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Lesotho: General government deficit (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1982–2025 · 44 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govdef_GDP

2025
2.15%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−6.0 pointsfrom 8.17%
Average, 2016–2025
−1.29%10 years
Record high and low
11.6% (2006)low −15.3% (1999)

General government deficit (% of GDP)

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-20%-15%-10%-5%0%5%10%15%19902000201020202030LesothoLesotho
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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
20313.42Forecast
20303.71Forecast
20293.96Forecast
20284.38Forecast
20274.49Forecast
20264.19Forecast
20252.15
20248.17
20237.36
2022-6.33
2021-4.79
20201.45
2019-5.09
2018-4.41
2017-2.02
2016-9.43

Sources

  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1982–2023
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1982–2025
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics2003–2007
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031

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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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