Lesotho - Manufactures exports (% of merchandise exports)

The value for Manufactures exports (% of merchandise exports) in Lesotho was 89.72 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 20 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 94.87 in 2000 and a minimum value of 41.64 in 2014.

Definition: Manufactures comprise commodities in SITC sections 5 (chemicals), 6 (basic manufactures), 7 (machinery and transport equipment), and 8 (miscellaneous manufactured goods), excluding division 68 (non-ferrous metals).

Source: World Bank staff estimates through the WITS platform from the Comtrade database maintained by the United Nations Statistics Division.

See also:

Year Value
2000 94.87
2001 82.68
2002 87.42
2003 90.65
2004 94.46
2008 74.44
2009 83.73
2010 62.11
2011 77.53
2012 79.14
2013 67.18
2014 41.64
2015 53.14
2016 89.56
2017 89.33
2018 94.61
2019 92.07
2020 89.72

Limitations and Exceptions: Previous editions contained data based on the SITC revision 1. Data for earlier years in previous editions may differ because of the change in methodology. Concordance tables are available to convert data reported in one system to another.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: The classification of commodity groups is based on the Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) revision 3.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Merchandise export shares may not sum to 100 percent because of unclassified trade.

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Exports