Interest payments in Lesotho
Lesotho: Interest payments was 3.5% in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Interest payments in Lesotho, 1984–2024
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of revenue.
Analysis
Lesotho recorded 3.5% for interest payments in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.9% on the previous year and up 191.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, interest payments in Lesotho peaked at 14.4% in 1989 and was at its lowest, 1.0%, in 2010.
Lesotho ranks 107th of 155 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Interest payments in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | % of revenue | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 7.6% | — |
| 1986 | 2.0% | -72.9% |
| 1987 | 8.2% | +301.3% |
| 1988 | 9.4% | +14.2% |
| 1989 | 14.4% | +53.2% |
| 1991 | 7.4% | -48.3% |
| 1992 | 6.7% | -10.6% |
| 1993 | 4.9% | -26.1% |
| 1994 | 4.3% | -13.4% |
| 1995 | 4.7% | +11.1% |
| 1996 | 1.6% | -67.0% |
| 1997 | 2.5% | +58.4% |
| 1998 | 6.3% | +154.9% |
| 1999 | 4.5% | -28.4% |
| 2000 | 6.6% | +47.1% |
| 2001 | 5.2% | -22.1% |
| 2002 | 6.6% | +28.4% |
| 2003 | 6.1% | -7.4% |
| 2004 | 3.7% | -39.8% |
| 2005 | 2.5% | -31.4% |
| 2006 | 4.7% | +86.5% |
| 2007 | 4.2% | -11.0% |
| 2008 | 1.3% | -68.9% |
| 2009 | 1.3% | +2.4% |
| 2010 | 1.0% | -22.9% |
| 2011 | 1.4% | +39.7% |
| 2012 | 1.2% | -13.4% |
| 2013 | 1.4% | +14.4% |
| 2014 | 1.2% | -16.2% |
| 2015 | 1.7% | +45.4% |
| 2016 | 1.8% | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 2.2% | +22.8% |
| 2018 | 2.8% | +29.0% |
| 2019 | 3.1% | +9.6% |
| 2020 | 2.9% | -4.3% |
| 2021 | 2.4% | -17.5% |
| 2022 | 3.3% | +39.0% |
| 2023 | 3.5% | +3.4% |
| 2024 | 3.5% | +0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 8.3% | 2.0% | 14.4% | 5 |
| 1990s | 4.8% | 1.6% | 7.4% | 9 |
| 2000s | 4.2% | 1.3% | 6.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.8% | 1.0% | 3.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.1% | 2.4% | 3.5% | 5 |
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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)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 15.53 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0152 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 5.37 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 36.30 million current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 32.94 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2019)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per square kilometre 1,135 current USD per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is interest payments in Lesotho?
- Interest payments in Lesotho was 3.5% in 2024, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest interest payments recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 14.4% in 1989.
- What is the lowest interest payments recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.0% in 2010.
- How does Lesotho rank for interest payments?
- Lesotho ranks 107th out of 155 countries with data for 2024.
- Is interest payments rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is up 191.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Lesotho data come from?
- The figures come from Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Interest payments (% of revenue). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Interest payments include interest payments on government debt (including long-term bonds, long-term loans, and other debt instruments) to domestic and foreign residents. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of revenue which includes all transactions that add to the amount of economic value of a unit or sector.