Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices in Lesotho
Lesotho: Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices was 2,314 million USD in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices in Lesotho, 1970–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million USD.
Analysis
The most recent figure for gross domestic product — value us$, 2015 prices in Lesotho is 2,314 million USD, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 2.8% on the previous year and up 1.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross domestic product — value us$, 2015 prices in Lesotho peaked at 2,445 million USD in 2016 and was at its lowest, 291.34 million USD, in 1971.
Lesotho ranks 203rd of 236 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | million USD | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 321.33 million USD | — |
| 1971 | 291.34 million USD | -9.3% |
| 1972 | 347.04 million USD | +19.1% |
| 1973 | 437.62 million USD | +26.1% |
| 1974 | 463.94 million USD | +6.0% |
| 1975 | 426 million USD | -8.2% |
| 1976 | 496.38 million USD | +16.5% |
| 1977 | 583.91 million USD | +17.6% |
| 1978 | 698.98 million USD | +19.7% |
| 1979 | 623.08 million USD | -10.9% |
| 1980 | 605.98 million USD | -2.7% |
| 1981 | 611.89 million USD | +1.0% |
| 1982 | 633.85 million USD | +3.6% |
| 1983 | 579.37 million USD | -8.6% |
| 1984 | 594.58 million USD | +2.6% |
| 1985 | 650.32 million USD | +9.4% |
| 1986 | 663.2 million USD | +2.0% |
| 1987 | 696.98 million USD | +5.1% |
| 1988 | 770.84 million USD | +10.6% |
| 1989 | 833.25 million USD | +8.1% |
| 1990 | 886.9 million USD | +6.4% |
| 1991 | 923.35 million USD | +4.1% |
| 1992 | 964.58 million USD | +4.5% |
| 1993 | 999.46 million USD | +3.6% |
| 1994 | 1,032 million USD | +3.3% |
| 1995 | 1,079 million USD | +4.6% |
| 1996 | 1,185 million USD | +9.8% |
| 1997 | 1,282 million USD | +8.1% |
| 1998 | 1,220 million USD | -4.9% |
| 1999 | 1,256 million USD | +3.0% |
| 2000 | 1,320 million USD | +5.1% |
| 2001 | 1,376 million USD | +4.2% |
| 2002 | 1,384 million USD | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 1,448 million USD | +4.7% |
| 2004 | 1,482 million USD | +2.3% |
| 2005 | 1,522 million USD | +2.7% |
| 2006 | 1,587 million USD | +4.3% |
| 2007 | 1,811 million USD | +14.1% |
| 2008 | 1,911 million USD | +5.5% |
| 2009 | 1,887 million USD | -1.3% |
| 2010 | 1,987 million USD | +5.3% |
| 2011 | 2,078 million USD | +4.6% |
| 2012 | 2,210 million USD | +6.3% |
| 2013 | 2,250 million USD | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 2,288 million USD | +1.7% |
| 2015 | 2,360 million USD | +3.1% |
| 2016 | 2,445 million USD | +3.6% |
| 2017 | 2,368 million USD | -3.1% |
| 2018 | 2,333 million USD | -1.5% |
| 2019 | 2,300 million USD | -1.4% |
| 2020 | 2,112 million USD | -8.2% |
| 2021 | 2,160 million USD | +2.3% |
| 2022 | 2,212 million USD | +2.4% |
| 2023 | 2,252 million USD | +1.8% |
| 2024 | 2,314 million USD | +2.8% |
Lesotho compared with similar countries
- Lesotho's 2,314 million USD is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 23,018 million USD, 10% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
- Lesotho's 2,314 million USD is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 15,260 million USD, 15% of the median. (45 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices in Lesotho changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | +26.1% | 347.04 million USD | 437.62 million USD |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 468.96 million USD | 291.34 million USD | 698.98 million USD | 10 |
| 1980s | 664.03 million USD | 579.37 million USD | 833.25 million USD | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,083 million USD | 886.9 million USD | 1,282 million USD | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,573 million USD | 1,320 million USD | 1,911 million USD | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,262 million USD | 1,987 million USD | 2,445 million USD | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,210 million USD | 2,112 million USD | 2,314 million USD | 5 |
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More economy & growth data for Lesotho
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, annual growth rate 57.96 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0799 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 87.06 units per person (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate 50.42 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0584 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 63.57 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, annual growth rate 4.96 % change on previous year (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0303 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, per capita 33.01 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, SDR, annual growth rate -0.0491 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gross domestic product — value us$, 2015 prices in Lesotho?
- Gross domestic product — value us$, 2015 prices in Lesotho was 2,314 million USD in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest gross domestic product — value us$, 2015 prices recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 2,445 million USD in 2016.
- What is the lowest gross domestic product — value us$, 2015 prices recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 291.34 million USD in 1971.
- How does Lesotho rank for gross domestic product — value us$, 2015 prices?
- Lesotho ranks 203rd out of 236 countries with data for 2024.
- Is gross domestic product — value us$, 2015 prices rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Lesotho data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The FAOSTAT Macro Indicators database provides a selection of country-level macro indicators relating to total economy (Gross Domestic Product, Gross Fixed Capital Formation); agriculture activity; agriculture, forestry and fishing activity; total manufacturing activity; manufacturing of food products and beverages activity; manufacturing activity of tobacco products; and manufacturing activity of food, beverage and tobacco products.It releases time series for a selection of National Accounts variables, including gross domestic product, gross fixed capital formation, industry-level value added and gross output. The database also proposes additional indicators such as gross domestic product per capita, year-on-year growth rates and measures of industry contribution to gross domestic product. All data relating to Gross Domestic Product, Gross Fixed Capital Formation, agriculture, forestry and fishing activity, and to total manufacturing activity originates from the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) National Accounts Estimates of Main Aggregates database, which consists of a complete and consistent set of time series of the main National Accounts aggregates of all UN Members States and other territories in the world for which National Accounts information is available. The UNSD database's content is based on the countries' official National Accounts data reported to UNSD through the annual National Accounts Questionnaire, supplemented with data estimates for any years and countries with incomplete or inconsistent information (See http://unstats.un.org/unsd/snaama/Introduction.asp). Data series relating to the sub-industry Agriculture activity are obtained from the UNSD national accounts Official Country Data databases while series on the Manufacturing activity of food and beverages products, manufacturing activity of tobacco products and manufacturing activity of food, beverages and tobacco products originates from the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) INDSTAT2 database. In order to ensure that sub-industry series are consistent in levels with National Accounts based series, which is needed to support comparability across industries (agriculture vs. agro-industry and sub-industries), UNIDO originating series are rescaled on UNSD National Accounts Estimates of Main Aggregates data series (See Section 17.5 for a more detailed description of the data processing steps).