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

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

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

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

Historical Data

Bilateral Trade by Products

Depth
Value

Sierra Leone does not register exports to Lesotho.

Lesotho does not register exports to Sierra Leone.

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

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

Market Competitiveness

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

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

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

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

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

Comparative Advantage Sierra Leone - Lesotho

Flow
Scale

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

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

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

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

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

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