Niger (NER) and Lesotho (LSO) Trade | The Observatory of Economic Complexity

Niger-Lesotho Trade: In 2015, Niger exported $236 to Lesotho. The main products that Niger exported to Lesotho were N/A. Over the past 15 years the exports of Niger to Lesotho have decreased at an annualized rate of 0.82%, from $267 in 2000 to $236 in 2015.

In 2015, Niger did not export any services to Lesotho.

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

In 2015, Lesotho did not export any services to Niger.

Comparison In 2022, Niger ranked 97 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI -0.71), and 136 in total exports ($3.24B). That same year, Lesotho ranked 158 in total exports ($1.16B), and does not have data regarding Economic Complexity Index.

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Market Competitiveness

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Niger
Top DestinationUnited Arab Emirates$2.23B

Lesotho
Top DestinationSouth Africa$434M

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

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

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

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

Potential Exports

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Top Product Potential Niger Lesotho+$1.91kRefined Petroleum

Top Product Potential Lesotho Niger+$1.14kBedspreads

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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This visualization shows the product space at the HS4 level with the flags of Niger and Lesotho. This means that a dot/product with the flag of Niger indicates it has a comparative advantage over Lesotho. Similarly, a dot/product with the flag of Lesotho indicates it has a comparative advantage over Niger.

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

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Product Space of Niger () and Lesotho () (NaN)

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