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Lesotho: Current account balance (% of GDP)

0.05percent · 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 as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. Annual figures for Lesotho from 1975 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20250.055
20244.105
2023-7.705
2022-11.212
2021-8.128
2020-4.321
2019-6.248
2018-5.729
2017-13.65
2016-11.233
2015-5.732
2014-8.42
2013-10.758
2012-18.765
2011-11.857
2010-11.002
2009-2.945
200815.711
200718.142
200611.999
20055.688
20041.759
2003-1.485
20028.188
20013.459
2000-8.67
1999-18.255
1998-21.894
1997-22.924
1996-22.846
1995-15.306
1994-2.88
1993-12.435
1992-19.685
1991-16.923
199017.04
198914.314
198823.326
198762.3
198643.165
198552.911
198447.849
198343.819
198238.006
19810.984
198013.053
19783.192
1977-4.759
1976-23.131
1975-0.723

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World Bank (2026). Current account balance (% of GDP). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-current-account-balance-zs (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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