NATIONAL PUBLIC DEBT Lesotho 2023

Public debt in Lesotho goes down

In 2023 Lesotho public debt was 1,258 million euros1,360 million dollars, has decreased 129102 million since 2022.

This amount means that the debt in 2023 reached 61.53% of Lesotho GDP, a 2.96 percentage point fall from 2022, when it was 64.49% of GDP.

If we check the tables we can see the evolution of Lesotho debt. It has risen since 2013 in global debt terms, when it was 727 million euros 966 million dollars and also in terms of GDP percentage, when it amounted to 41.19%.

According to the last data point published, Lesotho per capita debt in 2023 was 544 euros589 dollars per inhabitant. In 2022 it was 657 euros 692 dollars, afterwards dropping by 113 euros 103dollars, and if we again check 2013 we can see that then the debt per person was 370 euros491 dollars .

The position of Lesotho, as compared with the rest of the world, has improved in 2023 in terms of GDP percentage. Currently it is country number 115 in the list of debt to GDP and 27 in debt per capita, out of the 191 we publish.

In this page we show you the progression of the public debt in Lesotho. You can see debt in other countries in Public debt and see all the information about Lesotho in economy of Lesotho.

Lesotho: Evolution of debt
DateDebt (M.€.)Debt ($M)Debt (%GDP)Debt Per CapitaDebt Per Capita
20231,2581,36061.53%€544$589
20221,3871,46264.49%€657$692
20211,1971,41758.39%€574$679
20201,0021,14454.69%€486$555
20191,2081,35258.22%€590$660
20181,0081,19148.19%€496$586
201788099440.99%€435$492
201682691441.45%€412$456
20159091,00945.81%€456$506
20147741,02841.51%€391$519
201372796641.19%€370$491
201276498239.85%€391$503
201166893036.17%€344$479
201060079733.81%€311$413
200949969535.87%€260$363
200852877747.03%€278$408
200763787349.62%€337$462
200659975243.73%€319$401
200556970940.97%€304$378
200463579049.43%€339$422
200358566152.63%€312$353
200272168179.62%€385$364
2001939841108.68%€503$450
200088381688.48%€473$437
199973778782.97%€395$421
199876779.42%$412
199768965.67%$369
199671271.64%$383
199566062.83%$352
199462666.99%$351
199363171.21%$361
199257264.42%$335
19919111.91%$56
199012117.99%$75
198914325.52%$91
198812523.33%$82
Lesotho: Evolution of debt as a percentage of GDP

Lesotho: Evolution of debt in millions