Vulnerability score, Capacity in Lesotho
Lesotho: Vulnerability score, Capacity was 0.6788 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Vulnerability score, Capacity in Lesotho, 2015–2024
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
In 2024, vulnerability score, capacity in Lesotho stood at 0.6788. That is the lowest value across all 10 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vulnerability score, capacity in Lesotho peaked at 0.72 in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.6788, in 2023.
Lesotho ranks 39th of 177 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Vulnerability score, Capacity in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 0.72 | — |
| 2016 | 0.7174 | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 0.7159 | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 0.6927 | -3.2% |
| 2019 | 0.6923 | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 0.6865 | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 0.6837 | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 0.6855 | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 0.6788 | -1.0% |
| 2024 | 0.6788 | +0.0% |
Lesotho compared with similar countries
- Lesotho's 0.6788 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.6412, 1.1× the median. (45 countries reporting)
- Lesotho's 0.6788 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.7057, 96% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.7077 | 0.6923 | 0.72 | 5 |
| 2020s | 0.6827 | 0.6788 | 0.6865 | 5 |
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 vulnerability score, capacity in Lesotho?
- Vulnerability score, capacity in Lesotho was 0.6788 in 2024, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest vulnerability score, capacity recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 0.72 in 2015.
- What is the lowest vulnerability score, capacity recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6788 in 2023.
- How does Lesotho rank for vulnerability score, capacity?
- Lesotho ranks 39th out of 177 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vulnerability score, capacity rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Lesotho data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Vulnerability score, Capacity. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The ND-GAIN index is a global free open-source index, that measures a country’s current vulnerability to climate disruptions and assesses a country’s readiness to leverage private and public sector investment for adaptive actions. The IMF-adapted ND-GAIN index is an adaptation of the original index, adjusted by IMF staff to replace the Doing Business (DB) Index, used as source data in the original ND-GAIN, because the DB database has been discontinued by the World Bank in 2020 and it is no longer allowed in IMF work. The IMF-adapted ND-GAIN is an interim solution offered by IMF staff until the ND-GAIN compilers will review the methodology and replace the DB index.