Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency in Lesotho
Lesotho: Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency was 0.0024 million SLC per person in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency in Lesotho, 1970–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in million SLC per person.
Analysis
In 2023, value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency in Lesotho stood at 0.0024 million SLC per person.
That represents a change of down 13.8% on the previous year and up 94.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency in Lesotho peaked at 0.0027 million SLC per person in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0 million SLC per person, in 1970.
Lesotho ranks 142nd of 194 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | million SLC per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0 million SLC per person | — |
| 1971 | 0 million SLC per person | +12.4% |
| 1972 | 0 million SLC per person | +13.0% |
| 1973 | 0 million SLC per person | +34.7% |
| 1974 | 0 million SLC per person | +18.6% |
| 1975 | 0 million SLC per person | +12.6% |
| 1976 | 0 million SLC per person | +7.2% |
| 1977 | 0 million SLC per person | +12.8% |
| 1978 | 0 million SLC per person | +36.3% |
| 1979 | 0 million SLC per person | +14.5% |
| 1980 | 0 million SLC per person | +13.5% |
| 1981 | 0 million SLC per person | +21.1% |
| 1982 | 0 million SLC per person | +31.8% |
| 1983 | 0 million SLC per person | +20.0% |
| 1984 | 0 million SLC per person | +14.4% |
| 1985 | 0 million SLC per person | +10.1% |
| 1986 | 0 million SLC per person | +25.6% |
| 1987 | 0 million SLC per person | +23.3% |
| 1988 | 0.0001 million SLC per person | +31.9% |
| 1989 | 0.0001 million SLC per person | +23.1% |
| 1990 | 0.0001 million SLC per person | +20.8% |
| 1991 | 0.0001 million SLC per person | +13.5% |
| 1992 | 0.0001 million SLC per person | +24.7% |
| 1993 | 0.0002 million SLC per person | +23.3% |
| 1994 | 0.0002 million SLC per person | +4.8% |
| 1995 | 0.0002 million SLC per person | +13.2% |
| 1996 | 0.0002 million SLC per person | +21.6% |
| 1997 | 0.0003 million SLC per person | +23.5% |
| 1998 | 0.0003 million SLC per person | +16.9% |
| 1999 | 0.0004 million SLC per person | +8.2% |
| 2000 | 0.0005 million SLC per person | +28.0% |
| 2001 | 0.0007 million SLC per person | +57.2% |
| 2002 | 0.001 million SLC per person | +35.6% |
| 2003 | 0.001 million SLC per person | -0.9% |
| 2004 | 0.0011 million SLC per person | +12.7% |
| 2005 | 0.0011 million SLC per person | -2.4% |
| 2006 | 0.0013 million SLC per person | +22.3% |
| 2007 | 0.0013 million SLC per person | +3.2% |
| 2008 | 0.0016 million SLC per person | +16.8% |
| 2009 | 0.0013 million SLC per person | -17.3% |
| 2010 | 0.0011 million SLC per person | -17.8% |
| 2011 | 0.0012 million SLC per person | +10.8% |
| 2012 | 0.0011 million SLC per person | -3.6% |
| 2013 | 0.0012 million SLC per person | +6.1% |
| 2014 | 0.0016 million SLC per person | +28.4% |
| 2015 | 0.0022 million SLC per person | +38.7% |
| 2016 | 0.0024 million SLC per person | +12.4% |
| 2017 | 0.0022 million SLC per person | -10.8% |
| 2018 | 0.0026 million SLC per person | +18.7% |
| 2019 | 0.0027 million SLC per person | +4.5% |
| 2020 | 0.0025 million SLC per person | -8.2% |
| 2021 | 0.0026 million SLC per person | +5.5% |
| 2022 | 0.0027 million SLC per person | +5.2% |
| 2023 | 0.0024 million SLC per person | -13.8% |
Lesotho compared with similar countries
- Lesotho's 0.0024 million SLC per person is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0213 million SLC per person, 11% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
- Lesotho's 0.0024 million SLC per person is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0572 million SLC per person, 4% of the median. (45 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0 million SLC per person | 0 million SLC per person | 0 million SLC per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0 million SLC per person | 0 million SLC per person | 0.0001 million SLC per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0002 million SLC per person | 0.0001 million SLC per person | 0.0004 million SLC per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0011 million SLC per person | 0.0005 million SLC per person | 0.0016 million SLC per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0018 million SLC per person | 0.0011 million SLC per person | 0.0027 million SLC per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0025 million SLC per person | 0.0024 million SLC per person | 0.0027 million SLC per person | 4 |
Countries ranked near Lesotho
- 139 Barbados 0.0027 million SLC per person compare
- 140 Afghanistan 0.0025 million SLC per person compare
- 141 Croatia 0.0025 million SLC per person compare
- 143 Latvia 0.0023 million SLC per person compare
- 144 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0023 million SLC per person compare
- 145 Malta 0.0023 million SLC per person compare
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 value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency in Lesotho?
- Value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency in Lesotho was 0.0024 million SLC per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0027 million SLC per person in 2022.
- What is the lowest value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 million SLC per person in 1970.
- How does Lesotho rank for value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency?
- Lesotho ranks 142nd out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is up 94.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Lesotho data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- 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
Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.