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Lesotho: Interest payments, public sector, private creditors

4517.60current USD · 2025-99.3% since 2015

Public sector debt from private creditors include bonds that are either publicly issued or privately placed; commercial bank loans from private banks and other private financial institutions; and other private credits from manufacturers, exporters, and other suppliers of goods, and bank credits covered by a guarantee of an export credit agency. Interest payments are actual amounts of interest paid by the borrower in currency, goods, or services in the year specified. Data are in current U.S. dollars. 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
20254,517.6
202411,904.7
202311,894.3
202215,801.8
20218,282.9
202012,556.2
201921,273
201828,350.1
201732,762.1
201640,947.9
2015631,340.1
2014763,968.5
2013854,820.4
2012998,222.9
20111,099,152.6
20101,142,109.1
2009619,563.8
20081,245,465.2
20071,213,637.2
20062,210,142.8
20056,226,147.7
20047,146,813
20037,022,005.7
20025,953,537.7
20016,333,337.7
20007,000,758.1
19999,934,976.2
19989,333,106.5
19976,494,374.2
19963,591,328.4
19953,433,647.7
1994939,631
19931,320,505.9
19921,507,547.6
19911,274,083.9
19901,914,544.7
19891,665,346.7
19881,656,378.5
1987830,342.1
1986314,370.1
19851,158,516.3
19841,875,178.4
19832,656,227.9
19822,136,858.3
1981824,412.5
1980858,634.3
1979144,939.7
197839,506
197749,112.1
197652,934.2
197568,518.3
197446,439.6
197367,334.4
197285,179.4
197127,281.6
197036,800

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Published by World Bank, produced by World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Interest payments, public sector, private creditors. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-interest-payments-public-sector-private-creditors (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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