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Lesotho: Claims on central government

-3.50percent · 2021-136.1% since 2011

Claims on central government include loans to central government institutions net of deposits. Broad money is the sum of all liquid financial instruments held by money-holding sectors that are widely accepted in an economy as a medium of exchange, plus those that can be converted into a medium of exchange at short notice at, or close to, their full nominal value. This indicator represents the annual percentage growth in the ratio of claims to broad money. Annual figures for Lesotho from 1981 to 2021.

19822021

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
2021-3.502
2020-2.773
2019-10.834
20180.867
201718.804
201621.768
20151.915
2014-9.06
2013-14.393
2012-8.66
20119.692
201015.139
2009-0.477
2008-15.886
2007-52.041
2006-22.706
2005-8.335
2004-23.719
20036.94
200215.568
20016.225
200014.867
199957.762
1998-9.076
1997-41.745
1996-24.959
1995-18.659
1994-37.57
1993-43.849
1992-35.693
1991-16.381
1990-16.673
198911.472
198817.852
198711.65
198617.564
19858.975
1984-5.379
1983-0.465
198210.03
198123.34

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by International Monetary Fund. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Claims on central government. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-claims-on-central-government (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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