Burkina Faso | Import product concentration index
This indicator reflects the Herfindahl-Hirschmann index measure of the degree of import concentration within a country. The sectoral Hirschmann index is defined as the square root of the sum of the squared shares of exports of each industry in total exports for the region under study. Takes a value between 0 and 1, with 1 indicating that only a single product is exported. Higher values indicate that imports are concentrated in fewer sectors. On the contrary, values closer to 0 reflect a more equal distribution of market shares among importers. Note that this type of concentration indicator tends to be quite vulnerable to cyclical fluctuations in relative-prices, in a way that commodity price rises make commodity importers look more concentrated.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Burkina Faso
Records
53
Source
Burkina Faso | Import product concentration index
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0.10210378 1995
0.1011824 1996
0.1112694 1997
0.13592923 1998
0.11827552 1999
0.16446201 2000
0.13242625 2001
0.1115794 2002
0.09982685 2003
0.11412288 2004
0.12009631 2005
0.12256353 2006
0.1544705 2007
0.17187986 2008
0.16016628 2009
0.13456273 2010
0.15202121 2011
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Burkina Faso | Import product concentration index
This indicator reflects the Herfindahl-Hirschmann index measure of the degree of import concentration within a country. The sectoral Hirschmann index is defined as the square root of the sum of the squared shares of exports of each industry in total exports for the region under study. Takes a value between 0 and 1, with 1 indicating that only a single product is exported. Higher values indicate that imports are concentrated in fewer sectors. On the contrary, values closer to 0 reflect a more equal distribution of market shares among importers. Note that this type of concentration indicator tends to be quite vulnerable to cyclical fluctuations in relative-prices, in a way that commodity price rises make commodity importers look more concentrated.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Burkina Faso
Records
53
Source