Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure: linked series in Lesotho
Lesotho: Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure: linked series was 18,849 current LCU per person in 2025. ▲ Rising
Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure: linked series in Lesotho, 2007–2025
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in current LCU per person.
Analysis
In 2025, households and npishs final consumption expenditure: linked series in Lesotho stood at 18,849 current LCU per person. That is the highest value across all 19 years on record.
The figure is up 8.4% on the previous year and up 72.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, households and npishs final consumption expenditure: linked series in Lesotho peaked at 18,849 current LCU per person in 2025 and was at its lowest, 5,862 current LCU per person, in 2007.
That places Lesotho 142nd out of 188 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure: linked series in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | current LCU per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 5,862 current LCU per person | — |
| 2008 | 6,604 current LCU per person | +12.6% |
| 2009 | 7,101 current LCU per person | +7.5% |
| 2010 | 7,755 current LCU per person | +9.2% |
| 2011 | 8,447 current LCU per person | +8.9% |
| 2012 | 9,140 current LCU per person | +8.2% |
| 2013 | 9,290 current LCU per person | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 9,814 current LCU per person | +5.6% |
| 2015 | 10,952 current LCU per person | +11.6% |
| 2016 | 11,147 current LCU per person | +1.8% |
| 2017 | 12,756 current LCU per person | +14.4% |
| 2018 | 13,209 current LCU per person | +3.5% |
| 2019 | 13,072 current LCU per person | -1.0% |
| 2020 | 13,426 current LCU per person | +2.7% |
| 2021 | 13,199 current LCU per person | -1.7% |
| 2022 | 14,620 current LCU per person | +10.8% |
| 2023 | 15,699 current LCU per person | +7.4% |
| 2024 | 17,393 current LCU per person | +10.8% |
| 2025 | 18,849 current LCU per person | +8.4% |
Lesotho compared with similar countries
- Lesotho's 18,849 current LCU per person is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 183,838 current LCU per person, 10% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
- Lesotho's 18,849 current LCU per person is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 408,820 current LCU per person, 5% of the median. (45 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6,522 current LCU per person | 5,862 current LCU per person | 7,101 current LCU per person | 3 |
| 2010s | 10,558 current LCU per person | 7,755 current LCU per person | 13,209 current LCU per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 15,531 current LCU per person | 13,199 current LCU per person | 18,849 current LCU per person | 6 |
Countries ranked near Lesotho
More economy & growth data for Lesotho
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps 0 BoP, current US$ (1989)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (1989)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 0 BoP, current US$ per person (1989)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), gaps filled -5.77 million BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), annual 54.09 % change on previous year (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per unit -0.0022 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita -2.44 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Total reserves (includes gold, current US$), annual growth rate 18 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total reserves (includes gold, current US$), per unit of GDP 0.4215 includes gold, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total reserves (includes gold, current US$), per capita 431.19 includes gold, current US$ per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is households and npishs final consumption expenditure: linked series in Lesotho?
- Households and npishs final consumption expenditure: linked series in Lesotho was 18,849 current LCU per person in 2025, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest households and npishs final consumption expenditure: linked series recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 18,849 current LCU per person in 2025.
- What is the lowest households and npishs final consumption expenditure: linked series recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,862 current LCU per person in 2007.
- How does Lesotho rank for households and npishs final consumption expenditure: linked series?
- Lesotho ranks 142nd out of 188 countries with data for 2025.
- Is households and npishs final consumption expenditure: linked series rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is up 72.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Lesotho data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure: linked series (current LCU), per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure: linked series (current LCU) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure: linked series (current LCU) ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure: linked series Staff estimates, World Bank (WB)
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure: linked series (current LCU) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.