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About

Lesotho-El Salvador Trade: In 2022, Lesotho exported $15.1k to El Salvador. The main products that Lesotho exported to El Salvador were Low-voltage Protection Equipment ($15.1k). Over the past 5 years the exports of Lesotho to El Salvador have decreased at an annualized rate of 26.1%, from $68.4k in 2017 to $15.1k in 2022.

In 2022, Lesotho did not export any services to El Salvador.

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

In 2022, El Salvador 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, El Salvador ranked 68 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI -0.029), and 114 in total exports ($7.47B).

Historical Data

Bilateral Trade by Products

Depth
Value

In 2022, Lesotho exported $15.1k to El Salvador. The main products exported from Lesotho to El Salvador were Low-voltage Protection Equipment ($15.1k). During the last 5 years the exports of Lesotho to El Salvador have decreased at an annualized rate of 26.1%, from $68.4k in 2017 to $15.1k in 2022.

El Salvador does not register exports to Lesotho.

Exports from Lesotho (Flag) to El Salvador (Flag) (2022)

Exports from El Salvador (Flag) to Lesotho (Flag) (2022)

Latest Data

Trade between Lesotho (Flag) and El Salvador (Flag)

El Salvador Exports

Market Competitiveness

Color
Lesotho
Top Destination
South Africa$434M
El Salvador
Top Destination
United States$2.87B

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

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

In 2022, countries that imported more from El Salvador than Lesotho included United States ($2.87B), Guatemala ($1.21B), and Honduras ($1.18B).

Difference in imports from El Salvador (Flag) and Lesotho (Flag) (2022)

Comparative Advantage Lesotho - El Salvador

Flow
Scale

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

During 2022, Lesotho had a large net trade with El Salvador in the exports of Machines ($15.1k).

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

Depth
View
Sort By
Top Product Potential Lesotho El Salvador+$33.8kLow-voltage Protection Equipment
Top Product Potential El Salvador Lesotho+$1.58kRefined 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 El Salvador. This means that a dot/product with the flag of Lesotho indicates it has a comparative advantage over El Salvador. Similarly, a dot/product with the flag of El Salvador indicates it has a comparative advantage over Lesotho.

Product Space of Lesotho (Flag) and El Salvador (Flag) (2022)

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