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Lesotho: Net flows on external debt, long-term

142.59Mcurrent USD · 2025+191.7% since 2015

Net flows (or net lending or net disbursements) received by the borrower during the year are disbursements minus principal repayments. Long-term external debt is defined as debt that has an original or extended maturity of more than one year and that is owed to nonresidents by residents of an economy and repayable in currency, goods, or services. 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
2025142,593,000
202461,526,000
2023-15,176,000
202230,057,000
202140,659,000
202073,176,000
2019141,815,000
2018-7,770,000
2017137,284,000
2016424,865,000
201548,879,000
201444,136,000
20136,957,000
201263,658,000
201123,246,000
201026,010,000
200916,203,000
200824,998,000
20077,176,000
2006-7,033,000
2005-44,225,000
2004-5,327,000
2003-23,725,000
2002-1,079,000
2001-17,014,000
200036,204,000
199925,683,000
199840,030,000
199745,114,000
199657,479,000
199548,445,000
199446,623,000
199352,124,000
199258,746,000
199146,511,000
199043,074,000
198940,435,000
198836,875,000
198740,313,000
198615,282,000
198529,344,000
198418,220,000
198319,464,000
198242,644,000
198118,049,000
19809,950,000
197917,265,000
19786,483,000
19777,543,000
19762,390,000
19754,421,000
19741,897,000
1973-162,000
1972349,000
1971325,000
197075,000

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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

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