GDP of Lesotho: 2.8 bn$ in 2025, 1,170 $ per person (3,217 $ in purchasing power parity). Real growth of 1.5 % in 2025 (IMF).
Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook (October 2026) · updated on
- GDP, current dollars
- 2.8 bn$
- 2025 · +32.2 % since 2020
- GDP per capita
- 1,170 $
- 2025 · +25.0 % since 2020
- Inflation
- 4.0 %
- 2025 · −1.4 pt since 2020
- Public debt
- 49.4 %
- 2025 · −5.3 pt since 2020
GDP, current dollars
Billions of current dollars · dashed: estimates and projections
Chart data as a table
| Year | Lesotho |
|---|---|
| 2015 | 2.2 bn$ |
| 2016 | 2.2 bn$ |
| 2017 | 2.4 bn$ |
| 2018 | 2.5 bn$ |
| 2019 | 2.3 bn$ |
| 2020 | 2.1 bn$ |
| 2021 | 2.4 bn$ |
| 2022 | 2.3 bn$ |
| 2023 | 2.2 bn$ |
| 2024 | 2.5 bn$ |
| 2025 · estimate | 2.8 bn$ |
| 2026 · projection | 3.1 bn$ |
| 2027 · projection | 3.2 bn$ |
| 2028 · projection | 3.4 bn$ |
| 2029 · projection | 3.5 bn$ |
| 2030 · projection | 3.7 bn$ |
In its region
GDP in current dollars, 2020 → 2025
- 1 Angola +112.7 %
- 2 Mozambique +65.8 %
- 3 Zambia +58.3 %
- 4 Zimbabwe +45.9 %
- 5 Namibia +42.5 %
- 6 Botswana +33.2 %
- 7 Lesotho +32.2 %
- 8 Malawi +27.4 %
- 9 South Africa +26.4 %
- 10 Eswatini +25.9 %
All indicators
Value in 2025 and change since 2020
| Indicator | 2020 | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Real GDP growth | −8.6 % | +1.5 % | +10.1 pt |
| GDP, current dollars | 2.1 bn$ | 2.8 bn$ | +32.2 % |
| GDP per capita | 936 $ | 1,170 $ | +25.0 % |
| GDP per capita, PPP | 2,592 $ | 3,217 $ | +24.1 % |
| Inflation | 5.4 % | 4.0 % | −1.4 pt |
| Public debt | 54.7 % | 49.4 % | −5.3 pt |
| Population | 2.2 M | 2.4 M | +5.7 % |
| Fiscal balance | +1.4 % | +4.9 % | +3.5 pt |
| Current account | −4.5 % | −1.2 % | +3.3 pt |
| Unemployment | n/a | n/a | n/a |