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Lesotho: Disbursements on external debt, public sector

95.57Mcurrent USD · 2025+35.4% since 2015

Public sector long-term debt are aggregated. Public debt is an external obligation of a public debtor, including the national government, a political subdivision (or an agency of either), and autonomous public bodies. Publicly guaranteed debt is an external obligation of a private debtor that is guaranteed for repayment by a public entity. Disbursements are drawings by the borrower on loan commitments during the year specified. 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. Reported as: PPG. 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
202595,574,460.4
2024111,563,295.4
202385,085,589.4
202284,451,227.3
2021106,237,840.6
202079,212,681.2
201991,163,534
201842,738,936.8
201738,874,282.1
201659,618,526.6
201570,582,670.6
201474,027,961.4
201339,408,805.2
201262,106,176.4
201147,487,403.4
201045,420,504.2
200940,835,812.8
200849,491,086.2
200738,266,905.1
200628,561,465.8
200521,062,876.5
200432,461,676.9
200326,427,713.1
200248,280,710.5
200129,547,555
200069,363,645.4
199952,646,020.8
199864,543,287.4
199768,204,966
199676,031,346.5
199570,425,146.9
199463,517,531.8
199372,552,162.6
199279,023,202.6
199162,651,285.4
199057,903,015.4
198954,397,700.7
198852,578,223.5
198748,513,983.8
198624,159,331.7
198543,005,328.6
198428,216,963.8
198334,273,217.1
198247,157,556.4
198120,911,726.6
198012,757,748.1
197916,866,021.4
19786,080,087.9
19777,752,837
19762,701,083.4
19754,535,000
19741,997,000
197314,000
1972454,560.8
1971471,684.8
1970360,800

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