Value Added Deflator (Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency in Lesotho
Lesotho: Value Added Deflator (Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency was 121.61 SLC in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Value Added Deflator (Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency in Lesotho, 1970–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in SLC.
Analysis
In 2023, value added deflator (manufacturing) — value standard local currency in Lesotho stood at 121.61 SLC. That is the highest value across all 54 years on record.
The figure is up 1.5% on the previous year and up 117.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, value added deflator (manufacturing) — value standard local currency in Lesotho peaked at 121.61 SLC in 2023 and was at its lowest, 1.1 SLC, in 1970.
That places Lesotho 126th out of 191 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 2.54 SLC | 1.1 SLC | 4.54 SLC | 10 |
| 1980s | 7.6 SLC | 3.96 SLC | 12.39 SLC | 10 |
| 1990s | 21.35 SLC | 13.47 SLC | 31.56 SLC | 10 |
| 2000s | 46.41 SLC | 34.38 SLC | 61.93 SLC | 10 |
| 2010s | 78.35 SLC | 42.86 SLC | 108.34 SLC | 10 |
| 2020s | 115.56 SLC | 110.07 SLC | 121.61 SLC | 4 |
Countries ranked near Lesotho
- 123 Cyprus 122.3 SLC compare
- 124 Puerto Rico 122.1 SLC compare
- 125 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 121.67 SLC compare
- 127 Monaco 121.1 SLC compare
- 128 Niger 120.65 SLC compare
- 129 China, Macao SAR 120.02 SLC compare
More economy & growth data for Lesotho
- Special drawing rights per domestic currency (End-of-period (EoP)) 0.044 (2025)
- Domestic currency per Special drawing rights (End-of-period (EoP)) 22.74 (2025)
- Domestic currency per US dollar (End-of-period (EoP)) 16.61 (2025)
- US dollar per domestic currency (End-of-period (EoP)) 0.0602 (2025)
- Gdp worldbank constant usd, annual growth rate 1.98 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gdp worldbank constant usd, per unit of GDP 0.9379 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Gdp worldbank constant usd, per capita 1,021 units per person (2025)
- Manufacturing value added to gdp, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Manufacturing value added to gdp, per capita 0 units per person (2024)
- External balance on goods and services as a percent of gdp -54.92 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is value added deflator (manufacturing) — value standard local currency in Lesotho?
- Value added deflator (manufacturing) — value standard local currency in Lesotho was 121.61 SLC in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest value added deflator (manufacturing) — value standard local currency recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 121.61 SLC in 2023.
- What is the lowest value added deflator (manufacturing) — value standard local currency recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.1 SLC in 1970.
- How does Lesotho rank for value added deflator (manufacturing) — value standard local currency?
- Lesotho ranks 126th out of 191 countries with data for 2023.
- Is value added deflator (manufacturing) — value standard local currency rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is up 117.1%. 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 Value Added Deflator (Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency, 2015 prices. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT Deflators database provides the following selection of price deflator series by country and at regional level: Gross Domestic Product deflator, Gross Fixed Capital Formation deflator, Manufacturing Value-Added deflator, and Agriculture, Forestry, Fishery Valued-Added deflator. In the FAOSTAT Deflators database, all series are derived from the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) National Accounts Analysis of Main Aggregates database (UNSD AMA). In particular, the implicit Gross Domestic Product deflator, the implicit Gross Fixed Capital Formation deflator, the implicit value added deflator of Agriculture, Forestry, Fishery and the implicit value added deflator of Manufacturing are obtained by dividing the series in current prices by those in constant 2015 prices (base year).