External debt in Lesotho in 2024 — 1,773,147,343 US$. Ranked 20 in the world out of 118. Since 1970, the indicator has risen by 21,730.9%.
1970–2024 · US$
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Lesotho
| Year | US$ | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.77B | −2.47M | −0.14% |
| 2023 | 1.78B | −33.8M | −1.87% |
| 2022 | 1.81B | −23.69M | −1.29% |
| 2021 | 1.83B | +95.48M | +5.5% |
| 2020 | 1.74B | +154M | +9.73% |
| 2019 | 1.58B | +120M | +8.2% |
| 2018 | 1.46B | −40.76M | −2.71% |
| 2017 | 1.5B | +146M | +10.76% |
| 2016 | 1.36B | +405M | +42.57% |
| 2015 | 953M | +40.5M | +4.44% |
| 2014 | 912M | −12.93M | −1.4% |
| 2013 | 925M | +20.79M | +2.3% |
| 2012 | 904M | +90.61M | +11.14% |
| 2011 | 814M | +25.56M | +3.24% |
| 2010 | 788M | +21.53M | +2.81% |
| 2009 | 767M | +66.48M | +9.5% |
| 2008 | 700M | +14.56M | +2.12% |
| 2007 | 685M | +28.05M | +4.27% |
| 2006 | 657M | −8.86M | −1.33% |
| 2005 | 666M | −107M | −13.85% |
| 2004 | 773M | +67.68M | +9.59% |
| 2003 | 706M | −6.82M | −0.96% |
| 2002 | 713M | +28.17M | +4.12% |
| 2001 | 684M | −85.29M | −11.08% |
| 2000 | 770M | +82.5M | +12.01% |
| 1999 | 687M | −1.02M | −0.15% |
| 1998 | 688M | +15.26M | +2.27% |
| 1997 | 673M | −28.28M | −4.03% |
| 1996 | 701M | +16.87M | +2.47% |
| 1995 | 684M | +61.8M | +9.93% |
| 1994 | 623M | +80.18M | +14.78% |
| 1993 | 542M | +47.97M | +9.7% |
| 1992 | 494M | +47.01M | +10.51% |
| 1991 | 447M | +51.8M | +13.09% |
| 1990 | 396M | +67.44M | +20.55% |
| 1989 | 328M | +41.06M | +14.3% |
| 1988 | 287M | +28.46M | +11.01% |
| 1987 | 259M | +61M | +30.87% |
| 1986 | 198M | +22.34M | +12.74% |
| 1985 | 175M | +37.25M | +26.99% |
| 1984 | 138M | +9.36M | +7.27% |
| 1983 | 129M | +6.6M | +5.41% |
| 1982 | 122M | +37.66M | +44.62% |
| 1981 | 84.41M | +12.47M | +17.33% |
| 1980 | 71.94M | +18.81M | +35.41% |
| 1979 | 53.13M | +19.13M | +56.24% |
| 1978 | 34M | +9.41M | +38.28% |
| 1977 | 24.59M | +8.39M | +51.77% |
| 1976 | 16.2M | +2.12M | +15.03% |
| 1975 | 14.09M | +3.93M | +38.71% |
| 1974 | 10.15M | +1.89M | +22.93% |
| 1973 | 8.26M | −1.23M | −12.92% |
| 1972 | 9.49M | +858,037 | +9.94% |
| 1971 | 8.63M | +506,204 | +6.23% |
| 1970 | 8.12M | — | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
Total external debt: the liabilities of a country's residents to non-residents in foreign and in national currency, covering public, publicly guaranteed and private debt. It differs from government debt fundamentally — it includes the borrowing of banks and corporations that the government does not guarantee but that turns out to be its problem in a crisis all the same.
Important: Only middle- and low-income countries report to the World Bank Debtor Reporting System, so the table holds about 130 of them. Aggregates for country groups are not computed: the sum over those present is the debt of developing countries, not of the world.
Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.
Gross general government debt as a percent of GDP.
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Finance International reservesThe gold and foreign exchange reserves of a country in US dollars.
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