Household consumption — all countries

Household consumption — Lesotho

Household consumption in Lesotho in 2025 — 2,490,224,442 US$. Ranked 123 in the world out of 131. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 6,561.9%.

2025 2.49B US$ +12.27% vs 2024
World rank 123of 131
Period maximum 2.49B US$2025
Period minimum 37.38M US$1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · US$

Household consumption — Lesotho, 1960–202501B2B3B19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 37,379,985 US$1961: 38,499,985 US$1962: 44,939,982 US$1963: 51,939,979 US$1964: 56,699,977 US$1965: 59,639,976 US$1966: 69,719,972 US$1967: 69,341,972 US$1968: 71,665,971 US$1969: 74,787,970 US$1970: 81,339,967 US$1971: 93,258,410 US$1972: 104,328,596 US$1973: 157,213,899 US$1974: 211,191,843 US$1975: 234,750,672 US$1976: 253,460,063 US$1977: 316,365,079 US$1978: 359,720,090 US$1979: 442,149,442 US$1980: 562,079,981 US$1981: 604,464,843 US$2007: 1,625,299,016 US$2008: 1,571,967,637 US$2009: 1,659,900,581 US$2010: 2,114,884,532 US$2011: 2,343,225,706 US$2012: 2,264,362,640 US$2013: 1,979,992,590 US$2014: 1,881,037,904 US$2015: 1,806,542,398 US$2016: 1,614,485,495 US$2017: 2,065,150,125 US$2018: 2,179,417,000 US$2019: 1,998,887,692 US$2020: 1,823,685,055 US$2021: 2,019,819,026 US$2022: 2,043,470,555 US$2023: 1,966,830,070 US$2024: 2,218,111,113 US$2025: 2,490,224,442 US$
Change over the period: +2.45B (+6,561.92%) Average annual rate: 6.67 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Lesotho 2.49B US$
Sub-Saharan Africa 1.83T US$
Southern Africa computed 305B US$
Lower-middle-income countries computed 5.1T US$
Household consumption — Lesotho, by year Lesotho All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 2.49B +272M +12.27%
2024 2.22B +251M +12.78%
2023 1.97B −76.64M −3.75%
2022 2.04B +23.65M +1.17%
2021 2.02B +196M +10.75%
2020 1.82B −175M −8.77%
2019 2B −181M −8.28%
2018 2.18B +114M +5.53%
2017 2.07B +451M +27.91%
2016 1.61B −192M −10.63%
2015 1.81B −74.5M −3.96%
2014 1.88B −98.95M −5%
2013 1.98B −284M −12.56%
2012 2.26B −78.86M −3.37%
2011 2.34B +228M +10.8%
2010 2.11B +455M +27.41%
2009 1.66B +87.93M +5.59%
2008 1.57B −53.33M −3.28%
2007 1.63B
1981 604M +42.38M +7.54%
1980 562M +120M +27.12%
1979 442M +82.43M +22.91%
1978 360M +43.36M +13.7%
1977 316M +62.91M +24.82%
1976 253M +18.71M +7.97%
1975 235M +23.56M +11.16%
1974 211M +53.98M +34.33%
1973 157M +52.89M +50.69%
1972 104M +11.07M +11.87%
1971 93.26M +11.92M +14.65%
1970 81.34M +6.55M +8.76%
1969 74.79M +3.12M +4.36%
1968 71.67M +2.32M +3.35%
1967 69.34M −378,000 −0.54%
1966 69.72M +10.08M +16.9%
1965 59.64M +2.94M +5.19%
1964 56.7M +4.76M +9.16%
1963 51.94M +7M +15.58%
1962 44.94M +6.44M +16.73%
1961 38.5M +1.12M +3%
1960 37.38M

Southern Africa, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

Household final consumption expenditure in current US dollars — everything people buy for themselves, from food and housing to services. This is the largest part of GDP in almost any country, usually between half and three quarters, and in absolute terms it sets the size of the consumer market. For gauging the capacity of a market the indicator is more useful than GDP: it includes neither government spending nor investment nor exports.

Important: It includes the imputed value of living in owner-occupied housing and other imputed services — computed quantities that statistical offices estimate unevenly.

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