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ECONOMIC COMPLEXITY INDEX [2008] ≥ 0.131 / (55/1) EXPECTED GDPpc GROWTH * ≥ 2.90% / (41/7) *Expected annual average for the 2009-2020 period.
2008
PRODUCT
SPACE
PRODUCT
EXPORTED
WITH RCA>1
PRODUCT
NOT EXPORTED
WITH RCA>1
NODE SIzE IS PROPORTIONAL
TO WORLD TRADE
EXPORT OPPORTUNITY
2008 SPECTRUM
3 3
FRACTION OF
PRODUCTS WITH
RCA > 1 2 2
Average Complexity of Missing Products 0 Average Complexity of Missing Products 0
22% OF WT 1 1
6% OF WT
2% OF WT
0.8% OF WT
0.06% OF WT -1 -1
-2 -2
0.75 0.8 0.85 0.015 0.02 0.025 0.03 0.035 0.04
Distance Opportunity Gain
EvOLUTION OF
2008 EXPORT COMPOSITION
1.5 k
1.2 k
900
600
300
0
1968 1973 1978 1983 1988 1993 1998 2003 2008
