Lesotho Government Debt Over Time (1988–2026)

Global Statistics and Country Indicators

Government Gross Debt (% of GDP)

Global rank: 104 / 184

Data table

1988	23.3%	1998	79.4%	2008	47%	2018	48.2%
1989	25.5%	1999	83%	2009	35.9%	2019	58.2%
1990	18%	2000	88.5%	2010	33.8%	2020	54.7%
1991	11.9%	2001	108.7%	2011	36.2%	2021	58%
1992	64.4%	2002	79.6%	2012	39.8%	2022	64.4%
1993	71.2%	2003	52.6%	2013	41.2%	2023	61.1%
1994	67%	2004	49.4%	2014	41.5%	2024	52.8%
1995	62.8%	2005	41%	2015	45.8%	2025	49.1%
1996	71.6%	2006	43.7%	2016	41.5%	2026	49%
1997	65.7%	2007	49.6%	2017	41%

Government Gross Debt (Local currency - LSL)

Data table

1988	285M	1998	4.24B	2008	6.88B	2018	16.39B
1989	374M	1999	4.8B	2009	5.44B	2019	20B
1990	314M	2000	5.66B	2010	5.73B	2020	18.73B
1991	252M	2001	8.02B	2011	6.92B	2021	21.04B
1992	1.63B	2002	6.63B	2012	8.36B	2022	24.88B
1993	2.06B	2003	4.74B	2013	9.79B	2023	25.51B
1994	2.22B	2004	4.94B	2014	11.37B	2024	24.22B
1995	2.39B	2005	4.54B	2015	13.91B	2025	23.57B
1996	3.06B	2006	5.29B	2016	12.85B	2026	24.77B
1997	3.17B	2007	6.22B	2017	12.92B

Government Net Debt (% of GDP)

Global rank: 82 / 86

Data table

2000	0.2%	2009	-17.6%	2018	16.9%
2001	0.1%	2010	-4.7%	2019	21.4%
2002	0.1%	2011	1.8%	2020	20.6%
2003	21.4%	2012	-3.1%	2021	21.7%
2004	17.4%	2013	-2.3%	2022	31.9%
2005	9.1%	2014	-4.3%	2023	24.6%
2006	-2.9%	2015	1.1%	2024	12.6%
2007	-8.1%	2016	6.8%	2025	7.3%
2008	-11.2%	2017	10.4%	2026	2.6%

Government Net Debt (Local currency - LSL)

Data table

2000	15M	2009	-2.67B	2018	5.75B
2001	8M	2010	-794M	2019	7.36B
2002	9M	2011	339M	2020	7.06B
2003	1.93B	2012	-652M	2021	7.88B
2004	1.74B	2013	-542M	2022	12.32B
2005	1.01B	2014	-1.17B	2023	10.28B
2006	-346M	2015	343M	2024	5.78B
2007	-1.02B	2016	2.12B	2025	3.51B
2008	-1.64B	2017	3.28B	2026	1.33B