Lesotho's gross domestic savings (current LCU) was -15.28 billion in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 275.9% from -4.07 billion in 2015.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | -15.28 billion | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | -8.77 billion | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | -4.07 billion | 2015 |
| Highest | -6.1 million | 1960 |
| Lowest | -15.28 billion | 2025 |
| Average since 2016 | -9.17 billion | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | -6.1 million |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Lesotho's gross domestic savings (current LCU) fell 2.79 billion on 2024 (from -12.49 billion to -15.28 billion).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1969 to 2024), the average change was −290.81 million and a typical year strayed about 1.19 billion from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.1 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 2.2 billion in 2021 and the biggest yearly fall was 4.01 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 the straight-line trend is downward, about 809.61 million a year. A straight line explains 66% 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 125th 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.
Closest to Lesotho in the 2025 ranking
- West Bank and Gaza — 122nd of 132: -1.31 billion
- Namibia — 123rd of 132: -1.49 billion
- São Tomé and Principe — 124th of 132: -2.4 billion
- Moldova — 126th of 132: -17.59 billion
- Haiti — 127th of 132: -29.59 billion
- Comoros — 128th of 132: -82.72 billion
What this measures
Gross domestic savings are calculated as GDP less final consumption expenditure (total consumption). This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units.
All 41 values
| Year | Gross domestic savings (current LCU) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | -15,281,000,000 |
| 2024 | -12,494,000,000 |
| 2023 | -10,896,996,692 |
| 2022 | -8,467,880,000 |
| 2021 | -6,567,863,700 |
| 2020 | -8,766,657,200 |
| 2019 | -7,358,620,900 |
| 2018 | -7,889,458,100 |
| 2017 | -8,976,733,700 |
| 2016 | -4,970,134,300 |
Gross domestic savings (current LCU) in nearby economies
- Angola — 23.45 trillion (2024)
- Benin — 4.69 trillion (2025)
- Botswana — 61.2 billion (2025)
- Burkina Faso — 3.57 trillion (2025)
- Burundi — 5.08 trillion (2025)
- Cabo Verde — 18.04 billion (2025)
- Cameroon — 4.47 trillion (2025)
- Central African Republic — -87.66 billion (2025)
- Chad — 4.13 trillion (2025)
- Comoros — -82.72 billion (2025)
- 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$2.81 billion (2025)
- Final consumption expenditure (constant LCU) — 29.29 billion (2025)
- Gross national expenditure (constant 2015 US$)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Lesotho's gross domestic savings (current LCU)?
- -15.28 billion in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1960?
- It is down 250,408% from -6.1 million in 1960. The highest value was -6.1 million in 1960 and the lowest -15.28 billion in 2025.
- How does Lesotho rank?
- 125th highest of 132 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in gross domestic savings (current LCU) unusual for Lesotho?
- In 2025, Lesotho's gross domestic savings (current LCU) fell 2.79 billion on 2024 (from -12.49 billion to -15.28 billion). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1969 to 2024), the average change was −290.81 million and a typical year strayed about 1.19 billion from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.1 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NY.GDS.TOTL.CN, 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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