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Exports $23.9kRnk 44 / 107
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Top Product $15.3kNon-Knit Babies' Garments
2022
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Economic Complexity (ECI) ECI 0.32Rnk 51 / 133
2022
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GDP$68.4BCURRENT US$
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2012-2022
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GDP GROWTH44.8%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 $13,199CURRENT US$
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2012-2022
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GDP PC GROWTH32.4%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, Costa Rica did not export any services to Lesotho.

Lesotho-Costa Rica Trade: In N/A, Lesotho exported $23.9k to Costa Rica. The main products that Lesotho exported to Costa Rica were Non-Knit Babies' Garments ($15.3k), Knit Men's Shirts ($8.01k), and Non-Knit Men's Suits ($341). Over the past N/A years the exports of Lesotho to Costa Rica have decreased at an annualized rate of 12.6%,  from $46.9k in N/A to $23.9k in N/A.

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

Comparison In 2022,  Costa Rica ranked 51 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI 0.32),  and 82 in total exports ($17.2B). 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

Costa Rica does not register exports to Lesotho.

In 2017, Lesotho exported $23.9k to Costa Rica. The main products exported from Lesotho to Costa Rica were Non-Knit Babies' Garments ($15.3k), Knit Men's Shirts ($8.01k), and Non-Knit Men's Suits ($341). During the last 5 years the exports of Lesotho to Costa Rica have decreased at an annualized rate of 12.6%, from $46.9k in 2022 to $23.9k in 2017.

Exports from Costa Rica (Flag) to Lesotho (Flag) (2022)

Exports from Lesotho (Flag) to Costa Rica (Flag) (2022)

Market Competitiveness

Color
Costa Rica
Top DestinationUnited States$6.83B
Lesotho
Top DestinationSouth Africa$434M

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

In 2022, countries that imported more from Costa Rica than Lesotho included United States ($6.83B), Netherlands ($1.22B), and Guatemala ($821M).

In 2022, countries that imported more from Lesotho than Costa Rica included South Africa ($434M), United Arab Emirates ($73.6M), and Eswatini ($11.3M).

Difference in imports from Lesotho (Flag) and Costa Rica (Flag) (2022)

Comparative Advantage Costa Rica - Lesotho

Flow
Scale

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

During 2017, Lesotho had a large net trade with Costa Rica in the exports of Textiles ($23.9k) and Plastics and Rubbers ($16).

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

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Top Product Potential Costa Rica Lesotho+$1.32kMedical Instruments
Top Product Potential Lesotho Costa Rica+$18.4kKnit Men's Shirts

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

Product Space of Costa Rica (Flag) and Lesotho (Flag) (2022)

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