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$2.55BCURRENT US$
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3.06%CURRENT US$
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$15.7BCURRENT US$
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54.3%CURRENT US$
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$1,107CURRENT US$
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-8.17%CURRENT US$
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$2,088CURRENT US$
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About

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

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

In N/A, Laos 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, 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

Lesotho does not register exports to Laos.

Laos does not register exports to Lesotho. The main products exported from Laos to Lesotho were Heavy Pure Woven Cotton ($85).

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

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

Market Competitiveness

Color
Lesotho
Top Destination
South Africa$434M
Laos
Top Destination
Thailand$3.29B

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

In 2022, countries that imported more from Lesotho than Laos included South Africa ($434M), Belgium ($219M), and United Arab Emirates ($73.6M).

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

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

Comparative Advantage Lesotho - Laos

Flow
Scale

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

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

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Top Product Potential Lesotho Laos+$1.63kDiamonds
Top Product Potential Laos Lesotho+$2.07kElectricity

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

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

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