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Lesotho: Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$)

33.48Mcurrent USD · 2025-70.4% since 2015

Foreign direct investment refers to direct investment equity flows in the reporting economy. It is the sum of equity capital, reinvestment of earnings, and other capital. Direct investment is a category of cross-border investment associated with a resident in one economy having control or a significant degree of influence on the management of an enterprise that is resident in another economy. Ownership of 10 percent or more of the ordinary shares of voting stock is the criterion for determining the existence of a direct investment relationship. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Annual figures for Lesotho from 1975 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
202533,484,106.197
202414,823,064.666
202324,935,423.735
2022-138,751.843
2021-12,441,255.656
202012,262,631.703
2019-57,514,791.727
201823,460,237.705
2017134,944,854.679
201638,951,409.987
2015113,220,010.398
201494,460,146.981
201350,427,512.809
201256,652,703.214
201161,173,319.209
20109,508,668.859
200991,348,357.114
200811,009,973.062
200775,618,842.295
200624,322,286.691
200527,438,279.637
200455,671,430.938
200343,948,139.984
200228,391,254.962
200129,695,245.876
200032,403,928.088
199922,038,152.575
199828,350,686.793
199732,679,906.499
199629,073,624.998
199524,176,205.272
199443,269,331.902
199315,656,906.524
19928,369,826.867
19917,989,961.081
199016,478,706.516
198913,736,893.708
198821,346,470.593
19875,928,503.366
19862,254,225.629
19854,894,588.444
19842,414,764.088
19835,053,210.873
19823,242,231.252
19814,785,894.232
19804,493,898.803
1979200,000
197820,000
1977440,000
19760
19750

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Published by World Bank, produced by International Monetary Fund, UN Conference on Trade and Development. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-foreign-direct-investment-net-inflows (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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