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Lesotho: Current account balance (BoP, current US$)

1.41Mcurrent USD · 2025+101.0% since 2015

Balance of current transactions (transactions in goods and services, earned income and transfer income) between residents and non-residents. The term current account balance is used in the external accounts and is expressed from the perspective of resident units. The term current external balance is used in the national accounts and is expressed from the perspective of the non-resident units, and therefore with the opposite sign. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars. Annual figures for Lesotho from 1975 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
20251,410,749.384
202498,172,529.597
2023-164,113,255.627
2022-264,029,139.639
2021-196,056,664.206
2020-88,745,525.917
2019-149,360,404.648
2018-146,438,775.903
2017-314,866,558.714
2016-237,503,722.166
2015-135,263,943.849
2014-205,541,577.058
2013-254,653,695.905
2012-464,947,065.454
2011-305,832,045.179
2010-245,868,594.862
2009-51,274,691.852
2008277,605,045.506
2007305,170,975.084
2006215,991,968.343
200595,690,766.994
200426,583,382.92
2003-17,196,102.263
200263,517,511.493
200128,565,235.463
2000-76,931,168.506
1999-166,622,513.177
1998-203,281,332.999
1997-228,778,882.476
1996-216,149,583.919
1995-153,352,408.549
1994-25,291,038.07
1993-103,900,660.447
1992-163,586,837.499
1991-119,192,184.183
1990101,628,498.281
198970,910,643.53
1988109,724,502.102
1987250,924,749.079
1986137,635,620.923
1985142,133,700.057
1984159,415,659.996
1983169,448,943.404
1982132,541,466.863
19814,273,119.85
198056,327,811.573
19788,509,999.993
1977-9,199,999.992
1976-34,154,999.97
1975-1,081,800.69

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by International Monetary Fund. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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World Bank (2026). Current account balance (BoP, current US$). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-current-account-balance (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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