Lesotho's adjusted net savings, excluding particulate emission damage (% of GNI) was 7.37% in 2020, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 5.33 percentage points from 12.7% in 2010.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 7.37% | 2020 |
| Five years earlier | 14.96% | 2015 |
| Ten years earlier | 12.7% | 2010 |
| Highest | 35% | 2008 |
| Lowest | -2.6% | 2017 |
| Average since 2011 | 7.65% | 2011–2020 |
| First recorded | 34.64% | 2007 |
What the numbers say
In 2020, Lesotho's adjusted net savings, excluding particulate emission damage (% of GNI) rose 2.5 percentage points on 2019 (from 4.87% to 7.37%).
Across the 12 yearly changes before that (2008 to 2019), the average change was −2.48 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 6.7 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.7 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 7.67 percentage points in 2018 and the biggest yearly fall was 12.37 percentage points in 2009. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2011 to 2020 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 11% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2020, Lesotho had the 12th highest value of the 19 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
Closest to Lesotho in the 2020 ranking
What this measures
Adjusted net savings are equal to net national savings plus education expenditure and minus energy depletion, mineral depletion, net forest depletion, and carbon dioxide. This series excludes particulate emissions damage. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross National Income (GNI) which is the total income earned by all residents within an economic territory during an accounting period. It is equal to gross domestic product plus earned income receivable from abroad minus earned income payable abroad.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 14 values
| Year | Adjusted net savings, excluding particulate emission damage (% of GNI) |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 7.37 |
| 2019 | 4.87 |
| 2018 | 5.08 |
| 2017 | -2.6 |
| 2016 | 5.49 |
| 2015 | 14.96 |
| 2014 | 16.07 |
| 2013 | 12.42 |
| 2012 | 7.87 |
| 2011 | 5.01 |
| 2010 |
Adjusted net savings, excluding particulate emission damage (% of GNI) in nearby economies
- Angola — 14.04% (2021)
- Benin — 11.67% (2020)
- Botswana — 9% (2021)
- Burkina Faso — 10.08% (2019)
- Burundi — -17.76% (2018)
- Cabo Verde — 24.2% (2021)
- Cameroon — -0.24% (2021)
- Comoros — 6.47% (2021)
- Congo, Dem. Rep.
More economic policy & debt data for Lesotho
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) — US$805.47 million (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant LCU) — 7.4 billion (2025)
- Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) — US$1.99 billion (2025)
- Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (constant LCU) — 21.89 billion (2025)
- Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure per capita (constant 2015 US$) — US$840.08 (2025)
- Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) — US$2.81 billion (2025)
- Final consumption expenditure (constant LCU) — 29.29 billion (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (constant 2015 US$)
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Questions people ask
- What is Lesotho's adjusted net savings, excluding particulate emission damage (% of GNI)?
- 7.37% in 2020, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2007?
- It is down 27.28 percentage points from 34.64% in 2007. The highest value was 35% in 2008 and the lowest -2.6% in 2017.
- How does Lesotho rank?
- 12th highest of 19 economies with data for 2020.
- Is the latest change in adjusted net savings, excluding particulate emission damage (% of GNI) unusual for Lesotho?
- In 2020, Lesotho's adjusted net savings, excluding particulate emission damage (% of GNI) rose 2.5 percentage points on 2019 (from 4.87% to 7.37%). Across the 12 yearly changes before that (2008 to 2019), the average change was −2.48 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 6.7 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.7 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NY.ADJ.SVNX.GN.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB); The Changing Wealth of Nations: Measuring Sustainable Development in the New Millennium, World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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