Data for 2020

Export Concentration Index, 2020

Name: Export Concentration Index, 2020
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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, 2020 covers 213 countries on 3 measures. Niue is highest, at 0.975289; Italy is lowest, at 0.057881. The middle country reads 0.306244. Against 2019, 213 values changed (94 up, 119 down), the same countries are covered.

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Export Concentration Index · Data for 2020

HighestNiue

0.975289

LowestItaly

0.057881

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

213countries
3measures per country
2020the year it describes
213distinct values6 decimals, as published
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Niue`NIU`Polynesia	0.975289	0.74434	2	—
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.873280	0.91036	127	Estimated
Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.861086	0.81627	20	Estimated
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.848613	0.90255	130	Estimated
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.835835	0.90093	121	Estimated
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.833851	0.88224	95	Estimated
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.824891	0.81159	11	—
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.820385	0.88713	156	Estimated
Suriname`SUR`South America	0.814019	0.86606	78	Estimated
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.803559	0.76584	5	—
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.795034	0.80229	19	—
Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0.773730	0.81107	11	—
Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	0.762768	0.74116	60	More than 30% of total trade under "931: Special transactions & commodities not classified"
Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.749258	0.82376	158	—
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.746308	0.85258	41	Estimated
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.743925	0.80689	108	Estimated
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.735468	0.87305	199	Estimated
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.720206	0.82196	34	—
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.716214	0.83165	178	Estimated
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.713815	0.69697	12	—
Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	0.708295	0.85531	56	Estimated
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.678856	0.76976	21	Estimated
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.677088	0.85543	75	Estimated
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.675735	0.83721	31	Estimated
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.675409	0.82764	24	Estimated
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.662250	0.86291	10	Estimated
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.649440	0.88006	148	Estimated
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.646323	0.80190	4	Estimated
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.644884	0.81015	222	Estimated
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.644025	0.86110	184	Estimated
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	0.621176	0.94060	90	Estimated
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.617862	0.86306	103	Estimated
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.611525	0.90681	35	Estimated
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.589267	0.83307	20	Estimated
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.586062	0.78635	11	Estimated
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.562462	0.90650	116	Estimated
Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.555800	0.84037	71	Estimated
Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0.552329	0.73119	12	Estimated
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.546027	0.81857	225	—
Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	0.541366	0.73515	20	Estimated
Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	0.538798	0.73189	11	Estimated
American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.535494	0.64454	95	Estimated
Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.529823	0.76338	246	Estimated
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.524273	0.80393	136	Estimated
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.523171	0.82070	39	—
Guyana`GUY`South America	0.522096	0.84498	81	Estimated
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.520012	0.85005	112	Estimated
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.517620	0.83513	83	—
Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	0.515518	0.58979	23	Estimated
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.502862	0.81119	32	Estimated
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.488529	0.74583	181	Estimated
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.481741	0.82329	54	Estimated
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	0.476893	0.85038	16	—
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.475191	0.81433	89	Estimated
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.466663	0.66362	18	Estimated
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.466052	0.82447	144	—
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.461449	0.72906	29	Estimated
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.455312	0.83010	120	—
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.452254	0.83076	217	Estimated
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.448295	0.65108	45	Estimated
Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	0.439587	0.70891	21	Estimated
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.438770	0.81797	115	—
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0.437201	0.73902	49	Estimated
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.435865	0.84569	100	—
Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	0.435579	0.73458	69	—
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.435346	0.78524	185	Estimated
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.433603	0.87443	86	Estimated
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.433091	0.81435	206	Estimated
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.432338	0.86709	92	—
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.426045	0.80257	55	Estimated
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.413969	0.79443	190	Estimated
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.413293	0.87045	103	Estimated
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.411239	0.77537	108	Estimated
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.410253	0.84636	54	Estimated
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.409741	0.80684	122	Estimated
Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	0.403417	0.65331	22	—
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.398567	0.86344	81	Estimated
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.392625	0.80695	208	Estimated
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.391726	0.87791	208	Estimated
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.377384	0.83604	100	Estimated
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.374625	0.83464	147	Estimated
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.371973	0.77400	41	Estimated
Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.367217	0.50502	243	—
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.366479	0.84818	100	Estimated
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	0.366086	0.72772	45	Estimated
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.364378	0.54924	227	—
Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	0.363453	0.62736	124	Estimated
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.361517	0.77951	173	Estimated
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.359919	0.82173	73	Estimated
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.356433	0.76269	21	Estimated
Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.350500	0.68957	24	Estimated
Chile`CHL`South America	0.347945	0.79990	233	—
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.340361	0.66605	150	—
Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.339251	0.70284	252	Estimated
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.338909	0.78966	154	Estimated
Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.336847	0.85004	154	Estimated
Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.335793	0.82232	163	Estimated
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.335243	0.72292	16	Estimated
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.335239	0.79461	46	Estimated
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.330513	0.70797	215	Estimated
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.323196	0.58193	238	—
Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.323094	0.79444	185	—
Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.321328	0.83267	59	Estimated
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.316616	0.81661	42	Estimated
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.311923	0.77696	164	Estimated
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.306395	0.75021	133	Estimated
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.306244	0.67931	239	—
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.304836	0.79508	153	Estimated
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.300886	0.65011	239	—
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.290019	0.64866	38	Estimated
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.288789	0.77218	37	Estimated
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.287088	0.70123	33	Estimated
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.284119	0.78082	94	Estimated
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.282454	0.79808	122	Estimated
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.280518	0.77589	173	Estimated
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.279945	0.66323	214	Estimated
Peru`PER`South America	0.279663	0.78029	228	Estimated
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.277006	0.76101	209	Estimated
Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.272559	0.64347	245	—
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.266686	0.82547	148	Estimated
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.266448	0.81058	175	Estimated
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.264304	0.66685	232	Estimated
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.260805	0.77109	197	Estimated
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.258898	0.68339	192	—
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.257124	0.49603	244	—
Colombia`COL`South America	0.254978	0.66906	228	—
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.251628	0.73309	150	Estimated
Uruguay`URY`South America	0.248121	0.74563	185	—
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.247047	0.62247	251	—
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.246591	0.46377	253	Estimated
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.245981	0.62460	174	Estimated
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.241790	0.45336	254	—
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.241644	0.63507	52	Estimated
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.240608	0.75589	163	Estimated
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.236057	0.65665	218	Estimated
Argentina`ARG`South America	0.229460	0.72516	202	—
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.228429	0.77187	40	Estimated
United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.226454	0.52778	258	Estimated
Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.225726	0.59733	77	Estimated
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.225473	0.67304	201	Estimated
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.222977	0.72376	106	Estimated
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.222864	0.78377	121	Estimated
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.222398	0.72938	28	Estimated
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.218720	0.79754	161	Estimated
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.218472	0.80014	202	Estimated
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.215570	0.70439	175	Estimated
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.214857	0.65102	213	—
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.211437	0.76281	210	—
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.211392	0.69410	226	Estimated
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.210603	0.67274	218	Estimated
Honduras`HND`Central America	0.207501	0.71368	197	Estimated
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	0.204294	0.62325	131	Estimated
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.199634	0.66272	111	Estimated
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.198823	0.67753	106	—
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.197201	0.73751	232	—
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.195365	0.69709	172	—
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.188444	0.71066	152	Estimated
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.188190	0.53828	245	—
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.186409	0.66653	199	Estimated
South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.185110	0.44163	248	—
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.183092	0.70786	214	Estimated
Brazil`BRA`South America	0.182308	0.61956	249	—
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.180589	0.65221	224	Estimated
Panama`PAN`Central America	0.178592	0.54489	220	Estimated
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.175476	0.53546	249	—
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.173294	0.69511	185	Estimated
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.164715	0.69361	243	—
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.164590	0.63189	153	Estimated
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.161191	0.65893	241	Estimated
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.155660	0.56554	253	—
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.155401	0.71652	218	Estimated
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.147724	0.43294	251	Estimated
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.145766	0.58961	239	Estimated
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.139359	0.59821	49	Estimated
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.137431	0.52172	207	—
Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.135824	0.40198	244	—
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.133589	0.54287	82	—
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.131300	0.45449	220	—
Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.130358	0.43973	243	—
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.127921	0.59252	189	Estimated
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.127694	0.41650	252	—
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.127033	0.52174	240	—
Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.127027	0.40341	256	—
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.126485	0.64482	211	Estimated
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.123765	0.56564	243	—
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.115529	0.55103	243	Estimated
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.111648	0.45428	242	—
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.108669	0.39193	253	Estimated
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.107787	0.41786	256	—
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.101597	0.61947	218	Estimated
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.100076	0.53218	241	Estimated
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.100027	0.38463	255	—
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.098801	0.35788	256	—
India`IND`Southern Asia	0.098207	0.44775	251	—
United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.096754	0.32343	258	—
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.093198	0.34776	250	—
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.086839	0.43487	252	Estimated
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.086507	0.43523	238	—
Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.085100	0.29286	257	—
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.083695	0.35825	249	—
United States`USA`Northern America	0.083211	0.23235	260	—
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.082090	0.44240	254	Estimated
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.080602	0.44572	245	Estimated
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.077917	0.49565	246	—
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.076889	0.42856	245	—
France`FRA`Western Europe	0.076197	0.32939	258	—
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.072690	0.31536	258	Estimated
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.072668	0.41140	250	—
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.065402	0.33696	249	—
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.063757	0.42359	254	—
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.063431	0.40657	252	—
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.058093	0.40576	244	—
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.057881	0.34444	258	—

02In 2020

At either end

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

Highest

Niue0.975289
Botswana0.873280
Micronesia0.861086
Mali0.848613
Angola0.835835

Lowest

Italy0.057881
Croatia0.058093
Poland0.063431
Türkiye0.063757
Austria0.065402

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.306244. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Export diversification index (0–1)
HighestNew Caledonia0.94060
LowestUnited States0.23235
Middle country: 0.73119
Products exported (SITC 3-digit groups)
HighestUnited States260
LowestNiue2
Middle country: 163

032019 → 2020

Since 2019

+0 / −0countries joined / left
213values changed, of 213 in both
94 · 119rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

British Virgin Islands0.494273 → 0.824891+0.330618
Nauru0.560192 → 0.803559+0.243367
Niger0.353314 → 0.555800+0.202486
Micronesia0.677671 → 0.861086+0.183415
American Samoa0.389542 → 0.535494+0.145952

Fell most

Cayman Islands0.896017 → 0.466663−0.429354
Tuvalu0.813471 → 0.552329−0.261142
Bermuda0.802077 → 0.541366−0.260711
Kiribati0.841444 → 0.646323−0.195121
Palau0.529256 → 0.350500−0.178756

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