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Export Concentration Index by African country

2025

UNCTAD Herfindahl-Hirschmann index of how concentrated exports are in a few products (lower is less concentrated).

Africa, 202554 of 54 countries
0.453population-weighted average
Highest in 2025Burkina Faso · 0.841Lowest in 2025Egypt · 0.124Reported in 202517 of 54 countries surveyed
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Western Sahara — no separate recordTanzania — 0.375Democratic Republic of the Congo — 0.667Somalia — 0.322Kenya — 0.186Sudan — 0.534Chad — 0.613South Africa — 0.153Lesotho — 0.339Zimbabwe — 0.419Botswana — 0.801Namibia — 0.264Senegal — 0.261Mali — 0.827Mauritania — 0.456Benin — 0.397Niger — 0.376Nigeria — 0.619Cameroon — 0.376Togo — 0.182Ghana — 0.487Cote d'Ivoire — 0.412Guinea — 0.603Guinea-Bissau — 0.704Liberia — 0.465Sierra Leone — 0.404Burkina Faso — 0.841Central African Republic — 0.486Republic of the Congo — 0.658Gabon — 0.548Equatorial Guinea — 0.582Zambia — 0.683Malawi — 0.512Mozambique — 0.307Eswatini — 0.309Angola — 0.782Burundi — 0.471Madagascar — 0.306Gambia — 0.214Tunisia — 0.174Algeria — 0.467Eritrea — 0.317Morocco — 0.210Egypt — 0.124Libya — 0.784Ethiopia — 0.434Djibouti — 0.205Uganda — 0.452Rwanda — 0.405South Sudan — 0.780Nigeria 0.619Nigeria 0.619Ethiopia 0.434Ethiopia 0.434Kenya 0.186Kenya 0.186South Africa 0.153South Africa 0.1532025HIGHEST IN 2025Burkina Faso0.841Mali0.827Botswana0.801Libya0.784Angola0.782LOWEST IN 2025Egypt0.124South Africa0.153Tunisia0.174Togo0.182Kenya0.186PINNEDEthiopia0.43428 of 54Nigeria0.61912 of 54OTHER ISLAND STATES · NOT DRAWNCabo Verdenot drawn0.410Comorosnot drawn0.700Mauritiusnot drawn0.186Sao Tome and Principenot drawn0.496Seychellesnot drawn0.485index · quintiles of the observed range0.120.260.40.470.620.84no record
20142025
UNCTAD · national statistics offices · the provider's own estimates where a country has not reportedCC BY 4.0
Countries

By region

Population-weighted, so a region’s figure is the share of its people, not the average of its countries.
Middle Africa9 of 9 countries0.635
Western Africa16 of 16 countries0.562
Eastern Africa18 of 18 countries0.399
Northern Africa6 of 6 countries0.292
Southern Africa5 of 5 countries0.188
Africaall 54 countries · 54 with a 2025 figure0.453

What to know before you quote this

Specific to this series. For how we treat data generally, see methods.
37 countries have a modelled 2025 figureThe provider estimated or projected it rather than measuring it that year. Those points are tagged Modelled in the table and drawn like any other on the map — read the tag before you quote the number.
Certainty is judged year by yearA country can be Reported in one year and Modelled the next. The tag follows the year on the scrubber, so the 2025 assessment is not a verdict on the whole series.

About this data

Export Concentration IndexUNCTAD Herfindahl-Hirschmann index of how concentrated exports are in a few products (lower is less concentrated).
SourceUNCTAD, with processing by Africa API
Unitindex
Last updated19 Aug 2026
Next expected updateAug 2027
Date range1995–2025
Coverage54 of 54 countries · 17 reported, 37 modelled, 0 with no usable figure

How the figure is made

ReportedA national statistics office or the original provider published the figure for that year directly. 17 countries did so for 2025 — the certainty shown on this page is that 2025 assessment, not a per-series one.ModelledNo direct figure that year. The provider’s own estimate, interpolation or projection stands in, and is marked as such wherever it appears.No dataNo usable figure within the window. Drawn hatched on the map and left blank in the table — not zero, and not filled in.

These three states are used the same way across every indicator on the site — how we treat certainty explains the full set and what we never do to a number.

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How to cite this page
Africa API (2026) — "Export Concentration Index". Data adapted from UNCTAD. Retrieved 18 Oct 2026 from africa-api.com/indicators/export-concentration
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Export Concentration Index: most recent figure per country, highest to lowest

54 countries · each with its own period

The figures at the top of the page compare every country in the same year. This list takes each country’s newest figure instead, whatever its period, so the order can differ.

#CountryExport Concentration IndexPeriod
1Burkina Faso0.8412025
2Mali0.8272025
3Botswana0.8012025
4Libya0.7842025
5Angola0.7822025
6South Sudan0.782025
7Guinea-Bissau0.7042025
8Comoros0.72025
9Zambia0.6832025
10Democratic Republic of the Congo0.6672025
11Republic of the Congo0.6582025
12Nigeria0.6192025
13Chad0.6132025
14Guinea0.6032025
15Equatorial Guinea0.5822025
16Gabon0.5482025
17Sudan0.5342025
18Malawi0.5122025
19Sao Tome and Principe0.4962025
20Ghana0.4872025
21Central African Republic0.4862025
22Seychelles0.4852025
23Burundi0.4712025
24Algeria0.4672025
25Liberia0.4652025
26Mauritania0.4562025
27Uganda0.4522025
28Ethiopia0.4342025
29Zimbabwe0.4192025
30Cote d'Ivoire0.4122025
31Cabo Verde0.412025
32Rwanda0.4052025
33Sierra Leone0.4042025
34Benin0.3972025
35Cameroon0.3762025
36Niger0.3762025
37Tanzania0.3752025
38Lesotho0.3392025
39Somalia0.3222025
40Eritrea0.3172025
41Eswatini0.3092025
42Mozambique0.3072025
43Madagascar0.3062025
44Namibia0.2642025
45Senegal0.2612025
46Gambia0.2142025
47Morocco0.212025
48Djibouti0.2052025
49Mauritius0.1862025
50Kenya0.1862025
51Togo0.1822025
52Tunisia0.1742025
53South Africa0.1532025
54Egypt0.1242025
Which observations are included?
The ranking includes 54 of 54 countries with available observations for 2023 or later and within 2 years of the freshest result. Each figure shows its reporting period. Countries without an eligible observation are omitted.
Does a higher value mean a better result?
The ranking is sorted by value, from highest to lowest. The order does not rate a country's performance. Interpretation depends on the indicator and its definition.

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