Total Expenditure (general government) — Value US$ (general US) in Lesotho
Lesotho: Total Expenditure (general government) — Value US$ (general US) was 1,036 million USD in 2009. ▲ Rising
Total Expenditure (general government) — Value US$ in Lesotho, 2001–2009
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million USD.
Analysis
In 2009, total expenditure (general government) — value us$ in Lesotho stood at 1,036 million USD. That is the highest value across all 9 years on record.
The figure is up 4.7% on the previous year and up 183.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total expenditure (general government) — value us$ in Lesotho peaked at 1,036 million USD in 2009 and was at its lowest, 342.77 million USD, in 2002.
That places Lesotho 109th out of 122 countries with data for 2009, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Total Expenditure (general government) — Value US$ (general US) in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | million USD | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 365.25 million USD | — |
| 2002 | 342.77 million USD | -6.2% |
| 2003 | 475.88 million USD | +38.8% |
| 2004 | 597.27 million USD | +25.5% |
| 2005 | 682.29 million USD | +14.2% |
| 2006 | 754.9 million USD | +10.6% |
| 2007 | 899.09 million USD | +19.1% |
| 2008 | 989.76 million USD | +10.1% |
| 2009 | 1,036 million USD | +4.7% |
Lesotho compared with similar countries
- Lesotho's 1,036 million USD is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 11,137 million USD, 9% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
- Lesotho's 1,036 million USD is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 3,507 million USD, 30% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near Lesotho
- 106 Timor-Leste 1,741 million USD
- 107 Togo 1,594 million USD
- 108 Andorra 1,121 million USD
- 110 Somalia 940.85 million USD
- 111 Maldives 867.26 million USD compare
- 112 San Marino 817.03 million USD compare
More economy & growth data for Lesotho
- Real gdp growth, annual growth rate -71.73 % change on previous year (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total expenditure (general government) — value us$ in Lesotho?
- Total expenditure (general government) — value us$ in Lesotho was 1,036 million USD in 2009, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest total expenditure (general government) — value us$ recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 1,036 million USD in 2009.
- What is the lowest total expenditure (general government) — value us$ recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 342.77 million USD in 2002.
- How does Lesotho rank for total expenditure (general government) — value us$?
- Lesotho ranks 109th out of 122 countries with data for 2009.
- Is total expenditure (general government) — value us$ rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is up 183.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Lesotho data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Total Expenditure (general government) — Value US$. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Statistics Division of FAO collects annually data on Government Expenditure on Agriculture through a questionnaire, which was developed in partnership with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The IMF is the responsible institution for the Government Finance Statistics (GFS) methodology and annually collects GFS data, including Expenditure by Functions of Government (COFOG). The Classification of the Functions of Government (COFOG) is an international classification developed by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and published by the United Nations Statistical Division (UNSD), with the aim of categorise governments' functions according to their purposes. The FAO questionnaire aligns with Table 7 of the IMF GFS questionnaire, replicates the relevant aggregates and drills down to request additional detail related to Agriculture. The FAO dataset consists of a time series, from 2001 onwards, of Total Government Expenditure and expenditure in: Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting, along with its three disaggregated subsectors of Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing; and Environmental Protection. In addition, expenditure in each detailed function are further disaggregated into Recurrent and Capital expenditure. Additional indicators include the Agriculture Share of Government Expenditure, and the Agriculture Orientation Index (ratio between the Agriculture Share of Government Expenditure and the Agriculture Value Added as Share of GDP). Data are reported for the highest level of government available (Consolidated general government, consolidated central government or budgetary central government) and are available for about 100 countries on a regular basis.