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$2.55BCURRENT US$
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3.06%CURRENT US$
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$8.13BCURRENT US$
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0%CURRENT US$
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$1,107CURRENT US$
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GDP PC GROWTH
-8.17%CURRENT US$
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2022
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$462CURRENT US$
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In N/A, Lesotho did not export any services to Somalia.

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

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

Comparison In 2022,  Lesotho ranked 158 in total exports ($1.16B). That same year, Somalia ranked 167 in total exports ($569M). Both countries does not have data related to Economic Complexity Index.

Historical Data

Bilateral Trade by Products

Depth
Value
Year

Lesotho does not register exports to Somalia.

Somalia does not register exports to Lesotho.

Exports from Lesotho (Flag) to Somalia (Flag) (2016)

Exports from Somalia (Flag) to Lesotho (Flag) (2016)

Market Competitiveness

Color
Lesotho
Top Destination
South Africa$434M
Somalia
Top Destination
United Arab Emirates$283M

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

In 2022, countries that imported more from Lesotho than Somalia included South Africa ($434M), United States ($327M), and Belgium ($219M).

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

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

Comparative Advantage Lesotho - Somalia

Flow
Scale
Year

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

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

Depth
View
Sort By
Top Product Potential Lesotho Somalia+$1.47kWheat Flours
Top Product Potential Somalia Lesotho+$914Sheep and Goats

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

Year

This visualization shows the product space at the HS4 level with the flags of Lesotho and Somalia. This means that a dot/product with the flag of Lesotho indicates it has a comparative advantage over Somalia. Similarly, a dot/product with the flag of Somalia indicates it has a comparative advantage over Lesotho.

Product Space of Lesotho (Flag) and Somalia (Flag) (2016)

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