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$10.4BCURRENT US$
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54.2%CURRENT US$
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$2.55BCURRENT US$
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3.06%CURRENT US$
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$2,191CURRENT US$
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18.4%CURRENT US$
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$1,107CURRENT US$
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About

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

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

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

Comparison In 2022,  Mauritania ranked 121 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI -1.28),  and 126 in total exports ($4.9B). 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

Mauritania does not register exports to Lesotho.

Lesotho does not register exports to Mauritania.

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

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

Market Competitiveness

Color
Mauritania
Top Destination
China$1.17B
Lesotho
Top Destination
South Africa$434M

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

In 2022, countries that imported more from Mauritania than Lesotho included China ($1.17B), Canada ($591M), and United Arab Emirates ($578M).

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

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

Comparative Advantage Mauritania - Lesotho

Flow
Scale

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

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

Depth
View
Sort By
Top Product Potential Mauritania Lesotho+$743Mixed Mineral or Chemical Fertilizers
Top Product Potential Lesotho Mauritania+$1.29kKnit Women's Suits

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

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

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