Economy
The World Bank — World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0) · updated 2025-12-31
Lesotho's inflation rate stands at 4.27% as of 2025-12-31, down from 6.11% in 2024. Historical data runs from 1974 to 2025 (49 observations).
In 2025, Lesotho's inflation rate was 4.27%, down from 6.11% in 2024.
In 2024, Lesotho's inflation rate was 6.11%, down from 6.34% in 2023.
In 2023, Lesotho's inflation rate was 6.34%, down from 8.27% in 2022.
In 2022, Lesotho's inflation rate was 8.27%, up from 6.05% in 2021.
In 2021, Lesotho's inflation rate was 6.05%, up from 4.98% in 2020.
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.27% | -1.84% |
| 2024 | 6.11% | -0.2368% |
| 2023 | 6.34% | -1.93% |
| 2022 | 8.27% | +2.22% |
| 2021 | 6.05% | +1.07% |
| 2020 | 4.98% | -0.209% |
| 2019 | 5.19% | +0.4353% |
| 2018 | 4.75% | +0.3041% |
| 2017 | 4.45% | -2.15% |
| 2016 | 6.6% | +3.38% |
| 2015 | 3.22% | -2.15% |
| 2014 | 5.37% | +0.5052% |
| 2013 | 4.87% | -1.19% |
| 2012 | 6.05% | +1.01% |
| 2011 | 5.04% | +7.44% |
| 2010 | -2.41% | +14.45% |
| 2009 | -16.86% | -27.58% |
| 2008 | 10.72% | +2.7% |
| 2007 | 8.01% | +1.94% |
| 2006 | 6.07% | +2.63% |
| 2005 | 3.44% | -1.59% |
| 2004 | 5.02% | -1.61% |
| 2003 | 6.63% | -27.18% |
| 2002 | 33.81% | +43.43% |
| 2001 | -9.62% | -15.75% |
| 2000 | 6.13% | -3.2% |
| 1996 | 9.33% | +0.0595% |
| 1995 | 9.27% | +1.06% |
| 1994 | 8.21% | -4.92% |
| 1993 | 13.14% | -4.07% |
| 1992 | 17.21% | -0.4696% |
| 1991 | 17.68% | +6.04% |
| 1990 | 11.63% | -3.09% |
| 1989 | 14.73% | +3.27% |
| 1988 | 11.46% | -0.2939% |
| 1987 | 11.75% | -6.25% |
| 1986 | 18% | +4.68% |
| 1985 | 13.32% | +2.34% |
| 1984 | 10.98% | -6.51% |
| 1983 | 17.49% | +5.35% |
| 1982 | 12.14% | -0.2733% |
| 1981 | 12.41% | -3.86% |
| 1980 | 16.27% | +0.2713% |
| 1979 | 16% | +2.52% |
| 1978 | 13.48% | -3.2% |
| 1977 | 16.69% | +5.28% |
| 1976 | 11.41% | -2.8% |
| 1975 | 14.21% | +0.7891% |
| 1974 | 13.42% | — |
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Lesotho's inflation rate is 4.27% as of 2025-12-31, compared with 6.11% in 2024. The World Bank — World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)
The highest recorded value is 33.81% (2002); the lowest is -16.86% (2009), across data from 1974 to 2025.
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