
Gross debt in Lesotho
The government gross debt refers to the total of all sums of money that have to be paid to other countries, communities or institutions. Not included in the gross debt are the demands of a country to foreign ones.The gross debt in Lesotho in the period from 1998 to 2021 was between 635.2 million and 1.3 billion USD. The highest level of the last years at one billion US Dollar was reached in 2021.
Based on the number of inhabitants, this is a debt of 586 USD per person. For comparison, the average debt per person in the same year in the European Union was 33,695 USD.
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Gross debt for the last 23 years in millions of USD
Year | Lesotho total | Lesotho per capita | EU per capita |
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1998 | 794.24 M USD | 398 USD | 14,079 USD |
1999 | 815.75 M USD | 404 USD | 14,032 USD |
2000 | 845.66 M USD | 416 USD | 11,232 USD |
2001 | 980.64 M USD | 482 USD | 11,255 USD |
2002 | 682.17 M USD | 336 USD | 12,258 USD |
2003 | 683.17 M USD | 338 USD | 15,286 USD |
2004 | 793.05 M USD | 395 USD | 17,595 USD |
2005 | 954.91 M USD | 478 USD | 18,327 USD |
2006 | 1,061.13 M USD | 533 USD | 18,877 USD |
2007 | 921.45 M USD | 464 USD | 20,898 USD |
2008 | 841.98 M USD | 424 USD | 24,086 USD |
2009 | 635.20 M USD | 319 USD | 25,361 USD |
2010 | 761.93 M USD | 382 USD | 26,496 USD |
2011 | 940.01 M USD | 469 USD | 29,231 USD |
2012 | 987.31 M USD | 490 USD | 28,174 USD |
2013 | 975.08 M USD | 481 USD | 29,981 USD |
2014 | 1,013.15 M USD | 496 USD | 30,648 USD |
2015 | 1,079.34 M USD | 509 USD | 25,918 USD |
2016 | 858.33 M USD | 400 USD | 26,261 USD |
2017 | 923.57 M USD | 425 USD | 27,024 USD |
2018 | 1,252.23 M USD | 570 USD | 28,448 USD |
2019 | 1,238.23 M USD | 556 USD | 27,168 USD |
2020 | 1,209.10 M USD | 536 USD | 30,783 USD |
2021 | 1,335.88 M USD | 586 USD | 33,695 USD |