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Lesotho: Textiles and clothing

88.13percent · 2024+7.4% since 2014

Textiles and clothing refers to industries in ISIC (rev. 3) divisions 17-19 and includes manufacturing of textiles, apparel, dyeing of fur, and tanning of leather. Value added is the contribution to the economy by a producer or an industry or an institutional sector, which is estimated by the total value of output produced and deducting the total value of intermediate consumption of goods and services used to produce that output. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of value added in manufacturing which is the contribution to the economy by the manufacturing sector (ISIC Rev. 3 major division D). Annual figures for Lesotho from 1980 to 2024.

19802024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202488.133
202390.577
202292.737
202191.602
202090.414
201988.573
201886.238
201785.086
201683.819
201583.019
201482.084
201379.275
201277.962
201179.692
201076.511
200982.993
200885.842
200787.007
198513.558
198412.433
198311.773
198214.575
198110.816
19807.347

Source

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

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World Bank (2026). Textiles and clothing. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-textiles-and-clothing (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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