Sierra Leone | 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
Republic of Sierra Leone
Records
53
Source
Sierra Leone | Import product concentration index
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0.11285053 1995
0.08545163 1996
0.1615709 1997
0.07110653 1998
0.13366585 1999
0.22625553 2000
0.36816425 2001
0.1107676 2002
0.368161 2003
0.36815129 2004
0.35178067 2005
0.36654407 2006
0.36416302 2007
0.36939478 2008
0.35946433 2009
0.36243776 2010
0.36635373 2011
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Sierra Leone | 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
Republic of Sierra Leone
Records
53
Source