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About

Iran-Lesotho Trade: In 2021, Iran exported $22.3k to Lesotho. The main products that Iran exported to Lesotho were N/A. Over the past 10 years the exports of Iran to Lesotho have increased at an annualized rate of 78.5%, from $68 in 2011 to $22.3k in 2021.

In 2021, Iran did not export any services to Lesotho.

Lesotho-Iran In N/A, Lesotho did not export any products to Iran.

In 2021, Lesotho did not export any services to Iran.

Comparison In 2022,  Iran ranked 60 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI 0.072),  and 86 in total exports ($15.9B). That same year, Lesotho ranked 158 in total exports ($1.16B), and does not have data regarding Economic Complexity Index.

Historical Data

Bilateral Trade by Products

Depth
Value

In 2021, Iran exported $22.3k to Lesotho. There were not main exports from Iran to Lesotho in 2021. During the last 10 years the exports of Iran to Lesotho have increased at an annualized rate of 78.5%, from $68 in 2011 to $22.3k in 2021.

Lesotho does not register exports to Iran.

Exports from Iran (Flag) to Lesotho (Flag) (2021)

Exports from Lesotho (Flag) to Iran (Flag) (2021)

Market Competitiveness

Color
Iran
Top Destination
China$5.72B
Lesotho
Top Destination
South Africa$434M

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

In 2022, countries that imported more from Iran than Lesotho included China ($5.72B), Turkey ($3.17B), and Kuwait ($960M).

In 2022, countries that imported more from Lesotho than Iran included South Africa ($434M), United States ($327M), and Belgium ($219M).

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

Comparative Advantage Iran - Lesotho

Flow
Scale

This chart compares trade between Iran and Lesotho by product, considering products traded by both, Iran and Lesotho.

During 2021, Iran had a large net trade with Lesotho in the exports of .

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

Depth
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Top Product Potential Iran Lesotho+$1.78kRefined Petroleum
Top Product Potential Lesotho Iran+$2.2kLow-voltage Protection Equipment

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 Iran and Lesotho. This means that a dot/product with the flag of Iran indicates it has a comparative advantage over Lesotho. Similarly, a dot/product with the flag of Lesotho indicates it has a comparative advantage over Iran.

Product Space of Iran (Flag) and Lesotho (Flag) (2021)

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