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GDP — Lesotho

GDP in Lesotho in 2025 — 2,573,572,920 US$. Ranked 165 in the world out of 186. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 7,342.4%.

2025 2.57B US$ +7.62% vs 2024
World rank 165of 186
Period maximum 2.58B US$2011
Period minimum 34.58M US$1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · US$

GDP — Lesotho, 1960–202501B2B3B19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 34,579,986 US$1962: 41,859,983 US$1964: 51,939,979 US$1966: 56,699,977 US$1968: 61,445,975 US$1970: 68,739,973 US$1972: 80,913,200 US$1974: 150,851,317 US$1976: 147,660,037 US$1978: 266,570,067 US$1980: 431,542,537 US$1982: 348,741,684 US$1984: 333,163,670 US$1986: 318,858,423 US$1988: 470,395,801 US$1990: 596,410,264 US$1992: 831,029,862 US$1994: 878,250,945 US$1996: 946,112,493 US$1998: 928,460,893 US$2000: 887,291,688 US$2002: 775,777,239 US$2004: 1,511,236,656 US$2006: 1,800,092,564 US$2008: 1,766,902,709 US$2010: 2,234,754,242 US$2012: 2,477,702,216 US$2014: 2,441,063,054 US$2016: 2,114,426,452 US$2018: 2,556,247,292 US$2020: 2,053,699,864 US$2022: 2,354,980,960 US$2024: 2,391,282,548 US$2025: 2,573,572,920 US$
Change over the period: +2.54B (+7,342.38%) Average annual rate: 6.86 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Lesotho

Lesotho 2.57B US$
World 118T US$
Sub-Saharan Africa 2.21T US$
Southern Africa computed 470B US$
Lower-middle-income countries computed 8.94T US$
GDP — Lesotho, by year Lesotho All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 2.57B +182M +7.62%
2024 2.39B +261M +12.27%
2023 2.13B −225M −9.56%
2022 2.35B −57.15M −2.37%
2021 2.41B +358M +17.45%
2020 2.05B −337M −14.1%
2019 2.39B −166M −6.48%
2018 2.56B +250M +10.82%
2017 2.31B +192M +9.1%
2016 2.11B −245M −10.39%
2015 2.36B −81.38M −3.33%
2014 2.44B +73.95M +3.12%
2013 2.37B −111M −4.46%
2012 2.48B −102M −3.94%
2011 2.58B +345M +15.42%
2010 2.23B +494M +28.37%
2009 1.74B −26.01M −1.47%
2008 1.77B +84.77M +5.04%
2007 1.68B −118M −6.55%
2006 1.8B +118M +7%
2005 1.68B +171M +11.32%
2004 1.51B +353M +30.52%
2003 1.16B +382M +49.25%
2002 776M −49.93M −6.05%
2001 826M −61.58M −6.94%
2000 887M −25.48M −2.79%
1999 913M −15.69M −1.69%
1998 928M −69.54M −6.97%
1997 998M +51.89M +5.48%
1996 946M −55.78M −5.57%
1995 1B +124M +14.08%
1994 878M +42.67M +5.11%
1993 836M +4.55M +0.55%
1992 831M +127M +17.99%
1991 704M +108M +18.09%
1990 596M +101M +20.39%
1989 495M +25.01M +5.32%
1988 470M +67.63M +16.79%
1987 403M +83.91M +26.32%
1986 319M +50.23M +18.7%
1985 269M −64.53M −19.37%
1984 333M −53.54M −13.84%
1983 387M +37.96M +10.88%
1982 349M −85.45M −19.68%
1981 434M +2.65M +0.61%
1980 432M +141M +48.74%
1979 290M +23.56M +8.84%
1978 267M +73.26M +37.89%
1977 193M +45.66M +30.92%
1976 148M −1.9M −1.27%
1975 150M −1.29M −0.86%
1974 151M +29.66M +24.48%
1973 121M +40.28M +49.78%
1972 80.91M +4.43M +5.8%
1971 76.48M +7.74M +11.26%
1970 68.74M +2.77M +4.2%
1969 65.97M +4.52M +7.36%
1968 61.45M +2.18M +3.69%
1967 59.26M +2.56M +4.52%
1966 56.7M +1.82M +3.32%
1965 54.88M +2.94M +5.66%
1964 51.94M +4.9M +10.42%
1963 47.04M +5.18M +12.37%
1962 41.86M +6.16M +17.25%
1961 35.7M +1.12M +3.24%
1960 34.58M

Southern Africa, 2025

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About the indicator

Gross domestic product is the sum of gross value added by all resident producers, plus taxes on products and minus subsidies, in current prices and converted into US dollars at the official exchange rate. GDP in current dollars is convenient for comparing the size of economies in a given year, but it is poorly suited to trends over time: it is moved both by inflation and by exchange rate swings.

Important: For comparing trends over time there is GDP growth in constant prices, and for comparing living standards, GDP per capita at PPP.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.