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Lesotho: Government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1970–2025 · 56 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govdebt_GDP

2025
49.1%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−3.7 pointsfrom 52.8%
Average, 2016–2025
52.9%10 years
Record high and low
108.7% (2001)low 2.09% (1974)

Government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203150.0Forecast
203048.6Forecast
202947.9Forecast
202848.1Forecast
202748.6Forecast
202649.0Forecast
202549.1
202452.8
202361.1
202264.4
202158.0
202054.7
201958.2
201848.2
201741.0
201641.5

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

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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