Djibouti | Export product concentration index

This indicator reflects the Herfindahl-Hirschmann index measure of the degree of export 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 exports are concentrated in fewer sectors. On the contrary, values closer to 0 reflect a more equal distribution of market shares among exporters. 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 exporters look more concentrated.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Republic of Djibouti
Records
53
Source
Djibouti | Export product concentration index
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1995 0.12072346
1996 0.22359451
1997 0.15011268
1998 0.13745736
1999 0.1080866
2000 0.11663741
2001 0.08911259
2002 0.12099544
2003 0.24614704
2004 0.19810778
2005 0.15171179
2006 0.1922835
2007 0.43221365
2008 0.41904646
2009 0.40580514
2010 0.34438562
2011 0.24035064
2012

Djibouti | Export product concentration index

This indicator reflects the Herfindahl-Hirschmann index measure of the degree of export 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 exports are concentrated in fewer sectors. On the contrary, values closer to 0 reflect a more equal distribution of market shares among exporters. 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 exporters look more concentrated.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Republic of Djibouti
Records
53
Source