Ghana | 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 Ghana
Records
53
Source
Ghana | Export product concentration index
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1995 0.34887345
1996 0.33976283
1997 0.33072357
1998 0.35319916
1999 0.32970579
2000 0.31409784
2001 0.31503872
2002 0.39245448
2003 0.43306375
2004 0.45304888
2005 0.39586605
2006 0.43561035
2007 0.42747298
2008 0.42054643
2009 0.46681236
2010 0.48735854
2011 0.40014183
2012

Ghana | 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 Ghana
Records
53
Source