Lesotho: Binding coverage, all products (%)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2022, Lesotho's binding coverage, all products (%) fell 99.98 percentage points on 2021 (from 99.98% to 0%).

Across the 17 yearly changes before that (2005 to 2021), the average change was +0 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.01 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 11659.7 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 0.02 percentage points in 2007 and the biggest yearly fall was 99.98 percentage points in 2022. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2013 to 2022 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 27% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2022, Lesotho had the 36th highest value of the 130 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Lesotho in the 2022 ranking

• Kenya — 83rd of 130: 0%
• Korea, Rep. — 84th of 130: 0%
• Latvia — 85th of 130: 0%
• Lithuania — 87th of 130: 0%
• Macao SAR, China — 88th of 130: 0%
• Madagascar — 89th of 130: 0%

What this measures

Binding coverage is the percentage of product lines with an agreed bound rate. Bound rates result from trade negotiations incorporated into a country's schedule of concessions and are thus enforceable.

All 20 values

Binding coverage, all products (%) in nearby economies

• Angola — 99.98% (2022)
• Benin — 0% (2022)
• Botswana — 0% (2022)
• Burkina Faso — 0% (2022)
• Burundi — 0% (2022)
• Cabo Verde — 99.96% (2022)
• Cameroon — 0% (2022)
• Central African Republic — 0% (2022)
• Chad — 0% (2022)
• Congo, Rep. — 0% (2022)
• Côte d'Ivoire

More trade data for Lesotho

• Import volume index (2015 = 100) — 71.7 (2024)
• Binding coverage, manufactured products (%) — 0% (2022)
• Tariff rate, applied, simple mean, manufactured products (%) — 4.5% (2022)
• Tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, manufactured products (%) — 8.18% (2022)
• Tariff rate, applied, weighted mean, manufactured products (%) — 4.19% (2022)
• Tariff rate, most favored nation, weighted mean, manufactured products (%) — 12.78% (2022)
• Tariff rate, applied, simple mean, all products (%) — 4.19% (2022)
• Tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, all products (%) — 7.64% (2022)
• Tariff rate, applied, weighted mean, all products (%)

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Questions people ask

What is Lesotho's binding coverage, all products (%)?

0% in 2022, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2001?

It is down 100 percentage points from 100% in 2001. The highest value was 100% in 2001 and the lowest 0% in 2022.

How does Lesotho rank?

36th highest of 130 economies with data for 2022.

Is the latest change in binding coverage, all products (%) unusual for Lesotho?

In 2022, Lesotho's binding coverage, all products (%) fell 99.98 percentage points on 2021 (from 99.98% to 0%). Across the 17 yearly changes before that (2005 to 2021), the average change was +0 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.01 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 11659.7 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator TM.TAX.MRCH.BC.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB); World Integrated Trade Solution system (WITS), World Bank (WB); World Trade Organization (WTO) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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