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Lesotho: External debt stocks, short-term

3.24Mcurrent USD · 2024+1391.7% since 2014

Short-term external debt is defined as debt that has an original maturity of one year or less. Available data permit no distinction between public and private nonguaranteed short-term debt. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Annual figures for Lesotho from 1976 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
20243,237,695.3
20233,364,904.2
202214,447,241.3
20212,587,666.8
20202,051,127.5
2019362,839.4
2018509,097.8
2017388,000
201638,374,896.2
201533,069,935.1
2014217,046
20137,629.2
20120
20114,000,000
20100
20093,001,567.7
20082,000,000
20072,000,000
20062,000,000
20057,000,000
20048,000,000
20031,000,000
200257,000,000
200186,000,000
200097,000,000
19994,000,000
19984,063,361.4
19974,000,000
19964,000,000
19954,000,000
19944,779,616.6
19934,981,605.7
19924,759,736.2
19913,279,422
19902,792,964.9
19892,000,000
19886,000,000
19874,000,000
19864,000,000
19854,026,298.2
19844,000,000
19834,000,000
19823,000,000
19816,000,000
19808,000,000
1979577.5
19783,000,000
19770
19760

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

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