How dependent is Lesotho on South Africa?

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A product has a dominant supplier when a single country sells more than 50% of what is bought of it; we flag it separately above 75%.

• South Africa sells 0.25% of what the world exports of refined petroleum; next come United States (11.7%), Singapore (6.3%) and South Korea (5.9%). The rest of the world exported 4,551.6 times what Lesotho buys from South Africa.
• South Africa sells 1.3% of what the world exports of electricity; next come France (14%), Germany (6.8%) and Switzerland (6.1%). The rest of the world exported 1,159.8 times what Lesotho buys from South Africa.
• South Africa sells 8% of what the world exports of other cereal flours; next come Mexico (14.5%), Thailand (9%) and United States (6.2%). The rest of the world exported 45.3 times what Lesotho buys from South Africa.
• South Africa sells 0.2% of what the world exports of poultry meat; next come Brazil (26.3%), United States (12.9%) and Poland (12.7%). The rest of the world exported 1,084.1 times what Lesotho buys from South Africa.
• South Africa sells 2.2% of what the world exports of corn; next come United States (23.9%), Brazil (19.5%) and Argentina (16.3%). The rest of the world exported 1,425.3 times what Lesotho buys from South Africa.
• South Africa sells 2.4% of what the world exports of trucks; next come Mexico (19.7%), United States (11.3%) and Germany (7.6%). The rest of the world exported 6,349.3 times what Lesotho buys from South Africa.
• South Africa sells 0.15% of what the world exports of parts for switchgear; next come China (16.9%), Germany (14.6%) and United States (10.4%). The rest of the world exported 1,530.6 times what Lesotho buys from South Africa.
• South Africa sells 0.71% of what the world exports of cement; next come Turkey (9.6%), Vietnam (9.5%) and Egypt (7.1%). The rest of the world exported 609 times what Lesotho buys from South Africa.
• South Africa sells 1% of what the world exports of cars; next come Germany (17.4%), Japan (12.3%) and China (9.1%). The rest of the world exported 47,410.1 times what Lesotho buys from South Africa.
• South Africa sells 0.32% of what the world exports of wheat; next come Russia (16.1%), Canada (13.7%) and United States (11.5%). The rest of the world exported 2,884.7 times what Lesotho buys from South Africa.

Exports from the rest of the world already have buyers; the figure shows scale, not availability.

Lesotho is South Africa’s 24th-largest customer, with 0.94% of its exports.

• Trade between Lesotho and South Africa
• Who does Lesotho rely on?
• Who does South Africa rely on?
• Trade profile of Lesotho
• Trade profile of South Africa
• All countries

Sources and licenses

• CEPII BACI · Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0
• Natural Earth · Public domain

Methodology

The data come from CEPII BACI (Etalab 2.0 licence), which reconciles what the exporting and the importing country report, in current USD, FOB. Data up to 2024.

Dependence is the share of a country’s imports (or exports) that each partner accounts for. It does not measure whether a product has a substitute or how much it would cost to change supplier.

The concentration index (HHI) adds up the square of each partner’s share, in percent: it runs from 0 to 10,000. Its equivalent is 10,000 ÷ HHI, the number of partners of the same size that would give that value.

Products are HS4 headings of the 1992 nomenclature (some combine different goods), with a floor of $1 million per product and country.

The EU is the 27 current members in every year; the United Kingdom is outside the EU throughout the series.

Re-exports: countries that act as redistribution hubs carry their notice and the figures are not corrected.