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Domestic credit to the private sector in Lesotho

Domestic credit to the private sector in Lesotho was 24.3% of GDP in 2024, according to the World Bank. That is down 0.4 pts from 2023.

2024, % of GDP24.3
Change on 2023-0.4 pts
Series high24.72023
Series low5.32004

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Domestic credit to the private sector in Lesotho, 1990 to 2024

510152025199019952000200520102015202020241990: 15.6 % of GDP1991: 16.2 % of GDP1992: 15.6 % of GDP1993: 18 % of GDP1994: 22 % of GDP1995: 18.3 % of GDP1996: 16.3 % of GDP1997: 21.4 % of GDP1998: 16.2 % of GDP1999: 14.7 % of GDP2000: 13.8 % of GDP2001: 12.5 % of GDP2002: 12.5 % of GDP2003: 5.3 % of GDP2004: 5.3 % of GDP2005: 7.2 % of GDP2006: 7.4 % of GDP2007: 10 % of GDP2008: 10 % of GDP2009: 12.6 % of GDP2010: 13.4 % of GDP2011: 14.3 % of GDP2012: 18.6 % of GDP2013: 19.9 % of GDP2014: 19.3 % of GDP2015: 18.3 % of GDP2016: 18.2 % of GDP2017: 20 % of GDP2018: 20.1 % of GDP2019: 21.3 % of GDP2020: 21.9 % of GDP2021: 22.3 % of GDP2022: 21.7 % of GDP2023: 24.7 % of GDP2024: 24.3 % of GDP51015202519902002201420241990: 15.6 % of GDP1991: 16.2 % of GDP1992: 15.6 % of GDP1993: 18 % of GDP1994: 22 % of GDP1995: 18.3 % of GDP1996: 16.3 % of GDP1997: 21.4 % of GDP1998: 16.2 % of GDP1999: 14.7 % of GDP2000: 13.8 % of GDP2001: 12.5 % of GDP2002: 12.5 % of GDP2003: 5.3 % of GDP2004: 5.3 % of GDP2005: 7.2 % of GDP2006: 7.4 % of GDP2007: 10 % of GDP2008: 10 % of GDP2009: 12.6 % of GDP2010: 13.4 % of GDP2011: 14.3 % of GDP2012: 18.6 % of GDP2013: 19.9 % of GDP2014: 19.3 % of GDP2015: 18.3 % of GDP2016: 18.2 % of GDP2017: 20 % of GDP2018: 20.1 % of GDP2019: 21.3 % of GDP2020: 21.9 % of GDP2021: 22.3 % of GDP2022: 21.7 % of GDP2023: 24.7 % of GDP2024: 24.3 % of GDP
% of GDP. Source: World Bank, Domestic credit to private sector (% of GDP) (FS.AST.PRVT.GD.ZS). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-10-08.
All 35 values
Period% of GDP
202424.3
202324.7
202221.7
202122.3
202021.9
201921.3
201820.1
201720
201618.2
201518.3
201419.3
201319.9
201218.6
201114.3
201013.4
200912.6
200810
200710
20067.4
20057.2
20045.3
20035.3
200212.5
200112.5
200013.8
199914.7
199816.2
199721.4
199616.3
199518.3
199422
199318
199215.6
199116.2
199015.6

Lesotho compared with nearby places

Antigua and Barbuda: 39.4 % of GDPAlbania: 34.1 % of GDPArmenia: 64.4 % of GDPAngola: 7.2 % of GDPArgentina: 15.1 % of GDPAustria: 81.8 % of GDPAustralia: 129.3 % of GDPAzerbaijan: 26.4 % of GDPBosnia and Herzegovina: 48.1 % of GDPBangladesh: 35.8 % of GDPBelgium: 68.1 % of GDPBurkina Faso: 27.1 % of GDPBulgaria: 47.1 % of GDPBurundi: 38.3 % of GDPBenin: 19 % of GDPBrunei: 37.7 % of GDPBolivia: 59.2 % of GDPBrazil: 75.6 % of GDPBhutan: 68.4 % of GDPBotswana: 33.1 % of GDPBelize: 41.3 % of GDPSwitzerland: 149.7 % of GDPCôte d’Ivoire: 22.5 % of GDPChile: 104.6 % of GDPChina: 194.3 % of GDPColombia: 39.4 % of GDPCosta Rica: 51.2 % of GDPCape Verde: 54.6 % of GDPCyprus: 56.7 % of GDPCzechia: 48 % of GDPDjibouti: 23.1 % of GDPDenmark: 144.1 % of GDPDominican Republic: 31.9 % of GDPAlgeria: 19 % of GDPEcuador: 56.6 % of GDPEstonia: 60.5 % of GDPEgypt: 27.6 % of GDPSpain: 74.2 % of GDPFinland: 92 % of GDPFiji: 115.3 % of GDPFrance: 107.6 % of GDPUnited Kingdom: 112.4 % of GDPGeorgia: 68.3 % of GDPGhana: 8.9 % of GDPGambia: 9.4 % of GDPGuinea: 10.7 % of GDPGreece: 48.5 % of GDPGuatemala: 36.8 % of GDPGuinea-Bissau: 10.7 % of GDPGuyana: 15 % of GDPHong Kong: 230.2 % of GDPHonduras: 78.5 % of GDPCroatia: 46.9 % of GDPHaiti: 4.3 % of GDPHungary: 32.4 % of GDPIndonesia: 36.4 % of GDPIreland: 23.8 % of GDPIsrael: 69.5 % of GDPIndia: 41.6 % of GDPIraq: 14 % of GDPIceland: 91.1 % of GDPItaly: 60.3 % of GDPJamaica: 45.1 % of GDPJordan: 73 % of GDPJapan: 188 % of GDPKenya: 29.7 % of GDPKyrgyzstan: 22.3 % of GDPCambodia: 124.7 % of GDPSouth Korea: 160.3 % of GDPKuwait: 4.4 % of GDPKazakhstan: 27.3 % of GDPLiberia: 17.2 % of GDPLesotho: 24.3 % of GDPLithuania: 35.7 % of GDPLuxembourg: 85.1 % of GDPLatvia: 29.3 % of GDPLibya: 13 % of GDPMorocco: 77.8 % of GDPMoldova: 29.3 % of GDPMontenegro: 45.3 % of GDPMadagascar: 16.5 % of GDPNorth Macedonia: 54 % of GDPMali: 22.4 % of GDPMongolia: 44.9 % of GDPMauritius: 69.9 % of GDPMalawi: 7.9 % of GDPMexico: 35.1 % of GDPMalaysia: 116.1 % of GDPMozambique: 17.6 % of GDPNamibia: 55.1 % of GDPNiger: 10.3 % of GDPNicaragua: 32.3 % of GDPNetherlands: 82.4 % of GDPNorway: 124.4 % of GDPNepal: 91.3 % of GDPNew Zealand: 141.9 % of GDPOman: 63.2 % of GDPPanama: 77 % of GDPPeru: 39.6 % of GDPPapua New Guinea: 16.3 % of GDPPhilippines: 49.8 % of GDPPakistan: 11.5 % of GDPPoland: 33.6 % of GDPPalestine: 58.6 % of GDPPortugal: 77.1 % of GDPParaguay: 57 % of GDPQatar: 121 % of GDPRomania: 22.7 % of GDPSerbia: 32.6 % of GDPRwanda: 21.3 % of GDPSolomon Islands: 33.7 % of GDPSweden: 125.3 % of GDPSlovenia: 35.4 % of GDPSlovakia: 59.7 % of GDPSierra Leone: 4 % of GDPSenegal: 29.8 % of GDPSomalia: 5.4 % of GDPSuriname: 17 % of GDPSouth Sudan: 5.8 % of GDPEl Salvador: 63.4 % of GDPEswatini: 21.6 % of GDPTogo: 25.4 % of GDPThailand: 146.3 % of GDPTimor-Leste: 34.8 % of GDPTunisia: 60.6 % of GDPTürkiye: 43 % of GDPTrinidad and Tobago: 48.4 % of GDPTanzania: 16.7 % of GDPUkraine: 18.2 % of GDPUganda: 14.3 % of GDPUnited States: 195.9 % of GDPUruguay: 30.6 % of GDPUzbekistan: 31.5 % of GDPVanuatu: 48.5 % of GDPSamoa: 69.9 % of GDPSouth Africa: 89.4 % of GDPZambia: 17 % of GDP
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Domestic credit to the private sector, 2024, % of GDP. Lesotho is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: World Bank. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

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Definition

Financial corporations' claims on the private sector, including loans, non-equity securities and trade credit, as a percentage of GDP. Some countries include credit to public enterprises.

Can include central banks, deposit banks and other financial corporations, so it is not a bank-loans-only measure. A published zero is valid. The latest year varies by country.

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World Bank, World Development Indicators. Domestic credit to private sector (% of GDP) (FS.AST.PRVT.GD.ZS). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/FS.AST.PRVT.GD.ZS. Retrieved 2026-10-12. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

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APA 7

World Bank. (2026). Domestic credit to private sector (% of GDP) (FS.AST.PRVT.GD.ZS) (Domestic credit to the private sector, Lesotho, 1990 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/FS.AST.PRVT.GD.ZS

MLA 9

Domestic credit to private sector (% of GDP) (FS.AST.PRVT.GD.ZS), Domestic credit to the private sector, Lesotho, 1990 to 2024. World Bank, 8 Oct. 2026, https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/FS.AST.PRVT.GD.ZS. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/domestic-credit-private-sector/lesotho. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

World Bank. 2026. Domestic credit to private sector (% of GDP) (FS.AST.PRVT.GD.ZS). Domestic credit to the private sector, Lesotho, 1990 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/FS.AST.PRVT.GD.ZS. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/domestic-credit-private-sector/lesotho.

Harvard

World Bank (2026) Domestic credit to private sector (% of GDP) (FS.AST.PRVT.GD.ZS), Domestic credit to the private sector, Lesotho, 1990 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/FS.AST.PRVT.GD.ZS, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/domestic-credit-private-sector/lesotho (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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What is the domestic credit to the private sector in Lesotho?

Domestic credit to the private sector in Lesotho was 24.3% of GDP in 2024, according to the World Bank. That is down 0.4 pts from 2023.

Where does this figure come from?

World Bank. Domestic credit to private sector (% of GDP) (FS.AST.PRVT.GD.ZS). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest domestic credit to the private sector in Lesotho?

24.7% of GDP in 2023, the highest value since 1990 in this series.

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