2022
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GDP
$2.55BCURRENT US$
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2012-2022
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GDP GROWTH
3.06%CURRENT US$
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 GDP
$17.4BCURRENT US$
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2012-2022
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GDP GROWTH
56.2%CURRENT US$
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2022
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GDP PC 
$1,107CURRENT US$
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2012-2022
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GDP PC GROWTH
-8.17%CURRENT US$
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2022
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GDP PC
$1,303CURRENT US$
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2012-2022
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GDP PC GROWTH
17.1%CURRENT US$
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About

In N/A, Lesotho did not export any services to Benin.

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

In N/A, Benin did not export any services to Lesotho.

Comparison In 2022,  Lesotho ranked 158 in total exports ($1.16B), and does not have data regarding Economic Complexity Index. That same year, Benin ranked 86 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI -0.5), and 149 in total exports ($1.67B).

Historical Data

Bilateral Trade by Products

Depth
Value

Lesotho does not register exports to Benin.

Benin does not register exports to Lesotho.

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

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

Market Competitiveness

Color
Lesotho
Top Destination
South Africa$434M
Benin
Top Destination
India$448M

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

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

In 2022, countries that imported more from Benin than Lesotho included India ($448M), Bangladesh ($406M), and United Arab Emirates ($382M).

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

Comparative Advantage Lesotho - Benin

Flow
Scale

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

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

Depth
View
Sort By
Top Product Potential Lesotho Benin+$1.27kKnit Women's Suits
Top Product Potential Benin Lesotho+$1.47kRefined Petroleum

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

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

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