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Export Diversification Index by African country

2025

UNCTAD index of how far a country's export mix differs from the world structure (lower is more diversified).

Africa, 202554 of 54 countries
0.776population-weighted average
Highest in 2025Botswana · 0.924Lowest in 2025Tunisia · 0.556Reported in 202517 of 54 countries surveyed
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Western Sahara — no separate recordTanzania — 0.743Democratic Republic of the Congo — 0.917Somalia — 0.759Kenya — 0.655Sudan — 0.823Chad — 0.841South Africa — 0.557Lesotho — 0.816Zimbabwe — 0.872Botswana — 0.924Namibia — 0.771Senegal — 0.721Mali — 0.873Mauritania — 0.884Benin — 0.812Niger — 0.786Nigeria — 0.810Cameroon — 0.770Togo — 0.706Ghana — 0.809Cote d'Ivoire — 0.772Guinea — 0.879Guinea-Bissau — 0.686Liberia — 0.816Sierra Leone — 0.836Burkina Faso — 0.891Central African Republic — 0.795Republic of the Congo — 0.842Gabon — 0.877Equatorial Guinea — 0.823Zambia — 0.856Malawi — 0.832Mozambique — 0.816Eswatini — 0.785Angola — 0.895Burundi — 0.842Madagascar — 0.847Gambia — 0.761Tunisia — 0.556Algeria — 0.812Eritrea — 0.811Morocco — 0.666Egypt — 0.603Libya — 0.824Ethiopia — 0.763Djibouti — 0.647Uganda — 0.770Rwanda — 0.770South Sudan — 0.782Nigeria 0.810Nigeria 0.810Ethiopia 0.763Ethiopia 0.763Kenya 0.655Kenya 0.655South Africa 0.557South Africa 0.5572025HIGHEST IN 2025Botswana0.924Democratic Republic of the Congo0.917Angola0.895Burkina Faso0.891Mauritania0.884LOWEST IN 2025Tunisia0.556South Africa0.557Egypt0.603Djibouti0.647Kenya0.655PINNEDEthiopia0.76340 of 54Nigeria0.81028 of 54OTHER ISLAND STATES · NOT DRAWNCabo Verdenot drawn0.763Comorosnot drawn0.832Mauritiusnot drawn0.715Sao Tome and Principenot drawn0.807Seychellesnot drawn0.825index · quintiles of the observed range0.560.740.790.820.840.92no 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 countries0.879
Western Africa16 of 16 countries0.810
Eastern Africa18 of 18 countries0.771
Northern Africa6 of 6 countries0.693
Southern Africa5 of 5 countries0.590
Africaall 54 countries · 54 with a 2025 figure0.776

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 Diversification IndexUNCTAD index of how far a country's export mix differs from the world structure (lower is more diversified).
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 Diversification Index". Data adapted from UNCTAD. Retrieved 18 Oct 2026 from africa-api.com/indicators/export-diversification
The request behind this view
GET /v1/data?metric_key=export_diversification_index&year=2025&limit=100

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Export Diversification 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 Diversification IndexPeriod
1Botswana0.9242025
2Democratic Republic of the Congo0.9172025
3Angola0.8952025
4Burkina Faso0.8912025
5Mauritania0.8842025
6Guinea0.8792025
7Gabon0.8772025
8Mali0.8732025
9Zimbabwe0.8722025
10Zambia0.8562025
11Madagascar0.8472025
12Republic of the Congo0.8422025
13Burundi0.8422025
14Chad0.8412025
15Sierra Leone0.8362025
16Malawi0.8322025
17Comoros0.8322025
18Seychelles0.8252025
19Libya0.8242025
20Equatorial Guinea0.8232025
21Sudan0.8232025
22Mozambique0.8162025
23Lesotho0.8162025
24Liberia0.8162025
25Benin0.8122025
26Algeria0.8122025
27Eritrea0.8112025
28Nigeria0.812025
29Ghana0.8092025
30Sao Tome and Principe0.8072025
31Central African Republic0.7952025
32Niger0.7862025
33Eswatini0.7852025
34South Sudan0.7822025
35Cote d'Ivoire0.7722025
36Namibia0.7712025
37Rwanda0.772025
38Cameroon0.772025
39Uganda0.772025
40Ethiopia0.7632025
41Cabo Verde0.7632025
42Gambia0.7612025
43Somalia0.7592025
44Tanzania0.7432025
45Senegal0.7212025
46Mauritius0.7152025
47Togo0.7062025
48Guinea-Bissau0.6862025
49Morocco0.6662025
50Kenya0.6552025
51Djibouti0.6472025
52Egypt0.6032025
53South Africa0.5572025
54Tunisia0.5562025
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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