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Lesotho: General government expenditure (% of GDP)

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

2025
54.2%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+1.8 pointsfrom 52.5%
Average, 2016–2025
52.4%10 years
Record high and low
66.4% (2009)low 26.8% (1984)

General government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203153.6Forecast
203053.5Forecast
202953.2Forecast
202853.0Forecast
202753.0Forecast
202652.6Forecast
202554.2
202452.5
202349.0
202250.8
202153.6
202054.2
201952.9
201851.9
201750.4
201654.1

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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