Lesotho: General government final consumption expenditure (annual % growth)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2025, Lesotho's general government final consumption expenditure (annual % growth) rose 0.58 percentage points on 2024 (from 2.61% to 3.19%).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was −0.56 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 25.32 percentage points 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 91.68 percentage points in 1987 and the biggest yearly fall was 97.84 percentage points in 2008. 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 9% 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 55th highest value of the 129 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

• Peru — 52nd of 129: 3.45%
• Mauritania — 53rd of 129: 3.32%
• Sierra Leone — 54th of 129: 3.2%
• Serbia — 56th of 129: 3.15%
• Chile — 57th of 129: 3.05%
• Macao SAR, China — 58th of 129: 3.02%

What this measures

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. General government FCE includes all government current expenditures for purchases of goods and services (including compensation of employees), and most expenditures on national defense and security, but excludes government military expenditures that are part of government capital formation. This indicator denotes the percentage change over each previous year of the constant price (base year 2015) series in United States dollars.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 65 values

General government final consumption expenditure (annual % growth) in nearby economies

• Angola — 4.33% (2024)
• Benin — 5.72% (2025)
• Botswana — 0.42% (2025)
• Burkina Faso — 4.38% (2025)
• Burundi — 5.02% (2025)
• Cabo Verde — 9.17% (2025)
• Cameroon — -0.88% (2025)
• Central African Republic — 15.6% (2025)
• Chad

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 general government final consumption expenditure (annual % growth)?

3.19% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1961?

It is down 28.51 percentage points from 31.71% in 1961. The highest value was 109.51% in 1987 and the lowest -40.84% in 1982.

How does Lesotho rank?

55th highest of 129 economies with data for 2025.

Is the latest change in general government final consumption expenditure (annual % growth) unusual for Lesotho?

In 2025, Lesotho's general government final consumption expenditure (annual % growth) rose 0.58 percentage points on 2024 (from 2.61% to 3.19%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was −0.56 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 25.32 percentage points 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.CON.GOVT.KD.ZG, 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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