041.Herfindahl-Hirschman Index by country

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Countries reporting

Highest

0.4203

Botswana

Lowest

0.0012

Bangladesh

Median

0.0221

Years covered

1997–2014

Data points

584

What the numbers show

041.Herfindahl-Hirschman Index is currently reported for 56 countries. The highest value is 0.4203 in Botswana; the lowest is 0.0012 in Bangladesh.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.0221, and the mean is 0.0484.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 343.

Over the past decade 23 countries rose and 29 fell. The largest increase was in North Macedonia (up 237.4%), and the largest decrease in Estonia (down 92.5%).

041.Herfindahl-Hirschman Index: full country ranking

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	Botswana	0.4203	2013	down 35.8%	falling
2	East Timor	0.2722	2012	down 34.5%	falling
3	Laos	0.2328	2010	—	falling
4	Kyrgyzstan	0.1444	2012	up 23.7%	rising
5	Zambia	0.1296	2011	down 38.1%	falling
6	Burkina Faso	0.1292	2012	down 65.8%	volatile
7	Gabon	0.0882	2008	up 14.2%	flat
8	Malawi	0.0871	2012	down 41.7%	falling
9	Tanzania	0.0808	2012	up 57.5%	rising
10	Senegal	0.0802	2012	down 58.8%	volatile
11	Lebanon	0.0738	2012	—	volatile
12	New Zealand	0.066	2010	up 31.5%	flat
13	Paraguay	0.0578	2012	up 0.4%	rising
14	Morocco	0.0538	2013	up 219.3%	volatile
15	Chile	0.0521	2012	up 79.6%	rising
16	Jordan	0.052	2012	down 28.7%	falling
17	Costa Rica	0.0463	2012	up 18.3%	falling
18	Iran	0.0421	2010	—	rising
19	Dominican Republic	0.0416	2014	up 182.6%	volatile
20	Bolivia	0.0371	2012	down 25.2%	rising
21	Mauritius	0.0366	2012	up 107.4%	rising
22	North Macedonia	0.0359	2010	up 237.4%	volatile
23	Georgia	0.0318	2012	up 6.8%	flat
24	Rwanda	0.0289	2012	down 65.9%	falling
25	Cameroon	0.0284	2013	down 10.0%	flat
26	Yemen	0.0258	2012	—	falling
27	Peru	0.0255	2013	down 24.5%	rising
28	Nicaragua	0.0222	2014	up 16.4%	rising
29	Madagascar	0.022	2012	up 1.0%	volatile
30	El Salvador	0.0195	2009	up 49.3%	rising
31	South Africa	0.0172	2012	up 50.3%	rising
32	Guatemala	0.0166	2013	up 141.7%	rising
33	Bulgaria	0.0165	2006	up 106.6%	rising
34	Brazil	0.0162	2014	up 145.3%	volatile
35	Albania	0.0158	2012	up 45.7%	rising
36	Slovenia	0.0152	2011	down 5.3%	falling
37	Sweden	0.0144	2006	up 33.4%	rising
38	Uruguay	0.0143	2012	down 1.8%	falling
39	Uganda	0.014	2010	down 67.5%	falling
40	Norway	0.0103	2014	down 19.6%	rising
41	Cambodia	0.0095	2009	down 27.2%	falling
42	Denmark	0.0093	2012	down 3.2%	rising
43	Colombia	0.008	2013	down 36.7%	falling
44	Croatia	0.008	2012	down 12.9%	flat
45	Kenya	0.0079	2014	up 9.6%	flat
46	Romania	0.0078	2011	up 27.8%	rising
47	Belgium	0.0073	2013	down 22.2%	rising
48	Mexico	0.007	2012	down 16.3%	falling
49	Ecuador	0.0066	2014	down 92.0%	volatile
50	Egypt	0.0063	2012	down 6.9%	falling
51	Portugal	0.0045	2012	down 48.7%	falling
52	Estonia	0.0039	2011	down 92.5%	volatile
53	Spain	0.0034	2014	down 17.5%	falling
54	Turkey	0.0032	2013	down 36.8%	falling
55	Pakistan	0.002	2010	down 0.0%	flat
56	Bangladesh	0.0012	2014	down 15.9%	volatile

About this data

Indicator: 041.Herfindahl-Hirschman Index
Source: World Bank
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 56 places, 584 data points, 1997–2014
Last refreshed: 10 August 2026

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