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Top Product $20.6kRefrigerators
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Exports $675kRnk 19 / 107
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Top Product $360kNon-Knit Men's Suits
2022
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Economic Complexity (ECI) ECI -1.81Rnk 130 / 133
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GDP$58.1BCURRENT US$
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2012-2022
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GDP GROWTH98.1%CURRENT US$
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2022
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 GDP$2.55BCURRENT US$
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2012-2022
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GDP GROWTH3.06%CURRENT US$
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2022
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GDP PC $586CURRENT US$
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2012-2022
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GDP PC GROWTH42.1%CURRENT US$
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2022
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GDP PC$1,107CURRENT US$
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2012-2022
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GDP PC GROWTH-8.17%CURRENT US$
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In N/A, Democratic Republic of the Congo did not export any services to Lesotho.

Lesotho-Democratic Republic of the Congo Trade: In N/A, Lesotho exported $675k to Democratic Republic of the Congo. The main products that Lesotho exported to Democratic Republic of the Congo were Non-Knit Men's Suits ($360k), Non-Knit Men's Shirts ($172k), and Knit Men's Suits ($36.5k). Over the past N/A years the exports of Lesotho to Democratic Republic of the Congo have increased at an annualized rate of 33.7%,  from $158k in N/A to $675k in N/A.

In N/A, Lesotho did not export any services to Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Comparison In 2022,  Democratic Republic of the Congo ranked 130 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI -1.81),  and 71 in total exports ($28.5B). 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

Democratic Republic of the Congo does not register exports to Lesotho. The main products exported from Democratic Republic of the Congo to Lesotho were Refrigerators ($20.6k) and Packaged Medicaments ($50).

In 2017, Lesotho exported $675k to Democratic Republic of the Congo. The main products exported from Lesotho to Democratic Republic of the Congo were Non-Knit Men's Suits ($360k), Non-Knit Men's Shirts ($172k), and Knit Men's Suits ($36.5k). During the last 5 years the exports of Lesotho to Democratic Republic of the Congo have increased at an annualized rate of 33.7%, from $158k in 2022 to $675k in 2017.

Exports from Democratic Republic of the Congo (Flag) to Lesotho (Flag) (2022)

Exports from Lesotho (Flag) to Democratic Republic of the Congo (Flag) (2022)

Market Competitiveness

Color
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Top DestinationChina$15.6B
Lesotho
Top DestinationSouth Africa$434M

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

In 2022, countries that imported more from Democratic Republic of the Congo than Lesotho included China ($15.6B), Singapore ($1.36B), and Hong Kong ($1.24B).

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

Difference in imports from Lesotho (Flag) and Democratic Republic of the Congo (Flag) (2022)

Comparative Advantage Democratic Republic of the Congo - Lesotho

Flow
Scale

This chart compares trade between Democratic Republic of the Congo and Lesotho by product, considering products traded by both, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Lesotho.

During 2017, Lesotho had a large net trade with Democratic Republic of the Congo in the exports of Textiles ($665k), Plastics and Rubbers ($4.06k), and Metals ($3.23k).

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

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Top Product Potential Democratic Republic of the Congo Lesotho+$1.69kRefined Petroleum
Top Product Potential Lesotho Democratic Republic of the Congo+$2.22kDiamonds

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

Product Space of Democratic Republic of the Congo (Flag) and Lesotho (Flag) (2022)

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