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Lesotho: Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1972–2025 · 52 observations · cgovexp_GDP

2025
55.6%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+2.2 pointsfrom 53.3%
Average, 2016–2025
52.9%10 years
Record high and low
63.6% (1999)low 8.89% (1974)

Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202555.6
202453.3
202349.4
202250.7
202153.8
202056.7
201951.9
201852.0
201751.4
201654.3

Sources

  • IMF Government Finance Statistics1972–2007
  • African Development Bank1980–2025
  • World Development Indicators1987–2022

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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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