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Lesotho: Imports (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1960–2025 · 66 observations · forecasts to 2031 · imports_GDP

2025
89.2%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+1.5 pointsfrom 87.7%
Average, 2016–2025
93.9%10 years
Record high and low
155.7% (1984)low 29.3% (1960)

Imports (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203187.8Forecast
203086.8Forecast
202986.5Forecast
202886.0Forecast
202785.9Forecast
202685.3Forecast
202589.2
202487.7
202398.1
202295.9
202193.0
202096.6
201994.3
201894.6
201798.9
201690.5

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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