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About

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

Mauritania-Lesotho Trade: In N/A, Mauritania exported $52 to Lesotho. The main products that Mauritania exported to Lesotho were N/A. Over the past N/A years the exports of Mauritania to Lesotho have decreased at an annualized rate of 75.7%,  from $61.9k in N/A to $52 in N/A.

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

Comparison In 2023,  Lesotho ranked 158 in total exports ($1.14B), and does not have data regarding Economic Complexity Index. That same year, Mauritania ranked 115 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI -1.13), and 129 in total exports ($4.96B).

Historical Data

Bilateral Trade by Products

Depth
Value

Lesotho does not register exports to Mauritania.

In 2016, Mauritania exported $52 to Lesotho. There were not main exports from Mauritania to Lesotho in 2016. During the last 5 years the exports of Mauritania to Lesotho have decreased at an annualized rate of 75.7%, from $61.9k in 2021 to $52 in 2016.

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

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

Market Competitiveness

Color
Lesotho
Top Destination
South Africa$351M
Mauritania
Top Destination
China$1.22B

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

In 2023, countries that imported more from Lesotho than Mauritania included South Africa ($351M), Belgium ($295M), and United States ($228M).

In 2023, countries that imported more from Mauritania than Lesotho included China ($1.22B), Switzerland ($673M), and Canada ($591M).

Difference in imports from Mauritania (Flag) and Lesotho (Flag) (2023)

Comparative Advantage Lesotho - Mauritania

Flow
Scale

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

During 2016, Mauritania had a large net trade with Lesotho in the exports of .

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

Depth
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Top Product Potential Lesotho Mauritania+$1.29kKnit Women's Suits
Top Product Potential Mauritania Lesotho+$743Mixed Mineral or Chemical Fertilizers

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

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

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