Lesotho's exports rose from US$9.79M in 1971 to US$1.27B in 2025.
Lesotho · Trade
Exports, imports, balances, openness and composition.
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Lesotho's imports rose from US$41.9M in 1971 to US$2.69B in 2025.
Lesotho's merchandise exports (current us$) rose from US$187M in 1996 to US$773M in 2025.
Lesotho's merchandise imports (current us$) rose from US$1.13B in 1996 to US$1.88B in 2025.
Lesotho's services exports fell from US$22.2M in 1996 to US$16M in 2025.
Lesotho's trade balance fell from US$-32.2M in 1971 to US$-1.41B in 2025.
Lesotho's current account balance (us$) rose from US$-216M in 1996 to US$-3.94M in 2025.
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- Exports of goods and services (% of GDP)up +0.1 pts38th of 138
- Imports of goods and services (% of GDP)up +1.4 pts4th of 138
- Trade opennessup +1.5 pts13th of 138
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- Current accountdown −3.9 pts42nd of 101
- FDI inflowsup +0.3 pts86th of 97
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- High-tech exportsup +0.0 pts120th of 125
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- Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports)down −0.0 pts114th of 127
- Food exports (% of merchandise exports)up +9.3 pts42nd of 131
- Manufactures exports (% of merchandise exports)down −9.2 pts34th of 131
- Ores and metals exports (% of merchandise exports)up +1.3 pts100th of 130
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- Net barter terms of trade indexdown −2.7 pts189th of 203
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- Tariffsup +0.0 pts75th of 143
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- FDI outflowsdown −0.5 pts83rd of 137*
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- Logistics performance index, overallup +12.5 %138th of 159*