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$14.4BCURRENT US$
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65.6%CURRENT US$
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$2.55BCURRENT US$
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3.06%CURRENT US$
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$5,563CURRENT US$
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82.7%CURRENT US$
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$1,107CURRENT US$
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-8.17%CURRENT US$
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About

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

Lesotho-Moldova Trade: In N/A, Lesotho exported $156k to Moldova. The main products that Lesotho exported to Moldova were Refined Petroleum ($153k) and Low-voltage Protection Equipment ($2.87k). Over the past N/A years the exports of Lesotho to Moldova have increased at an annualized rate of 87.2%,  from $6.79k in N/A to $156k in N/A.

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

Comparison In 2022,  Moldova ranked 65 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI 0.0038),  and 124 in total exports ($4.94B). 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

Moldova does not register exports to Lesotho.

In 2017, Lesotho exported $156k to Moldova. The main products exported from Lesotho to Moldova were Refined Petroleum ($153k) and Low-voltage Protection Equipment ($2.87k). During the last 5 years the exports of Lesotho to Moldova have increased at an annualized rate of 87.2%, from $6.79k in 2022 to $156k in 2017.

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

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

Market Competitiveness

Color
Moldova
Top Destination
Romania$1.35B
Lesotho
Top Destination
South Africa$434M

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

In 2022, countries that imported more from Moldova than Lesotho included Romania ($1.35B), Ukraine ($729M), and Italy ($352M).

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

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

Comparative Advantage Moldova - Lesotho

Flow
Scale

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

During 2017, Lesotho had a large net trade with Moldova in the exports of Mineral Products ($153k) and Machines ($2.87k).

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

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Top Product Potential Moldova Lesotho+$1.18kCorn
Top Product Potential Lesotho Moldova+$1.36kLow-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 Moldova and Lesotho. This means that a dot/product with the flag of Moldova indicates it has a comparative advantage over Lesotho. Similarly, a dot/product with the flag of Lesotho indicates it has a comparative advantage over Moldova.

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

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