Economic Policy & Debt · Lesotho
Yearly data from 1960 to 2025, from the World Bank.
Lesotho's final consumption expenditure (constant LCU) was 29.29 billion in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 4.88% from 27.93 billion in 2015 (0.48% a year on average, compounded).
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 29.29 billion | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 27.7 billion | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 27.93 billion | 2015 |
| Highest | 29.29 billion | 2025 |
| Lowest | 43.11 million | 1960 |
| Average since 2016 | 28.12 billion | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 43.11 million | 1960 |
Over five years it is up 5.75% from 27.7 billion in 2020 (1.12% a year on average, compounded). Since 1960 it is up 67,840% from 43.11 million in 1960 (10.55% a year on average, compounded).
In 2025, Lesotho's final consumption expenditure (constant LCU) rose 1.9% on 2024 (from 28.74 billion to 29.29 billion).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +6.3% and a typical year strayed about 8.6% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.5 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 38.9% in 1998 and the biggest yearly fall was 2.1% in 2021. 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 10% 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.
In 2025, Lesotho had the 118th highest value of the 132 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.
Final consumption expenditure is expenditure on goods and services by resident institutional units for the direct satisfaction of human needs or wants, whether individual or collective. Final consumption expenditure can be measured for households, general government, the central bank and non-profit institutions serving households. 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.
| Year | Final consumption expenditure (constant LCU) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 29,292,000,000 |
| 2024 | 28,736,000,000 |
| 2023 | 28,775,252,200 |
| 2022 | 27,052,211,700 |
| 2021 | 27,114,419,800 |
| 2020 | 27,700,003,700 |
| 2019 | 27,724,575,300 |
| 2018 | 28,187,574,200 |
| 2017 | 28,771,933,700 |
| 2016 | 27,850,586,100 |
| 2015 | 27,929,205,700 |
| 2014 | 26,670,707,000 |
| 2013 | 26,444,963,500 |
| 2012 | 26,633,255,600 |
| 2011 | 25,821,428,000 |
| 2010 | 24,900,108,300 |
| 2009 | 23,856,005,900 |
| 2008 | 23,352,543,600 |
| 2007 | 22,623,309,000 |
| 2006 | 19,416,573,300 |
| 2005 | 17,828,923,200 |
| 2004 | 16,376,537,900 |
| 2003 | 15,477,851,000 |
| 2002 | 14,516,172,100 |
| 2001 | 12,266,655,400 |
| 2000 | 11,869,105,400 |
| 1999 | 11,043,209,400 |
| 1998 | 10,420,287,900 |
| 1997 | 7,504,280,100 |
| 1996 | 6,110,171,100 |
| 1995 | 5,514,026,600 |
| 1994 | 4,966,997,600 |
| 1993 | 4,572,379,100 |
| 1992 | 4,104,749,300 |
| 1991 | 3,664,388,300 |
| 1990 | 2,933,790,443 |
| 1989 | 2,752,233,469 |
| 1988 | 2,392,866,217 |
| 1987 | 1,892,353,641 |
| 1986 | 1,657,756,834 |
| 1985 | 1,444,287,500 |
| 1984 | 1,272,852,113 |
| 1983 | 1,110,383,716 |
| 1982 | 938,048,431 |
| 1981 | 853,958,835 |
| 1980 | 715,308,908 |
| 1979 | 577,147,281 |
| 1978 | 481,259,400 |
| 1977 | 415,887,582 |
| 1976 | 335,117,782 |
| 1975 | 265,406,569 |
| 1974 | 216,272,730 |
| 1973 | 163,919,396 |
| 1972 | 123,464,446 |
| 1971 | 101,767,173 |
| 1970 | 86,929,092 |
| 1969 | 83,317,496 |
| 1968 | 80,335,900 |
| 1967 | 78,852,102 |
| 1966 | 76,850,304 |
| 1965 | 69,291,314 |
| 1964 | 64,671,819 |
| 1963 | 59,912,425 |
| 1962 | 52,913,334 |
| 1961 | 46,054,243 |
| 1960 | 43,114,546 |
Every indicator for Lesotho is on the Lesotho data page.
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