Lesotho: Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise exports)

Key figures

Over five years it is up 0.0000224 percentage points from 0.0000188% in 2018. Since 2008 it is down 0.00264 percentage points from 0.00268% in 2008. The World Bank has no value for 5 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

How it compares

In 2023, Lesotho had the 188th highest value of the 188 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 2023 ranking

• Cabo Verde — 184th of 188: 0.00223%
• Bhutan — 185th of 188: 0.000649%
• New Caledonia — 186th of 188: 0.000118%
• Macao SAR, China — 188th of 188: 0.0000342%

What this measures

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Europe and Central Asia are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to low- and middle-income economies in the Europe and Central Asia region according to World Bank classification of economies. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 11 values

Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise exports) in nearby economies

• Angola — 0.03% (2023)
• Benin — 0.96% (2023)
• Botswana — 0.00131% (2021)
• Burkina Faso — 0.26% (2023)
• Cabo Verde — 0.00223% (2023)
• Cameroon — 1.31% (2023)
• Central African Republic

More private sector & trade data for Lesotho

• Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — 102.89% (2025)
• Merchandise imports (current US$) — US$1.88 billion (2025)
• Merchandise exports (current US$) — US$773 million (2025)
• Insurance and financial services (% of commercial service imports) — 2.34% (2025)
• Computer, communications and other services (% of commercial service imports) — 8.72% (2025)
• Commercial service imports (current US$) — US$460.39 million (2025)
• Transport services (% of commercial service imports) — 11.28% (2025)
• Travel services (% of commercial service imports) — 77.67% (2025)
• Computer, communications and other services (% of commercial service exports)

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Questions people ask

What is Lesotho's merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise exports)?

0.0000412% in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2008?

It is down 0.00264 percentage points from 0.00268% in 2008. The highest value was 0.07% in 2011 and the lowest 0.0000188% in 2018.

How does Lesotho rank?

188th highest of 188 economies with data for 2023.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB); Direction of Trade database, International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator TX.VAL.MRCH.R2.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB); Direction of Trade database, International Monetary Fund (IMF) 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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