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Lesotho: External debt stocks (% of GNI)

65.35percent · 2024+94.9% since 2014

Total external debt stocks to gross national income. Total external debt is debt owed to nonresidents repayable in currency, goods, or services. Total external debt is the sum of public, publicly guaranteed, and private nonguaranteed long-term debt, use of IMF credit, and short-term debt. Short-term debt includes all debt having an original maturity of one year or less and interest in arrears on long-term debt. GNI (formerly GNP) is the sum of value added by all resident producers plus any product taxes (less subsidies) not included in the valuation of output plus net receipts of primary income (compensation of employees and property income) from abroad. Annual figures for Lesotho from 1970 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202465.35
202368.921
202263.996
202165.153
202071.163
201955.509
201848.095
201757.411
201656.572
201536.095
201433.537
201334.022
201231.259
201126.339
201027.438
200933.428
200829.259
200729.237
200629.306
200530.516
200437.312
200342.648
200263.437
200157.302
200068.082
199957.5
199857.732
199750.917
199655.36
199551.104
199451.557
199346.451
199240.8
199141.439
199041.325
198940.26
198835.439
198735
198633.628
198534.943
198420.739
198316.726
198217.563
198111.65
198010.355
197910.546
19787.652
19776.851
19765.66
19755.614
19744.243
19735.037
19728.797
19718.791
19709.18

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World Bank (2026). External debt stocks (% of GNI). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-external-debt-stocks (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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