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Lesotho: Central government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1970–2024 · 55 observations · cgovdebt_GDP

2024
59.8%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
−1.8 pointsfrom 61.5%
Average, 2015–2024
53.3%10 years
Record high and low
112.5% (1989)low 4.63% (1974)

Central government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202459.8
202361.5
202264.6
202158.0
202054.7
201958.2
201848.2
201741.0
201641.5
201545.8

Sources

  • IMF Global Debt Database1970–2024
  • WDI (archive)1982–1990
  • World Development Indicators2008–2020

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Lesotho documentation (PDF)

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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