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$2.55BCURRENT US$
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3.06%CURRENT US$
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$389BCURRENT US$
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-39.7%CURRENT US$
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$1,107CURRENT US$
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-8.17%CURRENT US$
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$4,388CURRENT US$
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About

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

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

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

Comparison In 2022,  Lesotho ranked 158 in total exports ($1.16B), and does not have data regarding Economic Complexity Index. That same year, Iran ranked 60 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI 0.072), and 86 in total exports ($15.9B).

Historical Data

Bilateral Trade by Products

Depth
Value

Lesotho does not register exports to Iran.

Iran does not register exports to Lesotho.

Exports from Lesotho (Flag) to Iran (Flag) (2021)

Exports from Iran (Flag) to Lesotho (Flag) (2021)

Market Competitiveness

Color
Lesotho
Top Destination
South Africa$434M
Iran
Top Destination
China$5.72B

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

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

In 2022, countries that imported more from Iran than Lesotho included China ($5.72B), Turkey ($3.17B), and Kuwait ($960M).

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

Comparative Advantage Lesotho - Iran

Flow
Scale

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

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

Depth
View
Sort By
Top Product Potential Lesotho Iran+$2.2kLow-voltage Protection Equipment
Top Product Potential Iran Lesotho+$1.78kRefined Petroleum

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

Product Space of Lesotho (Flag) and Iran (Flag) (2021)

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