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Lesotho: External debt stocks, long-term

1.62Bcurrent USD · 2024+105.4% since 2014

Long-term debt is debt that has an original or extended maturity of more than one year. It has three components: public, publicly guaranteed, and private nonguaranteed debt. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Annual figures for Lesotho from 1970 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
20241,624,579,492.6
20231,595,453,298.4
20221,613,463,543.9
20211,632,850,906.7
20201,616,180,527.7
20191,503,837,657.3
20181,369,085,288.6
20171,395,734,620.8
20161,211,368,246.8
2015804,914,675.1
2014790,918,842.5
2013794,827,241.2
2012789,078,047.3
2011729,316,552.7
2010709,244,233
2009687,842,663
2008662,638,034.8
2007642,178,316.8
2006613,480,931.5
2005618,932,603
2004721,581,111.8
2003672,639,206.7
2002628,484,057.2
2001578,455,438.7
2000656,701,600
1999660,959,844
1998660,544,473.9
1997641,446,143.6
1996663,464,787.8
1995641,975,050.1
1994577,434,035.3
1993503,168,170.6
1992464,727,278.4
1991425,748,661.1
1990377,728,610.8
1989316,001,124.8
1988276,038,503.8
1987252,405,370.7
1986190,518,391.4
1985167,407,063.5
1984129,789,109.4
1983119,705,054.1
1982113,680,337.7
198172,720,894.4
198057,734,330.5
197948,402,707.6
197830,649,014.4
197723,939,808.3
197616,201,998.2
197514,085,560.5
197410,154,661
19738,260,480.3
19729,486,440.3
19718,628,403.5
19708,122,200

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

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