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About

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

Niger-Lesotho Trade: In N/A, Niger exported $236 to Lesotho. The main products that Niger exported to Lesotho were N/A. Over the past N/A years the exports of Niger to Lesotho have decreased at an annualized rate of 29%,  from $1.31k in N/A to $236 in N/A.

In N/A, Niger 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, Niger ranked 97 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI -0.71), and 136 in total exports ($3.24B).

Historical Data

Bilateral Trade by Products

Depth
Value

Lesotho does not register exports to Niger.

In 2010, Niger exported $236 to Lesotho. There were not main exports from Niger to Lesotho in 2010. During the last 5 years the exports of Niger to Lesotho have decreased at an annualized rate of 29%, from $1.31k in 2015 to $236 in 2010.

Exports from Lesotho (Flag) to Niger (Flag) (2015)

Exports from Niger (Flag) to Lesotho (Flag) (2015)

Market Competitiveness

Color
Lesotho
Top Destination
South Africa$434M
Niger
Top Destination
United Arab Emirates$2.23B

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

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

In 2022, countries that imported more from Niger than Lesotho included United Arab Emirates ($2.23B), France ($291M), and China ($290M).

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

Comparative Advantage Lesotho - Niger

Flow
Scale

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

During 2010, Niger had a large net trade with Lesotho in the exports of .

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

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Top Product Potential Lesotho Niger+$1.14kBedspreads
Top Product Potential Niger Lesotho+$1.91kRefined 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 Niger. This means that a dot/product with the flag of Lesotho indicates it has a comparative advantage over Niger. Similarly, a dot/product with the flag of Niger indicates it has a comparative advantage over Lesotho.

Product Space of Lesotho (Flag) and Niger (Flag) (2015)

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