Lesotho's communications, computer, etc. (% of service imports, BoP) was 10.15% in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 16.27 percentage points from 26.41% in 2015.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 10.15% | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 12.87% | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 26.41% | 2015 |
| Highest | 49.74% | 1980 |
| Lowest | 3.81% | 1983 |
| Average since 2016 | 12.7% | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 32.62% | 1975 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Lesotho's communications, computer, etc. (% of service imports, BoP) fell 1.09 percentage points on 2024 (from 11.23% to 10.15%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +0.14 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 4.04 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 standard deviations below 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 10.69 percentage points in 1980 and the biggest yearly fall was 42.37 percentage points in 1982. 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 the straight-line trend is downward, about 0.52 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 91% of the movement over 10 observed years.
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 127th highest value of the 134 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.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 10.15% | 2025 |
| World | 49.27% | 2025 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 35.13% | 2025 |
| Lower middle income | 45.72% | 2025 |
Closest to Lesotho in the 2025 ranking
- Hong Kong SAR, China — 123rd of 134: 12.57%
- Uzbekistan — 124th of 134: 11.24%
- Albania — 125th of 134: 10.43%
- Angola — 127th of 134: 9.14%
- Nepal — 128th of 134: 8.87%
- Bosnia and Herzegovina — 129th of 134: 6.39%
What this measures
Communications, computer, information, and other services cover international telecommunications; computer data; news-related service transactions between residents and nonresidents; construction services; royalties and license fees; miscellaneous business, professional, and technical services; personal, cultural, and recreational services; manufacturing services on physical inputs owned by others; and maintenance and repair services and government services not included elsewhere. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of service imports which are services provided by non-residents to residents.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 51 values
| Year | Communications, computer, etc. (% of service imports, BoP) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 10.15 |
| 2024 | 11.23 |
| 2023 | 11.79 |
| 2022 | 11.23 |
| 2021 | 13.04 |
| 2020 | 12.87 |
| 2019 | 13.31 |
| 2018 | 13.1 |
| 2017 | 14.95 |
| 2016 | 15.36 |
| 2015 |
Communications, computer, etc. (% of service imports, BoP) in nearby economies
- Angola — 9.14% (2025)
- Benin — 47.01% (2023)
- Botswana — 60.55% (2025)
- Burkina Faso — 17.28% (2024)
- Burundi — 17.25% (2025)
- Cabo Verde — 36.85% (2025)
- Cameroon — 40.73% (2024)
- Comoros — 13.4% (2023)
- Congo, Dem. Rep. — 21.84% (2025)
- Congo, 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$2.81 billion (2025)
- Final consumption expenditure (constant LCU) — 29.29 billion (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (constant 2015 US$)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Lesotho's communications, computer, etc. (% of service imports, BoP)?
- 10.15% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1975?
- It is down 22.48 percentage points from 32.62% in 1975. The highest value was 49.74% in 1980 and the lowest 3.81% in 1983.
- How does Lesotho rank?
- 127th highest of 134 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in communications, computer, etc. (% of service imports, BoP) unusual for Lesotho?
- In 2025, Lesotho's communications, computer, etc. (% of service imports, BoP) fell 1.09 percentage points on 2024 (from 11.23% to 10.15%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +0.14 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 4.04 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 standard deviations below 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 BM.GSR.CMCP.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF) 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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