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About

Lesotho-Kazakhstan Trade: In 2022, Lesotho exported $10.9k to Kazakhstan. The main products that Lesotho exported to Kazakhstan were Low-voltage Protection Equipment ($9.8k) and Electrical Transformers ($1.13k). Over the past 5 years the exports of Lesotho to Kazakhstan have decreased at an annualized rate of 38.4%, from $123k in 2017 to $10.9k in 2022.

In 2022, Lesotho did not export any services to Kazakhstan.

Kazakhstan-Lesotho In false, Kazakhstan did not export any products to Lesotho.

In 2022, Kazakhstan 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, Kazakhstan ranked 73 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI -0.17), and 45 in total exports ($98.7B).

Historical Data

Bilateral Trade by Products

Depth
Value

In 2022, Lesotho exported $10.9k to Kazakhstan. The main products exported from Lesotho to Kazakhstan were Low-voltage Protection Equipment ($9.8k) and Electrical Transformers ($1.13k). During the last 5 years the exports of Lesotho to Kazakhstan have decreased at an annualized rate of 38.4%, from $123k in 2017 to $10.9k in 2022.

Kazakhstan does not register exports to Lesotho.

Exports from Lesotho (Flag) to Kazakhstan (Flag) (2022)

Exports from Kazakhstan (Flag) to Lesotho (Flag) (2022)

Market Competitiveness

Color
Lesotho
Top Destination
South Africa$434M
Kazakhstan
Top Destination
China$13.4B

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

In 2022, countries that imported more from Lesotho than Kazakhstan included South Africa ($434M), Eswatini ($11.3M), and Botswana ($3.11M).

In 2022, countries that imported more from Kazakhstan than Lesotho included China ($13.4B), Italy ($12.4B), and Russia ($8.78B).

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

Comparative Advantage Lesotho - Kazakhstan

Flow
Scale

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

During 2022, Lesotho had a large net trade with Kazakhstan in the exports of Machines ($10.9k).

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

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Sort By
Top Product Potential Lesotho Kazakhstan+$40.8kLow-voltage Protection Equipment
Top Product Potential Kazakhstan Lesotho+$2.54kRefined 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 Kazakhstan. This means that a dot/product with the flag of Lesotho indicates it has a comparative advantage over Kazakhstan. Similarly, a dot/product with the flag of Kazakhstan indicates it has a comparative advantage over Lesotho.

Product Space of Lesotho (Flag) and Kazakhstan (Flag) (2022)

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