Lesotho
Key Indicators
Summary statistics
Capital: Maseru
Currency: Lesotho Loti (LSL) and South African Rand (ZAR)
Area: 30,355 km²
Geographic Location: Southern Africa, landlocked, entirely surrounded by South Africa. Coordinates: Appr. 29.31°S latitude and 27.48°E lon.
Population: 2.3 million
| Description | 2022 | 2023 |
| National Accounts | ||
| Real GDP Growth (annual percent change) | 2.1 | 2.1 |
| GDP (current prices, billions of US$) | 2.46 | 2.37 |
| GDP per capita (current prices, US$ per capita) | 1.17 thousand | 2.37 thousand |
| Inflation rate, average consumer prices (annual % change) | 8.2 | 6.9 |
| Trade | ||
| Imports in Services (current prices, millions of $US) | ||
| Exports in Services (current prices, millions of $US) | ||
| Merchandise Imports (current prices, millions of $US) | ||
| Merchandise Exports (current prices, millions of $US) | ||
| Gas + Petrol Imports (in thousands of $US) | ||
| Gas + Petrol Exports (in thousands of $US) | ||
| BOP ( BALANCE OF PAYMENTS) | ||
| Current account, balance (billions of $US) | -0.196 | -0.073 |
| Current account, balance ( % of GDP) | -7.9 | -3.1 |
| FINANCE | ||
| General government net lending/borrowing (% of GDP) | -7.7 | 1 |
| General government gross debt (% of GDP) | 59.9 | 61.3 |
| EMPLOYMENT & SOCIAL INDICATORS | ||
| Population | 2,305,825 | 2,330,318 |