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Lesotho: Debt outstanding, External debt stocks, variable rate

726.99Mcurrent USD · 2025+1232.1% since 2015

Variable interest rate is long-term external debt with interest rates that float with movements in a key market rate; for example, the London interbank offered rate (LIBOR) or the U.S. prime rate. This item conveys information about the borrower's exposure to changes in international interest rates. 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 1980 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
2025726,991,550.6
2024620,299,590.9
2023609,942,346.9
2022660,559,272.3
2021671,355,593.4
2020703,112,676.5
2019667,122,903.3
2018580,874,829.7
2017590,677,552.8
2016459,733,558.9
201554,575,053.7
201446,075,242.9
201343,675,077.1
201244,066,952.5
201111,226,815.3
20109,379,742.9
20098,576,701.5
20088,736,755.6
20079,213,000
200613,383,000
200518,024,788.7
200419,538,170.4
200323,149,466.2
200239,874,839.9
200158,905,726.4
200091,642,241.7
199964,709,064.1
199860,757,000
199758,253,000
199657,119,000
199554,022,000
199441,694,000
199325,990,000
19924,653,000
1991144,000
19900
198933,000
198866,000
1987100,000
1986150,000
1985200,000
19841,250,000
19833,750,000
19826,250,000
19818,750,000
19802,000,000

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