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About

Lesotho-Qatar Trade: In 2020, Lesotho exported $6 to Qatar. The main products that Lesotho exported to Qatar were N/A. Over the past 16 years the exports of Lesotho to Qatar have decreased at an annualized rate of 36.3%, from $8.07k in 2004 to $6 in 2020.

In 2020, Lesotho did not export any services to Qatar.

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

In 2020, Qatar 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, Qatar ranked 71 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI -0.15), and 38 in total exports ($119B).

Historical Data

Bilateral Trade by Products

Depth
Value

In 2020, Lesotho exported $6 to Qatar. There were not main exports from Lesotho to Qatar in 2020. During the last 16 years the exports of Lesotho to Qatar have decreased at an annualized rate of 36.3%, from $8.07k in 2004 to $6 in 2020.

Qatar does not register exports to Lesotho.

Exports from Lesotho (Flag) to Qatar (Flag) (2020)

Exports from Qatar (Flag) to Lesotho (Flag) (2020)

Market Competitiveness

Color
Lesotho
Top Destination
South Africa$434M
Qatar
Top Destination
China$21.1B

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

In 2022, countries that imported more from Lesotho than Qatar included Eswatini ($11.3M), Israel ($611k), and Zimbabwe ($449k).

In 2022, countries that imported more from Qatar than Lesotho included China ($21.1B), India ($17.4B), and Japan ($12B).

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

Comparative Advantage Lesotho - Qatar

Flow
Scale

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

During 2020, Lesotho had a large net trade with Qatar in the exports of .

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

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Top Product Potential Lesotho Qatar+$2.53kDiamonds
Top Product Potential Qatar Lesotho+$3.08kRefined 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 Qatar. This means that a dot/product with the flag of Lesotho indicates it has a comparative advantage over Qatar. Similarly, a dot/product with the flag of Qatar indicates it has a comparative advantage over Lesotho.

Product Space of Lesotho (Flag) and Qatar (Flag) (2020)

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