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$3.39TCURRENT US$
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85.2%CURRENT US$
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$2.55BCURRENT US$
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3.06%CURRENT US$
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$2,389CURRENT US$
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66.6%CURRENT US$
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$1,107CURRENT US$
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About

India-Lesotho Trade: In 2022, India exported $32.2M to Lesotho. The main products that India exported to Lesotho were Packaged Medicaments ($15.9M), Plastic Coated Textile Fabric ($4.94M), and Synthetic Filament Yarn Woven Fabric ($2.95M). Over the past 5 years the exports of India to Lesotho have decreased at an annualized rate of 0.33%, from $32.7M in 2017 to $32.2M in 2022.

In 2022, India did not export any services to Lesotho.

Lesotho-India Trade: In 2022, Lesotho exported $2.06k to India. The main products that Lesotho exported to India were Labels ($1.86k), Other Non-Knit Clothing Accessories ($84), and Knitting Machine Accessories ($66). Over the past 5 years the exports of Lesotho to India have decreased at an annualized rate of 87.7%,  from $74.2M in 2017 to $2.06k in 2022.

In 2022, Lesotho did not export any services to India.

Comparison In 2022,  India ranked 40 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI 0.64),  and 15 in total exports ($468B). That same year, Lesotho ranked 158 in total exports ($1.16B), and does not have data regarding Economic Complexity Index.

Historical Data

Market Competitiveness

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India
Top Destination
United States$82.9B
Lesotho
Top Destination
South Africa$434M

This map shows whether countries import more from India or Lesotho. Each country is colored based on the difference in imports they receive from India and Lesotho or the difference in the growth in imports.

In 2022, countries that imported more from India than Lesotho included United States ($82.9B), United Arab Emirates ($31.6B), and Netherlands ($17.6B).

In 2022, no countries were registered that imported more from Lesotho than from India.

Difference in imports from Lesotho (Flag) and India (Flag) (2022)

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

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Top Product Potential India Lesotho+$1.37MPackaged Medicaments
Top Product Potential Lesotho India+$9.67kDiamonds

We estimate the export potential of an economy for each product and destination using an extension of the bilateral relatedness model of Jun et al. (2019).This extended gravity model considers similarities among products and geographies and explains more than 50% of the variance in future trade flows.

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Economic Complexity

Competitive Landscape

This visualization shows the product space at the HS4 level with the flags of India and Lesotho. This means that a dot/product with the flag of India indicates it has a comparative advantage over Lesotho. Similarly, a dot/product with the flag of Lesotho indicates it has a comparative advantage over India.

Product Space of India (Flag) and Lesotho (Flag) (NaN)

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