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Lesotho: Real GDP

Millions of local currency · 1950–2025 · 76 observations · forecasts to 2031 · rGDP

2025
30.8 billionlocal currency
Change on 2024
+2.0%year on year
Average growth, 2015–2025
+0.2%a year
In US dollars, 2025
$2.41 billionUS dollars

Real GDP

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Recent values

Millions of local currency

YearValue
203133,299Forecast
203032,803Forecast
202932,316Forecast
202831,838Forecast
202731,397Forecast
202631,139Forecast
202530,797
202430,199
202328,699
202228,221
202127,563
202026,952
201929,345
201829,767
201730,215
201631,194

Sources

  • Maddison Project Database1950–2022
  • WDI (archive)1960–1997
  • World Development Indicators1960–2025
  • IMF International Financial Statistics1963–2025
  • FAO1970–2023
  • United Nations1970–2024
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2025
  • 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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