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About

Lesotho-Sierra Leone Trade: In 2021, Lesotho exported $1.78k to Sierra Leone. The main products that Lesotho exported to Sierra Leone were N/A. Over the past 10 years the exports of Lesotho to Sierra Leone have decreased at an annualized rate of 30.7%, from $69.4k in 2011 to $1.78k in 2021.

In 2021, Lesotho did not export any services to Sierra Leone.

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

In 2021, Sierra Leone did not export any services to Lesotho.

Comparison In 2022,  Lesotho ranked 158 in total exports ($1.16B). That same year, Sierra Leone ranked 159 in total exports ($1.15B). Both countries does not have data related to Economic Complexity Index.

Historical Data

Bilateral Trade by Products

Depth
Value

In 2021, Lesotho exported $1.78k to Sierra Leone. There were not main exports from Lesotho to Sierra Leone in 2021. During the last 10 years the exports of Lesotho to Sierra Leone have decreased at an annualized rate of 30.7%, from $69.4k in 2011 to $1.78k in 2021.

Sierra Leone does not register exports to Lesotho.

Exports from Lesotho (Flag) to Sierra Leone (Flag) (2021)

Exports from Sierra Leone (Flag) to Lesotho (Flag) (2021)

Market Competitiveness

Color
Lesotho
Top Destination
South Africa$434M
Sierra Leone
Top Destination
China$622M

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

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

In 2022, countries that imported more from Sierra Leone than Lesotho included China ($622M), Netherlands ($43.2M), and Germany ($47.6M).

Difference in imports from Sierra Leone (Flag) and Lesotho (Flag) (2022)

Comparative Advantage Lesotho - Sierra Leone

Flow
Scale

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

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

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

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Top Product Potential Lesotho Sierra Leone+$1.07kWheat Flours
Top Product Potential Sierra Leone Lesotho+$807Rough Wood

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

Product Space of Lesotho (Flag) and Sierra Leone (Flag) (2021)

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