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Lesotho: Principal repayments on external debt, long-term

60.81Mcurrent USD · 2025+94.6% since 2015

Principal repayments on long-term debt are actual amounts of principal (amortization) paid by the borrower in currency, goods, or services in the year specified. 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
202560,807,130.3
202461,648,137
2023100,261,656.4
202254,394,145.1
202165,579,202.9
202043,826,403.1
201937,198,091
201850,508,543.1
201733,220,745.5
201640,183,868
201531,253,951
201429,891,513.5
201332,451,542.7
201225,538,573
201124,241,257.6
201019,410,323
200924,632,829.3
200824,492,668.7
200731,090,858.8
200635,594,546.5
200565,287,664.4
200437,789,104
200350,152,371.2
200249,360,192.6
200146,561,492.7
200033,159,880.7
199926,963,360.2
199824,513,002.4
199723,090,559
199618,552,154.7
199521,979,899
199416,894,423.5
199320,428,593.7
199220,277,538.8
199116,140,709.4
199014,828,736.9
198913,962,838
198815,703,268.5
19878,201,444.5
19868,877,108.3
198513,661,599.8
19849,996,536.7
198314,808,914.2
19824,513,337.5
19812,862,798.7
19803,366,277.9
19791,831,184.6
1978702,903.2
1977210,002.7
1976311,270
1975113,864
1974100,237.5
1973175,843.4
1972105,194.2
1971146,290.3
1970286,000

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World Bank (2026). Principal repayments on external debt, long-term. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-principal-repayments-on-external-debt-long-term (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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