Foreign direct investment inflows in Lesotho in 2025 — -5,771,494 US$. Ranked 85 in the world out of 97.
1975–2025 · US$
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Lesotho
| Year | US$ | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | -5.77M | +6.8M | +54.09% |
| 2024 | -12.57M | +13.08M | +50.98% |
| 2023 | -25.65M | −17.83M | −227.97% |
| 2022 | -7.82M | +4.55M | +36.79% |
| 2021 | -12.37M | −40.37M | −144.18% |
| 2020 | 28M | −7.73M | −21.64% |
| 2019 | 35.73M | −5.14M | −12.58% |
| 2018 | 40.87M | −1.29M | −3.07% |
| 2017 | 42.17M | −37.07M | −46.78% |
| 2016 | 79.23M | −33.99M | −30.02% |
| 2015 | 113M | +18.76M | +19.86% |
| 2014 | 94.46M | +44.03M | +87.32% |
| 2013 | 50.43M | −6.23M | −10.99% |
| 2012 | 56.65M | −4.52M | −7.39% |
| 2011 | 61.17M | +51.66M | +543.34% |
| 2010 | 9.51M | −81.84M | −89.59% |
| 2009 | 91.35M | +80.34M | +729.69% |
| 2008 | 11.01M | −64.61M | −85.44% |
| 2007 | 75.62M | +51.3M | +210.9% |
| 2006 | 24.32M | −3.12M | −11.36% |
| 2005 | 27.44M | −28.23M | −50.71% |
| 2004 | 55.67M | +11.72M | +26.68% |
| 2003 | 43.95M | +15.56M | +54.79% |
| 2002 | 28.39M | −1.3M | −4.39% |
| 2001 | 29.7M | −2.71M | −8.36% |
| 2000 | 32.4M | +10.37M | +47.04% |
| 1999 | 22.04M | −6.31M | −22.27% |
| 1998 | 28.35M | −4.33M | −13.25% |
| 1997 | 32.68M | +3.61M | +12.4% |
| 1996 | 29.07M | +4.9M | +20.26% |
| 1995 | 24.18M | −19.09M | −44.13% |
| 1994 | 43.27M | +27.61M | +176.36% |
| 1993 | 15.66M | +7.29M | +87.06% |
| 1992 | 8.37M | +379,866 | +4.75% |
| 1991 | 7.99M | −8.49M | −51.51% |
| 1990 | 16.48M | +2.74M | +19.96% |
| 1989 | 13.74M | −7.61M | −35.65% |
| 1988 | 21.35M | +15.42M | +260.07% |
| 1987 | 5.93M | +3.67M | +163% |
| 1986 | 2.25M | −2.64M | −53.94% |
| 1985 | 4.89M | +2.48M | +102.69% |
| 1984 | 2.41M | −2.64M | −52.21% |
| 1983 | 5.05M | +1.81M | +55.86% |
| 1982 | 3.24M | −1.54M | −32.25% |
| 1981 | 4.79M | +291,995 | +6.5% |
| 1980 | 4.49M | +4.29M | +2,146.95% |
| 1979 | 200,000 | +180,000 | +900% |
| 1978 | 20,000 | −420,000 | −95.45% |
| 1977 | 440,000 | +440,000 | — |
| 1976 | 0 | +0 | — |
| 1975 | 0 | — | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
Lesotho
-5.77M
South Africa
-2.16B
Net inflows of foreign direct investment — investment by non-residents that gives them at least 10% of the voting shares of an enterprise: equity capital, reinvested earnings and intra-company loans. Values can be negative when capital is withdrawn. The figures are distorted by flows in transit through holding-company jurisdictions.
Source: UNCTADstat (UNCTAD), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.
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