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The World Bank — World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0) · updated 2025-12-31
Lesotho's gdp annual growth rate stands at 1.98% as of 2025-12-31, down from 5.23% in 2024. Historical data runs from 1961 to 2025 (65 observations).
In 2025, Lesotho's gdp annual growth rate was 1.98%, down from 5.23% in 2024.
In 2024, Lesotho's gdp annual growth rate was 5.23%, up from 1.69% in 2023.
In 2023, Lesotho's gdp annual growth rate was 1.69%, down from 2.39% in 2022.
In 2022, Lesotho's gdp annual growth rate was 2.39%, up from 2.27% in 2021.
In 2021, Lesotho's gdp annual growth rate was 2.27%, up from -8.16% in 2020.
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.98% | -3.24% |
| 2024 | 5.23% | +3.53% |
| 2023 | 1.69% | -0.6934% |
| 2022 | 2.39% | +0.1211% |
| 2021 | 2.27% | +10.42% |
| 2020 | -8.16% | -6.74% |
| 2019 | -1.42% | +0.0626% |
| 2018 | -1.48% | +1.66% |
| 2017 | -3.14% | -6.75% |
| 2016 | 3.61% | +0.4848% |
| 2015 | 3.12% | +1.41% |
| 2014 | 1.71% | -0.082% |
| 2013 | 1.79% | -4.54% |
| 2012 | 6.33% | +1.72% |
| 2011 | 4.62% | -0.6533% |
| 2010 | 5.27% | +6.52% |
| 2009 | -1.25% | -6.78% |
| 2008 | 5.52% | +1.34% |
| 2007 | 4.19% | -0.0422% |
| 2006 | 4.23% | +0.764% |
| 2005 | 3.47% | +1.77% |
| 2004 | 1.69% | -2.87% |
| 2003 | 4.56% | +3.84% |
| 2002 | 0.7238% | -2.84% |
| 2001 | 3.56% | -0.314% |
| 2000 | 3.88% | +3.4% |
| 1999 | 0.476% | -1.06% |
| 1998 | 1.54% | -2.17% |
| 1997 | 3.7% | -1.89% |
| 1996 | 5.6% | +2.31% |
| 1995 | 3.29% | -2.69% |
| 1994 | 5.98% | +2.47% |
| 1993 | 3.51% | -3.45% |
| 1992 | 6.96% | -0.0102% |
| 1991 | 6.97% | +0.9211% |
| 1990 | 6.05% | +0.2502% |
| 1989 | 5.8% | -2.81% |
| 1988 | 8.6% | +7.87% |
| 1987 | 0.7297% | -3.96% |
| 1986 | 4.68% | +2.07% |
| 1985 | 2.61% | -2.92% |
| 1984 | 5.53% | +3.55% |
| 1983 | 1.99% | -2.47% |
| 1982 | 4.46% | +3.76% |
| 1981 | 0.6946% | +3.44% |
| 1980 | -2.74% | -5.64% |
| 1979 | 2.89% | -15.42% |
| 1978 | 18.32% | -3.49% |
| 1977 | 21.81% | +10.76% |
| 1976 | 11.05% | +24.56% |
| 1975 | -13.51% | -24.49% |
| 1974 | 10.98% | -15.42% |
| 1973 | 26.4% | +26.61% |
| 1972 | -0.2027% | -5.32% |
| 1971 | 5.11% | +2.94% |
| 1970 | 2.18% | +0.6295% |
| 1969 | 1.55% | +1.91% |
| 1968 | -0.3671% | -11.28% |
| 1967 | 10.91% | +11.32% |
| 1966 | -0.4055% | -2.56% |
| 1965 | 2.15% | -6.1% |
| 1964 | 8.25% | -2.36% |
| 1963 | 10.62% | -4.72% |
| 1962 | 15.33% | +13.47% |
| 1961 | 1.86% | — |
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Lesotho's gdp annual growth rate is 1.98% as of 2025-12-31, compared with 5.23% in 2024. The World Bank — World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)
The highest recorded value is 26.4% (1973); the lowest is -13.51% (1975), across data from 1961 to 2025.
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