Manufacturing in Lesotho

Where factories cluster, which zones are filling up, what each country makes and where value addition is missing.

Value added by manufacturing, 2024US$289m14.0% of the economy · 14th largest of 16 in SADC

Real growth-2.0%a year over the last five years, at constant prices

Exports of the pillar's goods, 2024US$587m-6% on five years earlier · 11th in SADC

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Manufacturing added US$289m to Lesotho's economy in 2024

Value added by manufacturing, the industries in the national accounts closest to manufacturing, US$, at the prices of each year and at constant 2020 prices (which show real growth)

Source: UN Statistics Division·dotzedw Insights Centre

Lesotho has SADC's 14th largest manufacturing sector

Value added by manufacturing, US$, latest year, with its share of each economy

South AfricaUS$51.3bn14.2% of the economy

AngolaUS$8.9bn7.8% of the economy

ZimbabweUS$7.1bn16.5% of the economy

DRCUS$6.2bn8.8% of the economy

TanzaniaUS$5.9bn7.8% of the economy

ZambiaUS$2.3bn9.5% of the economy

MadagascarUS$2.1bn13.3% of the economy

MauritiusUS$1.7bn12.9% of the economy

MozambiqueUS$1.5bn7.3% of the economy

EswatiniUS$1.4bn31.2% of the economy

NamibiaUS$1.4bn11.7% of the economy

MalawiUS$1.4bn12.3% of the economy

BotswanaUS$1.1bn5.9% of the economy

LesothoUS$289m14.0% of the economy

ComorosUS$137m9.1% of the economy

SeychellesUS$90m4.9% of the economy

Source: UN Statistics Division·dotzedw Insights Centre

Manufacturing, value added (US$): Lesotho against SADC

Manufacturing, value added (US$), US$, latest year for each country. Click a bar for that country's manufacturing page.

Source: World Bank·dotzedw Insights Centre

Lesotho's trade in manufacturing goods since 2012

Exports and imports of the products in this pillar's subsectors, each product counted once, US$

Source: CEPII BACI·dotzedw Insights Centre

Subsectors

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Food and beverages in Lesotho

Tracks: Mills, breweries, bottlers, sugar mills, dairies and meat plants; plant openings; processed against raw food exports.
Signals ahead: Harvest size, plant expansions, import duties.

Select a figure for its trend. Source: CEPII BACI, dotzedw deals tracker.

Trade in detail

Lesotho exported US$79m and imported US$151m of food and beverages in 2024; exports up 209% on five years earlier, 1.1% of what SADC sells abroad.

Lesotho's main exports in this subsector, 2024

Waters, including natural or artificial mineral waters and… (220110)US$73m

Beer (220300)US$2.5m

Bread, biscuits and pastries (190531)US$2.5m

Yeasts (210210)US$144k

Other vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than by… (200540)US$94k

Lesotho's trade in food and beverages every year since 2012, by partner is part of the Individual plan

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What Lesotho sells abroad across manufacturing

Lesotho's exports by subsector, 2024, US$, with its share of SADC's exports. A product can count in two subsectors.

Textiles, clothing and footwearUS$489m11.8% of SADC · -16% on five years earlier

Food and beveragesUS$79m1.1% of SADC · +209% on five years earlier

Automotive and componentsUS$8.7m0.1% of SADC · +214% on five years earlier

Packaging, plastics and paperUS$7.1m0.3% of SADC · +0% on five years earlier

Metals, smelting and refiningUS$2.5m0% of SADC · +87% on five years earlier

Electrical goods, batteries and solarUS$332k0% of SADC · -80% on five years earlier

PharmaceuticalsUS$296k0% of SADC · -29% on five years earlier

Cement and building materialsUS$19k0% of SADC · -37% on five years earlier

Chemicals and fertiliserUS$2k0% of SADC · -94% on five years earlier

Source: CEPII BACI·dotzedw Insights Centre

Who is moving

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0 deals in the last 12 months involving Lesotho, placed in subsectors by what they say.

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Sources and method