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Lesotho: Debt outstanding, External debt stocks, long-term private sector

716.35Mcurrent USD · 2025+2198.9% since 2015

Long-term private sector external debt conveys information about the distribution of long-term debt for DRS countries by type of debtor (private banks and private entities). Long-term external debt is defined as debt that has an original or extended maturity of more than one year and that is owed to nonresidents by residents of an economy and repayable in currency, goods, or services. Data are in current U.S. dollars. All creditors combined (IDS counterpart area: World); figures by creditor are not carried. Annual figures for Lesotho from 1977 to 2025.

19782025

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
2025716,347,000
2024608,521,000
2023596,910,000
2022645,490,000
2021654,860,000
2020685,400,000
2019647,610,000
2018559,760,000
2017568,220,000
2016436,590,000
201531,160,000
201421,610,000
201322,960,000
201227,090,000
20030
2002101,543.4
2001174,048
2000258,150.6
1999423,496.8
1998495,723
1997585,445.2
1996691,086
1995708,350
1994789,062.5
1993857,614.8
1992886,032
19911,144,868.4
19901,214,640
19891,099,767.5
19881,291,983
19871,399,882
19861,132,416
19851,139,710.5
1984934,452
19831,217,053.4
19821,369,096
19811,635,156
19802,043,945
19792,461,989.2
19781,171,872
19770

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World Bank (2026). Debt outstanding, External debt stocks, long-term private sector. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-debt-outstanding-external-debt-stocks-long-term-private (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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