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Lesotho: Debt service, public sector, private creditors

385,130current USD · 2025-93.2% since 2015

Public sector guaranteed debt from private creditors include bonds that are either publicly issued or privately placed; commercial bank loans from private banks and other private financial institutions; and other private credits from manufacturers, exporters, and other suppliers of goods, and bank credits covered by a guarantee of an export credit agency. Debt service payments are the sum of principal repayments and interest payments actually made in the year specified. 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 1970 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
2025385,129.5
2024427,487.4
2023489,831.9
2022228,599.5
2021158,556.2
202084,468.9
2019780,382.2
2018727,652.9
2017773,865.1
2016862,120.4
20155,653,684.8
20141,852,433.5
20131,942,222.7
20122,050,470.5
20112,249,839.1
20102,211,585.6
20092,148,193.8
20085,294,758.3
20077,374,860
200611,038,309.9
200540,435,185.4
200416,262,606
200316,140,376.6
200214,437,669.7
200113,569,224.9
200013,811,891.2
199916,721,786.6
199813,566,766.8
19979,170,064.1
19966,187,211.2
19957,587,415
19946,385,113.6
19937,062,296
19928,531,867
19916,094,995.3
19908,454,976
19897,294,442.6
19886,107,697.6
19873,157,920.1
19863,110,367.4
198510,571,643.8
198410,044,091.7
19837,222,704.2
19825,852,591
19813,358,862.1
19802,809,548
1979491,089.9
197870,581.5
1977104,874.7
1976127,265.9
1975109,696.4
1974113,930.6
1973135,282.4
1972152,846
197184,814
197069,000

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

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World Bank (2026). Debt service, public sector, private creditors. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-debt-service-public-sector-private-creditors (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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