.27950	0.68317	239	—
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.27561	0.66682	218	Estimated
Honduras`HND`Central America	0.26676	0.74726	199	Estimated
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.26629	0.76322	106	Estimated
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.26371	0.54920	243	—
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.26146	0.78221	201	Estimated
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.25898	0.77087	164	Estimated
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.25518	0.74682	48	Estimated
United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.25284	0.52984	256	Estimated
Uruguay`URY`South America	0.25215	0.73969	191	—
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.25107	0.68864	180	Estimated
Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.24973	0.64050	247	—
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.24817	0.68453	200	—
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.24105	0.78331	199	Estimated
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.23957	0.73171	153	Estimated
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.23503	0.49016	248	—
Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.23141	0.54446	80	Estimated
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.23121	0.77286	169	Estimated
Argentina`ARG`South America	0.22921	0.72375	215	—
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.22881	0.72820	163	Estimated
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.22806	0.63993	44	Estimated
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.22732	0.46037	253	Estimated
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.22674	0.77715	127	Estimated
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.22376	0.63047	213	—
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.22280	0.70152	32	Estimated
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.22263	0.67393	204	Estimated
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.21619	0.43356	254	—
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.21483	0.67022	223	Estimated
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.21142	0.69956	204	Estimated
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.20745	0.68376	229	Estimated
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	0.20725	0.61980	146	Estimated
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.20686	0.76766	215	—
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.20598	0.74650	119	Estimated
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.20392	0.71627	177	—
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.19765	0.66375	106	—
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.19115	0.67888	225	Estimated
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.18985	0.71731	233	—
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.18961	0.72428	219	Estimated
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.18812	0.54713	228	—
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.18162	0.68320	231	Estimated
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.17743	0.66717	145	Estimated
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.17489	0.65758	195	Estimated
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.17360	0.67163	115	Estimated
South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.17155	0.43325	249	—
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.16912	0.54667	245	—
Brazil`BRA`South America	0.16528	0.58708	248	—
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.15460	0.69392	243	—
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.15442	0.72200	218	Estimated
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.15359	0.58437	234	Estimated
Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.15133	0.38051	256	—
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.14915	0.54366	242	Estimated
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.14212	0.59963	116	—
Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.14163	0.39654	243	—
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.14147	0.52529	218	—
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.13880	0.54173	253	—
Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.13790	0.43659	244	—
Panama`PAN`Central America	0.13475	0.53994	219	Estimated
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.13392	0.51550	239	—
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.12870	0.43522	249	Estimated
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.12862	0.42486	252	—
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.12611	0.56042	246	—
India`IND`Southern Asia	0.12495	0.43859	254	—
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.12163	0.56330	193	Estimated
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.11494	0.61684	215	Estimated
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.11177	0.40224	253	Estimated
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.11084	0.45339	244	—
United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.10461	0.32027	258	—
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.10460	0.53154	242	Estimated
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.10314	0.43732	246	—
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.10256	0.62916	217	Estimated
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.10110	0.41069	256	—
United States`USA`Northern America	0.10060	0.22987	260	—
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.09862	0.34172	255	—
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.09606	0.35394	250	—
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.09476	0.40346	257	—
France`FRA`Western Europe	0.09317	0.33507	258	—
Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.09067	0.30411	257	—
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.08556	0.44903	253	Estimated
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.08474	0.31454	257	Estimated
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.08427	0.43236	239	—
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.08278	0.50005	246	—
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.08199	0.42777	249	—
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.07969	0.43938	252	Estimated
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.07812	0.44771	244	Estimated
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.07711	0.36301	248	—
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.07225	0.40920	252	—
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.06910	0.33757	248	—
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.06881	0.43616	243	—
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.06619	0.40645	252	—
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.05647	0.35512	256	—

02In 2019

At either end

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

Highest

Niue0.95406
South Sudan0.92830
Iraq0.91545
Cayman Islands0.89602
Botswana0.89230

Lowest

Italy0.05647
Poland0.06619
Croatia0.06881
Austria0.06910
Türkiye0.07225

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.31279. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Export diversification index (0–1)
HighestNew Caledonia0.94312
LowestUnited States0.22987
Middle country: 0.72528
Products exported (SITC 3-digit groups)
HighestUnited States260
LowestNiue5
Middle country: 165

032018 → 2019

Since 2018

+0 / −0countries joined / left
213values changed, of 213 in both
111 · 102rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Turks and Caicos Islands0.26309 → 0.77184+0.50875
Bermuda0.44484 → 0.80208+0.35724
Maldives0.46888 → 0.65437+0.18549
Nauru0.38825 → 0.56019+0.17194
Tanzania0.18025 → 0.35194+0.17169

Fell most

São Tomé and Príncipe0.96377 → 0.47850−0.48527
Iran0.52234 → 0.31051−0.21183
Comoros0.67571 → 0.51240−0.16332
Cabo Verde0.52983 → 0.36929−0.16055
Cuba0.41531 → 0.26629−0.14902

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