Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency in Lesotho
Lesotho: Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency was 5,464 million SLC in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency in Lesotho, 1970–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million SLC.
Analysis
Lesotho recorded 5,464 million SLC for value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency in 2023.
The figure is down 12.9% on the previous year and up 118.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency in Lesotho peaked at 6,272 million SLC in 2022 and was at its lowest, 2.6 million SLC, in 1970.
That places Lesotho 165th out of 231 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.
Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | million SLC | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 2.6 million SLC | — |
| 1971 | 3.02 million SLC | +16.5% |
| 1972 | 3.54 million SLC | +17.0% |
| 1973 | 4.94 million SLC | +39.5% |
| 1974 | 6.06 million SLC | +22.8% |
| 1975 | 7.06 million SLC | +16.6% |
| 1976 | 7.82 million SLC | +10.7% |
| 1977 | 9.08 million SLC | +16.1% |
| 1978 | 12.74 million SLC | +40.3% |
| 1979 | 15.01 million SLC | +17.8% |
| 1980 | 17.54 million SLC | +16.8% |
| 1981 | 21.86 million SLC | +24.7% |
| 1982 | 29.66 million SLC | +35.6% |
| 1983 | 36.63 million SLC | +23.5% |
| 1984 | 43.14 million SLC | +17.8% |
| 1985 | 48.88 million SLC | +13.3% |
| 1986 | 62.95 million SLC | +28.8% |
| 1987 | 79.37 million SLC | +26.1% |
| 1988 | 106.94 million SLC | +34.7% |
| 1989 | 134.32 million SLC | +25.6% |
| 1990 | 165.4 million SLC | +23.1% |
| 1991 | 191.15 million SLC | +15.6% |
| 1992 | 242.3 million SLC | +26.8% |
| 1993 | 303.33 million SLC | +25.2% |
| 1994 | 322.07 million SLC | +6.2% |
| 1995 | 368.92 million SLC | +14.5% |
| 1996 | 453.24 million SLC | +22.9% |
| 1997 | 564.43 million SLC | +24.5% |
| 1998 | 663.27 million SLC | +17.5% |
| 1999 | 719.62 million SLC | +8.5% |
| 2000 | 921.55 million SLC | +28.1% |
| 2001 | 1,447 million SLC | +57.0% |
| 2002 | 1,956 million SLC | +35.2% |
| 2003 | 1,928 million SLC | -1.4% |
| 2004 | 2,159 million SLC | +11.9% |
| 2005 | 2,088 million SLC | -3.3% |
| 2006 | 2,543 million SLC | +21.8% |
| 2007 | 2,636 million SLC | +3.7% |
| 2008 | 3,099 million SLC | +17.6% |
| 2009 | 2,582 million SLC | -16.7% |
| 2010 | 2,140 million SLC | -17.1% |
| 2011 | 2,394 million SLC | +11.8% |
| 2012 | 2,330 million SLC | -2.7% |
| 2013 | 2,499 million SLC | +7.2% |
| 2014 | 3,245 million SLC | +29.9% |
| 2015 | 4,555 million SLC | +40.4% |
| 2016 | 5,183 million SLC | +13.8% |
| 2017 | 4,683 million SLC | -9.6% |
| 2018 | 5,626 million SLC | +20.1% |
| 2019 | 5,948 million SLC | +5.7% |
| 2020 | 5,526 million SLC | -7.1% |
| 2021 | 5,896 million SLC | +6.7% |
| 2022 | 6,272 million SLC | +6.4% |
| 2023 | 5,464 million SLC | -12.9% |
Lesotho compared with similar countries
- Lesotho's 5,464 million SLC is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 183,468 million SLC, 3% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
- Lesotho's 5,464 million SLC is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 756,855 million SLC, 1% of the median. (45 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 7.19 million SLC | 2.6 million SLC | 15.01 million SLC | 10 |
| 1980s | 58.13 million SLC | 17.54 million SLC | 134.32 million SLC | 10 |
| 1990s | 399.37 million SLC | 165.4 million SLC | 719.62 million SLC | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,136 million SLC | 921.55 million SLC | 3,099 million SLC | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,860 million SLC | 2,140 million SLC | 5,948 million SLC | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,790 million SLC | 5,464 million SLC | 6,272 million SLC | 4 |
Countries ranked near Lesotho
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 value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency in Lesotho?
- Value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency in Lesotho was 5,464 million SLC in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 6,272 million SLC in 2022.
- What is the lowest value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.6 million SLC in 1970.
- How does Lesotho rank for value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency?
- Lesotho ranks 165th out of 231 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 118.7%. 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 (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency. 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).