South Africa | Export product diversification index
The diversification index signals whether the structure of exports by product of a given country or group of countries differ from the structure of product of the world. Diversification index is computed by measuring absolute deviation of the country share from world structure. Diversification index that ranges from 0 to 1 reveals the extent of the differences between the structure of trade of the country or country group and the world average. The index value closer to 1 indicates a bigger difference from the world average. It is constructed as the inverse of a Herfindahl index, using disaggregated exports at 4 digits (following the STIC3).
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Republic of South Africa
Records
53
Source
South Africa | Export product diversification index
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1996 0.40504879
1997 0.37697603
1998 0.38465154
1999 0.44327894
2000 0.56042294
2001 0.55126203
2002 0.54284077
2003 0.55939378
2004 0.56156009
2005 0.58351896
2006 0.58302789
2007 0.58818079
2008 0.59728978
2009 0.58246554
2010 0.58949559
2011 0.59927387
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South Africa | Export product diversification index
The diversification index signals whether the structure of exports by product of a given country or group of countries differ from the structure of product of the world. Diversification index is computed by measuring absolute deviation of the country share from world structure. Diversification index that ranges from 0 to 1 reveals the extent of the differences between the structure of trade of the country or country group and the world average. The index value closer to 1 indicates a bigger difference from the world average. It is constructed as the inverse of a Herfindahl index, using disaggregated exports at 4 digits (following the STIC3).
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Republic of South Africa
Records
53
Source