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Lesotho: Central government deficit (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1972–2025 · 49 observations · cgovdef_GDP

2025
2.62%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−6.8 pointsfrom 9.45%
Average, 2016–2025
−1.34%10 years
Record high and low
19.6% (2009)low −17.6% (1987)

Central government deficit (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
20252.62
20249.45
20237.32
2022-6.39
2021-4.95
20201.23
2019-5.50
2018-4.52
2017-3.82
2016-8.83

Sources

  • IMF Government Finance Statistics1972–2007
  • African Development Bank1980–2025
  • World Development Indicators1987–2024

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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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