Foreign trade in services as a share of GDP fell 6.98% to 14.6% in Lesotho in 2017, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, foreign trade in services as a share of GDP in Lesotho reached an all time high of 99.2% in 1987 and an all time low of 13.7% in 2014. When compared to Lesotho's main peers, foreign trade in services as a share of GDP in Botswana amounted to 11.1%, 9.15% in South Africa, 10.8% in Swaziland and 6.86% in Zimbabwe in 2017.
Lesotho has been ranked 93rd within the group of 154 countries we follow in terms of foreign trade in services as a share of GDP, 48 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Foreign Trade In Services (As % of GDP) | Unit | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
| Botswana | % | 13.0% | 13.6% | 14.1% | 12.0% | 12.3% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Lesotho | % | 16.6% | 14.4% | 15.4% | 20.7% | 20.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| Mozambique | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 26.8% | 24.7% | 23.5% | 30.0% | 27.6% | ||||||||||
| Namibia | % | 10.8% | 15.1% | 13.6% | 11.3% | 10.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| South Africa | % | 9.51% | 9.65% | 9.63% | 9.89% | 9.14% | ||||||||||||||||
| Swaziland | % | 5.63% | 8.70% | 6.73% | 6.82% | 10.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Zambia | % | 9.18% | 9.19% | 10.8% | 10.9% | 9.04% | ||||||||||||||||
| Zimbabwe | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 11.8% | 11.9% | 9.57% | 8.08% | 6.86% | ... | ... |
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