CPIA macroeconomic management rating in Lesotho
Lesotho: CPIA macroeconomic management rating was 3.5 1=low to 6=high in 2025. ▼ Falling
CPIA macroeconomic management rating in Lesotho, 2005–2025
Source: CPIA database, World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 1=low to 6=high.
Analysis
Lesotho recorded 3.5 1=low to 6=high for cpia macroeconomic management rating in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 21 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, cpia macroeconomic management rating in Lesotho peaked at 4 1=low to 6=high in 2005 and was at its lowest, 3.5 1=low to 6=high, in 2014.
That places Lesotho 38th out of 85 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 21 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4 1=low to 6=high | 4 1=low to 6=high | 4 1=low to 6=high | 5 |
| 2010s | 3.7 1=low to 6=high | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 4 1=low to 6=high | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 6 |
Countries ranked near Lesotho
- 38 Bhutan 3.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 38 Cameroon 3.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 38 Central African Republic 3.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 38 Chad 3.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 38 Congo 3.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 38 Ethiopia 3.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 38 Gambia 3.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 38 Ghana 3.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 38 Haiti 3.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 38 Honduras 3.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 38 Lao People's Democratic Republic 3.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 38 Liberia 3.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 38 Mongolia 3.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 38 Nigeria 3.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 38 Pakistan 3.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 38 Tonga 3.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 38 Zambia 3.5 1=low to 6=high compare
More public sector data for Lesotho
- Arms imports 1.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2019)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 0.4526 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2019)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0004 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2019)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 1.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2019)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 32.94 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2019)
- Tax revenue 35.4% (2024)
- Capital stock, General government, Current prices, Domestic currency 61.74 (2019)
- Taxes on income, profits and capital gains 20.4% (2024)
- Capital stock, General government, Constant prices, Percent of GDP 121.77 (2019)
- Capital stock, General government, Constant prices, Purchasing power 7.8 (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cpia macroeconomic management rating in Lesotho?
- Cpia macroeconomic management rating in Lesotho was 3.5 1=low to 6=high in 2025, according to CPIA database, World Bank Group (WBG).
- What is the highest cpia macroeconomic management rating recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 4 1=low to 6=high in 2005.
- What is the lowest cpia macroeconomic management rating recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.5 1=low to 6=high in 2014.
- How does Lesotho rank for cpia macroeconomic management rating?
- Lesotho ranks 38th out of 85 countries with data for 2025.
- Is cpia macroeconomic management rating rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Lesotho data come from?
- The figures come from CPIA database, World Bank Group (WBG), published as part of CPIA macroeconomic management rating (1=low to 6=high). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The CPIA measures the extent to which a country’s policy and institutional framework supports sustainable growth and poverty reduction, and consequently the effective use of development assistance. The outcome of the exercise yields both an overall score and scores for sixteen criteria that compose the CPIA. These criteria include: A. Economic Management (1. Monetary and Exchange Rate Policies; 2. Fiscal Policy; 3. Debt Policy and Management), B. Structural Policies (4. Trade; 5. Financial Sector; 6. Business Regulatory Environment), C. Policies for Social Inclusion/Equity (7. Gender equality; 8. Equity of public resource use; 9. Building human resources; 10. Social protection and labor; 11. Policies and institutions for environmental sustainability), D. Public Sector Management and Institutions (12. Property rights and rule-based governance; 13. Quality of budgetary and financial management; 14. Efficiency of revenue mobilization; 15. Quality of public administration; 16. Transparency, accountability, and corruption in the public sector). The CPIA macroeconomic management cluster assesses the monetary, exchange rate, and fiscal policy, as well as debt policy and management.