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$15.7BCURRENT US$
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54.3%CURRENT US$
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3.06%CURRENT US$
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$2,088CURRENT US$
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33.4%CURRENT US$
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$1,107CURRENT US$
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About

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

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

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

Comparison In 2022,  Laos ranked 100 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI -0.79),  and 106 in total exports ($9.36B). That same year, Lesotho ranked 158 in total exports ($1.16B), and does not have data regarding Economic Complexity Index.

Historical Data

Bilateral Trade by Products

Depth
Value

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

Lesotho does not register exports to Laos.

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

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

Market Competitiveness

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

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

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

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

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

Comparative Advantage Laos - Lesotho

Flow
Scale

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

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

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

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

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

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