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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 1.1% as of 2025-12-31, down from 1.12% in 2024. Historical data runs from 1961 to 2025 (65 observations).
In 2025, Lesotho's gdp annual growth rate was 1.1%, down from 1.12% in 2024.
In 2024, Lesotho's gdp annual growth rate was 1.12%, up from 1.1% in 2023.
In 2023, Lesotho's gdp annual growth rate was 1.1%, up from 1.08% in 2022.
In 2022, Lesotho's gdp annual growth rate was 1.08%, down from 1.15% in 2021.
In 2021, Lesotho's gdp annual growth rate was 1.15%, down from 1.18% in 2020.
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.1% | -0.0144% |
| 2024 | 1.12% | +0.0132% |
| 2023 | 1.1% | +0.0228% |
| 2022 | 1.08% | -0.0676% |
| 2021 | 1.15% | -0.0363% |
| 2020 | 1.18% | +0.0096% |
| 2019 | 1.17% | -0.046% |
| 2018 | 1.22% | -0.0242% |
| 2017 | 1.24% | +0.026% |
| 2016 | 1.22% | +0.0469% |
| 2015 | 1.17% | +0.0317% |
| 2014 | 1.14% | +0.0574% |
| 2013 | 1.08% | +0.0778% |
| 2012 | 1.01% | +0.1195% |
| 2011 | 0.8856% | +0.1128% |
| 2010 | 0.7728% | +0.0462% |
| 2009 | 0.7267% | +0.0494% |
| 2008 | 0.6772% | +0.2563% |
| 2007 | 0.4209% | +0.8321% |
| 2006 | -0.4111% | +0.509% |
| 2005 | -0.9201% | -0.2159% |
| 2004 | -0.7042% | -0.2208% |
| 2003 | -0.4834% | -0.1744% |
| 2002 | -0.309% | -0.1562% |
| 2001 | -0.1528% | -0.1867% |
| 2000 | 0.0339% | -0.2253% |
| 1999 | 0.2592% | -0.2385% |
| 1998 | 0.4977% | -0.2958% |
| 1997 | 0.7934% | -0.276% |
| 1996 | 1.07% | -0.1541% |
| 1995 | 1.22% | -0.1299% |
| 1994 | 1.35% | -0.1575% |
| 1993 | 1.51% | -0.1521% |
| 1992 | 1.66% | -0.1269% |
| 1991 | 1.79% | -0.1214% |
| 1990 | 1.91% | -0.1139% |
| 1989 | 2.03% | -0.0921% |
| 1988 | 2.12% | -0.0939% |
| 1987 | 2.21% | -0.3271% |
| 1986 | 2.54% | -0.296% |
| 1985 | 2.83% | -0.0292% |
| 1984 | 2.86% | -0.0246% |
| 1983 | 2.89% | -0.0156% |
| 1982 | 2.9% | -0.0075% |
| 1981 | 2.91% | +0.0003% |
| 1980 | 2.91% | +0.02% |
| 1979 | 2.89% | +0.0424% |
| 1978 | 2.85% | -0.042% |
| 1977 | 2.89% | -0.318% |
| 1976 | 3.21% | -0.2472% |
| 1975 | 3.46% | +0.0088% |
| 1974 | 3.45% | -0.0235% |
| 1973 | 3.47% | -0.0474% |
| 1972 | 3.52% | -0.0454% |
| 1971 | 3.56% | -0.0399% |
| 1970 | 3.6% | -0.0319% |
| 1969 | 3.63% | -0.0305% |
| 1968 | 3.67% | +0.0888% |
| 1967 | 3.58% | +0.3758% |
| 1966 | 3.2% | +0.2719% |
| 1965 | 2.93% | -0.0152% |
| 1964 | 2.94% | -0.0247% |
| 1963 | 2.97% | -0.0158% |
| 1962 | 2.98% | -0.0014% |
| 1961 | 2.99% | — |
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Lesotho's gdp annual growth rate is 1.1% as of 2025-12-31, compared with 1.12% in 2024. The World Bank — World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)
The highest recorded value is 3.67% (1968); the lowest is -0.9201% (2005), across data from 1961 to 2025.
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