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18.1%CURRENT US$
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$55,985CURRENT US$
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11.8%CURRENT US$
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$1,107CURRENT US$
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About

Netherlands-Lesotho Trade: In 2022, Netherlands exported $1.3M to Lesotho. The main products that Netherlands exported to Lesotho were Packaged Medicaments ($401k), Used Clothing ($331k), and Other Plastic Products ($79.6k). Over the past 5 years the exports of Netherlands to Lesotho have increased at an annualized rate of 14.6%, from $659k in 2017 to $1.3M in 2022.

In 2022, Netherlands did not export any services to Lesotho.

Lesotho-Netherlands Trade: In 2022, Lesotho exported $2.26M to Netherlands. The main products that Lesotho exported to Netherlands were Knit Women's Suits ($2.03M), Knit Men's Shirts ($137k), and Broadcasting Equipment ($21.9k). Over the past 5 years the exports of Lesotho to Netherlands have increased at an annualized rate of 18%,  from $991k in 2017 to $2.26M in 2022.

In 2022, Lesotho did not export any services to Netherlands.

Comparison In 2022,  Netherlands ranked 23 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI 1.11),  and 6 in total exports ($674B). 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

In 2022, Netherlands exported $1.3M to Lesotho. The main products exported from Netherlands to Lesotho were Packaged Medicaments ($401k), Used Clothing ($331k), and Other Plastic Products ($79.6k). During the last 5 years the exports of Netherlands to Lesotho have increased at an annualized rate of 14.6%, from $659k in 2017 to $1.3M in 2022.

In 2017, Lesotho exported $2.26M to Netherlands. The main products exported from Lesotho to Netherlands were Knit Women's Suits ($2.03M), Knit Men's Shirts ($137k), and Broadcasting Equipment ($21.9k). During the last 5 years the exports of Lesotho to Netherlands have increased at an annualized rate of 18%, from $991k in 2022 to $2.26M in 2017.

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

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

Market Competitiveness

Color
Netherlands
Top Destination
Germany$131B
Lesotho
Top Destination
South Africa$434M

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

In 2022, countries that imported more from Netherlands than Lesotho included Germany ($131B), Belgium ($94.3B), and France ($59.9B).

In 2022, countries that imported more from Lesotho than Netherlands included Eswatini ($11.3M).

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

Comparative Advantage Netherlands - Lesotho

Flow
Scale

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

During 2022, Netherlands had a large net trade with Lesotho in the exports of Chemical Products ($538k), Textiles ($359k), and Machines ($174k).

During 2017, Lesotho had a large net trade with Netherlands in the exports of Textiles ($2.17M), Machines ($35.1k), and Plastics and Rubbers ($16.3k).

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

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Top Product Potential Netherlands Lesotho+$219kComputers
Top Product Potential Lesotho Netherlands+$1.66MKnit Women's Suits

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

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

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