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76.5%CURRENT US$
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54.3%CURRENT US$
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$2,176CURRENT US$
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41.6%CURRENT US$
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$2,088CURRENT US$
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About

In N/A, Ghana did not export any services to Laos.

Laos-Ghana Trade: In N/A, Laos exported $224k to Ghana. The main products that Laos exported to Ghana were N/A. Over the past N/A years the exports of Laos to Ghana have increased at an annualized rate of 173%,  from $1.47k in N/A to $224k in N/A.

In N/A, Laos did not export any services to Ghana.

Comparison: In 2022,  Ghana ranked 122 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI -1.32), and 79 in total exports ($20B). That same year, Laos ranked 100 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI -0.79), and 106 in total exports ($9.36B).

Historical Data

Bilateral Trade by Products

Depth
Value

Ghana does not register exports to Laos.

In 2016, Laos exported $224k to Ghana. There were not main exports from Laos to Ghana in 2016. During the last 5 years the exports of Laos to Ghana have increased at an annualized rate of 173%, from $1.47k in 2021 to $224k in 2016.

Exports from Ghana (Flag) to Laos (Flag) (2021)

Exports from Laos (Flag) to Ghana (Flag) (2021)

Market Competitiveness

Color
Ghana
Top Destination
United Arab Emirates$4.72B
Laos
Top Destination
Thailand$3.29B

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

In 2022, countries that imported more from Ghana than Laos included United Arab Emirates ($4.72B), Switzerland ($3.37B), and United States ($2.83B).

In 2022, countries that imported more from Laos than Ghana included Thailand ($3.29B), Vietnam ($978M), and China ($2.73B).

Difference in imports from Laos (Flag) and Ghana (Flag) (2022)

Comparative Advantage Ghana - Laos

Flow
Scale

This chart compares trade between Ghana and Laos by product, considering products traded by both, Ghana and Laos.

During 2016, Laos had a large net trade with Ghana in the exports of .

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

Depth
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Top Product Potential Ghana Laos+$4.57kGold
Top Product Potential Laos Ghana+$2.38kTelephones

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

Product Space of Ghana (Flag) and Laos (Flag) (2021)

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