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Lesotho: Inflation

Percent · 1970–2025 · 56 observations · forecasts to 2031 · infl

2025
4.27%percent
Change on 2024
−1.8 pointsfrom 6.11%
Average, 2016–2025
5.59%10 years
Record high and low
19.6% (1980)low 3.31% (2010)

Inflation

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Recent values

Percent

YearValue
20314.00Forecast
20304.00Forecast
20294.00Forecast
20284.00Forecast
20273.92Forecast
20264.25Forecast
20254.27
20246.11
20236.34
20228.27
20216.05
20204.98
20195.19
20184.01
20174.46
20166.21

Sources

  • World Bank (inflation)1970–2024
  • WDI (archive)1974–1996
  • Clio Infra1974–2010
  • IMF International Financial Statistics1974–2025
  • World Development Indicators1974–2025
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1981–2025
  • World Bank Global Economic Monitor2000–2025
  • 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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