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About

Lesotho-Gambia Trade: In 2022, Lesotho exported $17.3k to Gambia. The main products that Lesotho exported to Gambia were N/A. Over the past 11 years the exports of Lesotho to Gambia have increased at an annualized rate of 13.5%, from $4.27k in 2011 to $17.3k in 2022.

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

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

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

Comparison In 2023,  Lesotho ranked 158 in total exports ($1.14B). That same year, Gambia ranked 138 in total exports ($3.16B). Both countries does not have data related to Economic Complexity Index.

Historical Data

Bilateral Trade by Products

Depth
Value

In 2022, Lesotho exported $17.3k to Gambia. There were not main exports from Lesotho to Gambia in 2022. During the last 11 years the exports of Lesotho to Gambia have increased at an annualized rate of 13.5%, from $4.27k in 2011 to $17.3k in 2022.

Gambia does not register exports to Lesotho.

Exports from Lesotho (Flag) to Gambia (Flag) (2022)

Exports from Gambia (Flag) to Lesotho (Flag) (2022)

Market Competitiveness

Color
Lesotho
Top Destination
South Africa$351M
Gambia
Top Destination
Kazakhstan$2.91B

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

In 2023, countries that imported more from Lesotho than Gambia included South Africa ($351M), Belgium ($295M), and United States ($228M).

In 2023, countries that imported more from Gambia than Lesotho included Kazakhstan ($2.91B), Guinea-Bissau ($59.3M), and Greece ($25.2M).

Difference in imports from Gambia (Flag) and Lesotho (Flag) (2023)

Comparative Advantage Lesotho - Gambia

Flow
Scale

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

During 2022, Lesotho had a large net trade with Gambia in the exports of .

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

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Top Product Potential Lesotho Gambia+$792Low-voltage Protection Equipment
Top Product Potential Gambia Lesotho+$751Refined 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 Gambia. This means that a dot/product with the flag of Lesotho indicates it has a comparative advantage over Gambia. Similarly, a dot/product with the flag of Gambia indicates it has a comparative advantage over Lesotho.

Product Space of Lesotho (Flag) and Gambia (Flag) (2022)

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