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Data: UN Comtrade, 2023 · snapshot 2026-07-19
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ATLAS · TRADE FLOWS · LESOTHO

What Lesotho Trades

In 2023, Lesotho sold about $830M of goods to the rest of the world and bought about $1.7B in return. Its biggest customer was South Africa ($445M, 54% of exports); its biggest supplier, South Africa ($1.4B). The map above draws each partner as an arc sized by value; the full lists are below. Bilateral goods trade from UN Comtrade, exports FOB and imports CIF.

GOODS EXPORTED$830M
GOODS IMPORTED$1.7B
TOP PARTNERSouth Africa

Where Lesotho sends its goods

Lesotho’s biggest export markets — the countries it sells the most goods to, by value (FOB).

1South Africa53.6%$445M
2Belgium23.6%$196M
3United States18.9%$157M
4Eswatini0.9%$7M
5Germany0.7%$6M
6Canada0.6%$5M
9Botswana0.2%$2M
10Mozambique0.1%$1M
11Mexico0.1%$562,392
12Australia0.1%$540,478
13Israel0.1%$419,479
14India0.0%$384,746
15Tanzania0.0%$339,483
16United Arab Emirates0.0%$332,477
17Cameroon0.0%$319,027
18Congo, Dem. Rep.0.0%$252,893
19Zimbabwe0.0%$237,519
20Rwanda0.0%$161,632
21Kenya0.0%$138,069
22Serbia0.0%$132,501
23Malta0.0%$123,555
24Madagascar0.0%$121,593
25Spain0.0%$118,661

Top 25 partners by value. Shares are of total exports. 99.9% of exports is drawn on the map; the rest is trade logged against non-country groupings.

Where Lesotho buys its goods

Lesotho’s biggest suppliers — the countries it buys the most goods from, by value (CIF, including shipping).

1South Africa79.5%$1.4B
2China9.1%$156M
3India1.0%$17M
4Japan0.9%$16M
5Zambia0.7%$12M
6Viet Nam0.6%$10M
8Mozambique0.5%$9M
11Zimbabwe0.3%$6M
12Mauritius0.3%$6M
13Pakistan0.3%$6M
14Germany0.3%$5M
16Belgium0.2%$3M
17Eswatini0.2%$3M
18Latvia0.1%$3M
19Malawi0.1%$2M
20Italy0.1%$2M
21Spain0.1%$2M
22Korea, Rep.0.1%$2M
23Netherlands0.1%$2M
24Lithuania0.1%$2M
25France0.1%$2M

Top 25 partners by value. Shares are of total imports. 97.2% of imports is drawn on the map; the rest is trade logged against non-country groupings.

Trade flows of other countries

China · United States · Germany · Japan · Netherlands · Italy · France · Korea, Rep.