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Lesotho — GDP growth
GDP Growth (Annual %) for Lesotho, 1961–2025.
Latest value · 2025
1.98%
GDP Growth (Annual %) · annual % · +6.3% since 1961
GDP growth for Lesotho was 1.98% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 26.40% in 1973. The lowest was -13.51% in 1975 (about -6.8× the latest value). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.10% per year.
Lesotho ranks 146 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 69%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 4.61%, so Lesotho sits below it. It peaked in 1973 and has fallen 92% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 37%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
1.98%
First (1961)
1.86%
Change
+6.3%
Highest
26.40%
in 1973
Lowest
-13.51%
in 1975
Average
4.12%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.10%
Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.98% |
| 2024 | 5.23% |
| 2023 | 1.69% |
| 2022 | 2.39% |
| 2021 | 2.27% |
| 2020 | -8.16% |
| 2019 | -1.42% |
| 2018 | -1.48% |
| 2017 | -3.14% |
| 2016 | 3.61% |
| 2015 | 3.12% |
| 2014 | 1.71% |
Reading this correctly. Annual percentage growth rate of GDP at constant market prices. A negative value means the economy contracted that year. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG — GDP Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.