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Lesotho: Merchandise trade

102.89percent · 2025-17.0% since 2015

General merchandise trade includes goods whose economic ownership is changed between a resident and a non-resident and that are not included in the following specific categories: goods under merchanting, non-monetary gold, and parts of travel, construction, and government goods and services n.i.e. It is the total of merchandise exports plus merchandise imports. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. Annual figures for Lesotho from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
2025102.892
2024118.932
2023119.679
2022116.774
2021114.38
2020108.341
2019110.972
2018133.242
2017134.129
2016129.681
2015124
2014124.249
2013127.666
2012144.247
2011142.358
2010142.208
2009148.429
2008151.904
2007152.663
2006123.216
2005122.508
2004142.135
2003137.931
2002151.203
2001123.894
2000115.971
1999113.719
1998122.245
1997133.867
1996138.778
1995126.46
1994116.368
1993120.036
1992121.295
1991124.942
1990123.07
1989137.866
1988138.394
1987128.113
1986119.175
1985136.247
1984141.072
1983133.437
1982160.864
1981130.358
1980120.961
1979128.561
1978117.418
1977128.288
1976155.086
1975117.679
197488.829
197383.341
197279.097
197156.224
197055.281
196960.635
196861.843
196765.809
196667.019
196558.309
196457.759
196357.398
196259.723
196167.227
196060.729

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by World Trade Organization, World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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World Bank (2026). Merchandise trade. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-merchandise-trade (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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