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54.3%CURRENT US$
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In N/A, Somalia did not export any services to Laos.

Laos-Somalia In false, Laos did not export any products to Somalia.

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

Comparison In 2022,  Somalia ranked 167 in total exports ($569M), 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

Somalia does not register exports to Laos.

Laos does not register exports to Somalia.

Exports from Somalia (Flag) to Laos (Flag) (2019)

Exports from Laos (Flag) to Somalia (Flag) (2019)

Market Competitiveness

Color
Somalia
Top Destination
United Arab Emirates$283M
Laos
Top Destination
Thailand$3.29B

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

In 2022, countries that imported more from Somalia than Laos included United Arab Emirates ($283M), Oman ($173M), and Bulgaria ($18.5M).

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

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

Comparative Advantage Somalia - Laos

Flow
Scale

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

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

Depth
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Top Product Potential Somalia Laos+$2.78kGold
Top Product Potential Laos Somalia+$2.05kTelephones

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

Product Space of Somalia (Flag) and Laos (Flag) (2019)

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