Export unit values, US dollar (ACM1. Agricultural products) in Lesotho
Lesotho: Export unit values, US dollar (ACM1. Agricultural products) was 0.7561 in 2014. ▲ Rising
Export unit values, US dollar in Lesotho, 2001–2014
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
Lesotho recorded 0.7561 for export unit values, us dollar in 2014.
The figure is up 16.0% on the previous year and up 229.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, export unit values, us dollar in Lesotho peaked at 1.18 in 2003 and was at its lowest, 0.2296, in 2004.
Lesotho ranks 65th of 166 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Export unit values, US dollar (ACM1. Agricultural products) in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 0.3284 | — |
| 2002 | 0.2355 | -28.3% |
| 2003 | 1.18 | +402.0% |
| 2004 | 0.2296 | -80.6% |
| 2005 | 0.4802 | +109.1% |
| 2006 | 0.5819 | +21.2% |
| 2007 | 0.5177 | -11.0% |
| 2008 | 0.4892 | -5.5% |
| 2009 | 0.4353 | -11.0% |
| 2010 | 0.7233 | +66.2% |
| 2011 | 0.7284 | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 1.06 | +46.1% |
| 2013 | 0.6521 | -38.7% |
| 2014 | 0.7561 | +16.0% |
Lesotho compared with similar countries
- Lesotho's 0.7561 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.6923, 1.1× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Lesotho's 0.7561 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.6695, 1.1× the median. (45 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Export unit values, US dollar (ACM1. Agricultural products) in Lesotho changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | +402.0% | 0.2355 | 1.18 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.4978 | 0.2296 | 1.18 | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.7849 | 0.6521 | 1.06 | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is export unit values, us dollar in Lesotho?
- Export unit values, us dollar in Lesotho was 0.7561 in 2014, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest export unit values, us dollar recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 1.18 in 2003.
- What is the lowest export unit values, us dollar recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2296 in 2004.
- How does Lesotho rank for export unit values, us dollar?
- Lesotho ranks 65th out of 166 countries with data for 2014.
- Is export unit values, us dollar rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is up 229.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Lesotho data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Export unit values, US dollar (ACM1. Agricultural products). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This dataset provides export quality indicators for over 800 products across 166 countries from 1963 to 2014, resulting in over 1.7 million observations. Higher index values indicate higher quality, and the index is normalized with a value of 1 representing the 90th percentile of export quality among all exporters (the world frontier). Data can be aggregated at various levels, including by product according to the Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) up to the 4-digit level, by Broad Economic Categories (BEC) up to the 3-digit level, and by aggregate sectors such as Agriculture, Commodities, and Manufactures.