Lesotho's changes in inventories (constant LCU) was -269 million in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 1,579% from 18.19 million in 2015.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | -269 million | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 114.89 million | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 18.19 million | 2015 |
| Highest | 804.98 million | 2014 |
| Lowest | -1.34 billion | 2018 |
| Average since 2016 | -321.09 million | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | -793,100 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Lesotho's changes in inventories (constant LCU) fell 4 million on 2024 (from -265 million to -269 million).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was −7.62 million and a typical year strayed about 506.16 million from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 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 1.44 billion in 2019 and the biggest yearly fall was 1.69 billion in 2017. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains less than 1% 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 2025, Lesotho had the 47th highest value of the 63 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 2025 ranking
- Brunei Darussalam — 44th of 63: 39.62 million
- São Tomé and Principe — 45th of 63: 5.29 million
- El Salvador — 46th of 63: -24.88 million
- Peru — 48th of 63: -680 million
- Puerto Rico (US) — 49th of 63: -5.13 billion
- Namibia — 50th of 63: -5.15 billion
What this measures
Changes in inventories is the value of entries into inventories less the value of withdrawals and less the value of any recurrent losses of goods held in inventories during the accounting period.This indicator is expressed in constant prices, meaning the series has been adjusted to account for price changes over time. The reference year for this adjustment varies by country. This series is expressed in local currency units.
All 51 values
| Year | Changes in inventories (constant LCU) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | -269,000,000 |
| 2024 | -265,000,000 |
| 2023 | -512,435,400 |
| 2022 | -247,213,100 |
| 2021 | -275,105,800 |
| 2020 | 114,886,900 |
| 2019 | 93,496,000 |
| 2018 | -1,344,136,200 |
| 2017 | -1,100,418,600 |
| 2016 | 593,980,800 |
| 2015 |
Changes in inventories (constant LCU) in nearby economies
- Angola — 2.93 billion (2024)
- Benin — 36.2 billion (2025)
- Botswana — 19.18 billion (2024)
- Burkina Faso — -240.22 billion (2025)
- Cameroon — -86.2 billion (2024)
- Central African Republic — -12.99 billion (2025)
- Chad — 299.39 billion (2025)
- Comoros — 5.94 billion (2025)
- Congo, Dem. Rep. — 1.15 trillion (2025)
- Congo, Rep. — 19.12 billion (2025)
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$2.81 billion (2025)
- Final consumption expenditure (constant LCU) — 29.29 billion (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (constant 2015 US$)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Lesotho's changes in inventories (constant LCU)?
- -269 million in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1975?
- It is down 33,818% from -793,100 in 1975. The highest value was 804.98 million in 2014 and the lowest -1.34 billion in 2018.
- How does Lesotho rank?
- 47th highest of 63 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in changes in inventories (constant LCU) unusual for Lesotho?
- In 2025, Lesotho's changes in inventories (constant LCU) fell 4 million on 2024 (from -265 million to -269 million). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was −7.62 million and a typical year strayed about 506.16 million from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 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 NE.GDI.STKB.KN, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Staff estimates, 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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