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About

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

Lesotho-Rwanda Trade: In N/A, Lesotho exported $2.07k to Rwanda. The main products that Lesotho exported to Rwanda were N/A. Over the past N/A years the exports of Lesotho to Rwanda have increased at an annualized rate of 48.4%,  from $287 in N/A to $2.07k in N/A.

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

Comparison In 2022,  Rwanda ranked 89 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI -0.53),  and 147 in total exports ($1.77B). 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

Rwanda does not register exports to Lesotho. The main products exported from Rwanda to Lesotho were Travel Kits ($3.03k) and Buckwheat ($72).

In 2016, Lesotho exported $2.07k to Rwanda. There were not main exports from Lesotho to Rwanda in 2016. During the last 5 years the exports of Lesotho to Rwanda have increased at an annualized rate of 48.4%, from $287 in 2021 to $2.07k in 2016.

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

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

Market Competitiveness

Color
Rwanda
Top Destination
United Arab Emirates$568M
Lesotho
Top Destination
South Africa$434M

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

In 2022, countries that imported more from Rwanda than Lesotho included United Arab Emirates ($568M), Democratic Republic of the Congo ($450M), and Thailand ($83.9M).

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

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

Comparative Advantage Rwanda - Lesotho

Flow
Scale

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

During 2016, Lesotho had a large net trade with Rwanda in the exports of .

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

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Top Product Potential Rwanda Lesotho+$896Coffee
Top Product Potential Lesotho Rwanda+$1.37kKnit 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 Rwanda and Lesotho. This means that a dot/product with the flag of Rwanda indicates it has a comparative advantage over Lesotho. Similarly, a dot/product with the flag of Lesotho indicates it has a comparative advantage over Rwanda.

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

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