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Export Concentration Index by African country

0.841Burkina Faso leads · 2025

Burkina Faso has the highest export concentration index of any African country, at 0.841, ahead of Mali and Botswana.

UNCTAD Herfindahl-Hirschmann index of how concentrated exports are in a few products (lower is less concentrated). 54 of 54 countries, ranked · UNCTAD STRUCTURAL TRADE, 2025.

1Burkina Faso0.8412Mali0.8273Botswana0.801
#1 vs #546.8×Burkina Faso vs Egypt
Median0.434Ethiopia
Lowest0.124Egypt

By region

regional average
Central Africa0.579
9 countries · led by Angola
West Africa0.479
16 countries · led by Burkina Faso
Southern Africa0.424
7 countries · led by Botswana
East Africa0.403
16 countries · led by South Sudan
North Africa0.382
6 countries · led by Libya

Full ranking

54 of 54 countries
#CountryExport Concentration IndexPeriod
1Burkina Faso
0.8412025
2Mali
0.8272025
3Botswana
0.8012025
4Libya
0.7842025
5Angola
0.7822025
6South Sudan
0.782025
7Guinea-Bissau
0.7042025
8Comoros
0.72025
9Zambia
0.6832025
10Democratic Republic of the Congo
0.6672025
11Republic of the Congo
0.6582025
12Nigeria
0.6192025
13Chad
0.6132025
14Guinea
0.6032025
15Equatorial Guinea
0.5822025
16Gabon
0.5482025
17Sudan
0.5342025
18Malawi
0.5122025
19Sao Tome and Principe
0.4962025
20Ghana
0.4872025
21Central African Republic
0.4862025
22Seychelles
0.4852025
23Burundi
0.4712025
24Algeria
0.4672025
25Liberia
0.4652025
26Mauritania
0.4562025
27Uganda
0.4522025
28Ethiopia
0.4342025
29Zimbabwe
0.4192025
30Cote d'Ivoire
0.4122025
31Cabo Verde
0.412025
32Rwanda
0.4052025
33Sierra Leone
0.4042025
34Benin
0.3972025
35Cameroon
0.3762025
36Niger
0.3762025
37Tanzania
0.3752025
38Lesotho
0.3392025
39Somalia
0.3222025
40Eritrea
0.3172025
41Eswatini
0.3092025
42Mozambique
0.3072025
43Madagascar
0.3062025
44Namibia
0.2642025
45Senegal
0.2612025
46Gambia
0.2142025
47Morocco
0.212025
48Djibouti
0.2052025
49Mauritius
0.1862025
50Kenya
0.1862025
51Togo
0.1822025
52Tunisia
0.1742025
53South Africa
0.1532025
54Egypt
0.1242025

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Frequently asked questions

Which African country has the highest export concentration index?

Burkina Faso has the highest export concentration index in Africa at 0.841 (2025), followed by Mali and Botswana.

Which African country has the lowest export concentration index?

Egypt has the lowest export concentration index of the 54 African countries with data, at 0.124 (2025).

How many African countries report Export Concentration Index data?

54 of 54 African countries have a Export Concentration Index figure in the Africa API, each from the latest year available for that country (which can differ between countries). Every value links to its full series with source and history.

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Call GET /v1/data?metric_key=export_concentration_index&latest=true with the country codes you need and a free Africa API key — the response returns the latest value per country as JSON.

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