Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value US$, 2015 prices in Lesotho
Lesotho: Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value US$, 2015 prices was 352.19 million USD in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value US$, 2015 prices in Lesotho, 1970–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million USD.
Analysis
In 2023, value added (total manufacturing) — value us$, 2015 prices in Lesotho stood at 352.19 million USD.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 14.2% on the previous year and up 0.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, value added (total manufacturing) — value us$, 2015 prices in Lesotho peaked at 433.62 million USD in 2018 and was at its lowest, 17.51 million USD, in 1972.
That places Lesotho 179th out of 236 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value US$, 2015 prices in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | million USD | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 18.54 million USD | — |
| 1971 | 19.24 million USD | +3.8% |
| 1972 | 17.51 million USD | -9.0% |
| 1973 | 20.23 million USD | +15.5% |
| 1974 | 21.42 million USD | +5.9% |
| 1975 | 19.63 million USD | -8.3% |
| 1976 | 22.61 million USD | +15.2% |
| 1977 | 21.42 million USD | -5.3% |
| 1978 | 22.01 million USD | +2.8% |
| 1979 | 29.74 million USD | +35.1% |
| 1980 | 34.72 million USD | +16.7% |
| 1981 | 36.65 million USD | +5.6% |
| 1982 | 45.22 million USD | +23.4% |
| 1983 | 48.41 million USD | +7.1% |
| 1984 | 50.18 million USD | +3.7% |
| 1985 | 52.77 million USD | +5.1% |
| 1986 | 56.29 million USD | +6.7% |
| 1987 | 62.96 million USD | +11.8% |
| 1988 | 74.27 million USD | +18.0% |
| 1989 | 84.98 million USD | +14.4% |
| 1990 | 96.21 million USD | +13.2% |
| 1991 | 98.45 million USD | +2.3% |
| 1992 | 112.88 million USD | +14.7% |
| 1993 | 131.42 million USD | +16.4% |
| 1994 | 133.28 million USD | +1.4% |
| 1995 | 138.03 million USD | +3.6% |
| 1996 | 149.66 million USD | +8.4% |
| 1997 | 174.22 million USD | +16.4% |
| 1998 | 177.13 million USD | +1.7% |
| 1999 | 178.71 million USD | +0.9% |
| 2000 | 210.09 million USD | +17.6% |
| 2001 | 265.55 million USD | +26.4% |
| 2002 | 343.9 million USD | +29.5% |
| 2003 | 388.86 million USD | +13.1% |
| 2004 | 411.96 million USD | +5.9% |
| 2005 | 362.66 million USD | -12.0% |
| 2006 | 393.63 million USD | +8.5% |
| 2007 | 401.83 million USD | +2.1% |
| 2008 | 392.13 million USD | -2.4% |
| 2009 | 379.04 million USD | -3.3% |
| 2010 | 391.44 million USD | +3.3% |
| 2011 | 380.31 million USD | -2.8% |
| 2012 | 364.48 million USD | -4.2% |
| 2013 | 349.61 million USD | -4.1% |
| 2014 | 309.85 million USD | -11.4% |
| 2015 | 357.02 million USD | +15.2% |
| 2016 | 421.09 million USD | +17.9% |
| 2017 | 379.85 million USD | -9.8% |
| 2018 | 433.62 million USD | +14.2% |
| 2019 | 430.29 million USD | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 391.05 million USD | -9.1% |
| 2021 | 419.85 million USD | +7.4% |
| 2022 | 410.27 million USD | -2.3% |
| 2023 | 352.19 million USD | -14.2% |
Lesotho compared with similar countries
- Lesotho's 352.19 million USD is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,854 million USD, 19% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
- Lesotho's 352.19 million USD is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1,378 million USD, 26% of the median. (45 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 21.23 million USD | 17.51 million USD | 29.74 million USD | 10 |
| 1980s | 54.64 million USD | 34.72 million USD | 84.98 million USD | 10 |
| 1990s | 139 million USD | 96.21 million USD | 178.71 million USD | 10 |
| 2000s | 354.97 million USD | 210.09 million USD | 411.96 million USD | 10 |
| 2010s | 381.76 million USD | 309.85 million USD | 433.62 million USD | 10 |
| 2020s | 393.34 million USD | 352.19 million USD | 419.85 million USD | 4 |
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 value added (total manufacturing) — value us$, 2015 prices in Lesotho?
- Value added (total manufacturing) — value us$, 2015 prices in Lesotho was 352.19 million USD in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest value added (total manufacturing) — value us$, 2015 prices recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 433.62 million USD in 2018.
- What is the lowest value added (total manufacturing) — value us$, 2015 prices recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 17.51 million USD in 1972.
- How does Lesotho rank for value added (total manufacturing) — value us$, 2015 prices?
- Lesotho ranks 179th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is value added (total manufacturing) — value us$, 2015 prices rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.7%. 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 US$, 2015 prices. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 54 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
About this data
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).