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Gross fixed capital formation, share of GDP in Lesotho

Gross fixed capital formation, share of GDP in Lesotho was 30.9% of GDP in 2025, according to the World Bank. That is up 1.5 pts from 2024.

2025, % of GDP30.9
Change on 2024+1.5 pts
Series high36.11981
Series low10.21970

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Gross fixed capital formation, share of GDP in Lesotho, 1967 to 2025

1020304019671972197720072012201720251967: 10.4 % of GDP1968: 11.2 % of GDP1969: 10.4 % of GDP1970: 10.2 % of GDP1971: 11 % of GDP1972: 12.9 % of GDP1973: 11.9 % of GDP1974: 12.7 % of GDP1975: 19 % of GDP1976: 35.8 % of GDP1977: 24.4 % of GDP1978: 22.4 % of GDP1979: 30.3 % of GDP1980: 35.6 % of GDP1981: 36.1 % of GDP2007: 23.5 % of GDP2008: 26.4 % of GDP2009: 28.4 % of GDP2010: 29.4 % of GDP2011: 28 % of GDP2012: 35.9 % of GDP2013: 31 % of GDP2014: 29.4 % of GDP2015: 28.3 % of GDP2016: 26.6 % of GDP2017: 27.4 % of GDP2018: 26 % of GDP2019: 25.9 % of GDP2020: 24.3 % of GDP2021: 25.7 % of GDP2022: 27.1 % of GDP2023: 28.2 % of GDP2024: 29.3 % of GDP2025: 30.9 % of GDP1020304019671979201620251967: 10.4 % of GDP1968: 11.2 % of GDP1969: 10.4 % of GDP1970: 10.2 % of GDP1971: 11 % of GDP1972: 12.9 % of GDP1973: 11.9 % of GDP1974: 12.7 % of GDP1975: 19 % of GDP1976: 35.8 % of GDP1977: 24.4 % of GDP1978: 22.4 % of GDP1979: 30.3 % of GDP1980: 35.6 % of GDP1981: 36.1 % of GDP2007: 23.5 % of GDP2008: 26.4 % of GDP2009: 28.4 % of GDP2010: 29.4 % of GDP2011: 28 % of GDP2012: 35.9 % of GDP2013: 31 % of GDP2014: 29.4 % of GDP2015: 28.3 % of GDP2016: 26.6 % of GDP2017: 27.4 % of GDP2018: 26 % of GDP2019: 25.9 % of GDP2020: 24.3 % of GDP2021: 25.7 % of GDP2022: 27.1 % of GDP2023: 28.2 % of GDP2024: 29.3 % of GDP2025: 30.9 % of GDP
% of GDP. Source: World Bank, Gross fixed capital formation (% of GDP) (NE.GDI.FTOT.ZS). Retrieved 2026-10-18, published 2026-10-08.
All 34 values
Period% of GDP
202530.9
202429.3
202328.2
202227.1
202125.7
202024.3
201925.9
201826
201727.4
201626.6
201528.3
201429.4
201331
201235.9
201128
201029.4
200928.4
200826.4
200723.5
198136.1
198035.6
197930.3
197822.4
197724.4
197635.8
197519
197412.7
197311.9
197212.9
197111
197010.2
196910.4
196811.2
196710.4

Lesotho compared with nearby places

Albania: 24.3 % of GDPArmenia: 21.4 % of GDPArgentina: 16 % of GDPAustria: 23.5 % of GDPAustralia: 24.3 % of GDPAzerbaijan: 16.3 % of GDPBangladesh: 28.5 % of GDPBelgium: 23.9 % of GDPBurkina Faso: 16.7 % of GDPBulgaria: 20.1 % of GDPBenin: 35.4 % of GDPBrunei: 26.9 % of GDPBrazil: 16.8 % of GDPBotswana: 28.2 % of GDPBelarus: 25.1 % of GDPCanada: 22.9 % of GDPDemocratic Republic of the Congo: 28.8 % of GDPCentral African Republic: 14.8 % of GDPRepublic of the Congo: 29.1 % of GDPSwitzerland: 26 % of GDPCôte d’Ivoire: 20 % of GDPChile: 24.1 % of GDPCameroon: 19.3 % of GDPColombia: 16 % of GDPCosta Rica: 16.3 % of GDPCyprus: 20 % of GDPCzechia: 26.4 % of GDPGermany: 20.3 % of GDPDjibouti: 25.5 % of GDPDenmark: 21.8 % of GDPDominican Republic: 24.9 % of GDPAlgeria: 39.4 % of GDPEcuador: 19.9 % of GDPEstonia: 24.2 % of GDPEgypt: 11.7 % of GDPSpain: 20.6 % of GDPEthiopia: 20.1 % of GDPFinland: 21.8 % of GDPFrance: 22 % of GDPGabon: 24.8 % of GDPUnited Kingdom: 18.9 % of GDPGeorgia: 19 % of GDPGambia: 40.4 % of GDPGuinea: 38.1 % of GDPEquatorial Guinea: 6.4 % of GDPGreece: 16.9 % of GDPGuatemala: 16.7 % of GDPGuinea-Bissau: 22.3 % of GDPHong Kong: 16.9 % of GDPHonduras: 23.3 % of GDPCroatia: 25.7 % of GDPHaiti: 12.1 % of GDPHungary: 21.9 % of GDPIndonesia: 28.8 % of GDPIreland: 22.2 % of GDPIsrael: 23.8 % of GDPIndia: 31.7 % of GDPIran: 28.8 % of GDPIceland: 26.7 % of GDPItaly: 21.8 % of GDPKenya: 17.9 % of GDPKyrgyzstan: 25.8 % of GDPCambodia: 30.9 % of GDPSouth Korea: 28.3 % of GDPSri Lanka: 20.8 % of GDPLesotho: 30.9 % of GDPLithuania: 22.9 % of GDPLuxembourg: 15 % of GDPLatvia: 23.5 % of GDPLibya: 14.3 % of GDPMorocco: 26.8 % of GDPMoldova: 22 % of GDPMontenegro: 22.3 % of GDPMadagascar: 21 % of GDPMali: 21.7 % of GDPMongolia: 28 % of GDPMauritania: 27 % of GDPMauritius: 19.7 % of GDPMexico: 22.4 % of GDPMalaysia: 21.3 % of GDPNamibia: 21.5 % of GDPNiger: 20.9 % of GDPNicaragua: 24.6 % of GDPNetherlands: 19.8 % of GDPNorway: 23.4 % of GDPNepal: 23.6 % of GDPPeru: 20.5 % of GDPPhilippines: 22.7 % of GDPPakistan: 12.6 % of GDPPoland: 17 % of GDPPuerto Rico: 13.9 % of GDPPalestine: 24 % of GDPPortugal: 20.7 % of GDPParaguay: 21.7 % of GDPRomania: 25.6 % of GDPSerbia: 22.8 % of GDPRussia: 23.1 % of GDPRwanda: 32.2 % of GDPSaudi Arabia: 30.1 % of GDPSudan: 0.7 % of GDPSweden: 25.2 % of GDPSingapore: 22.1 % of GDPSlovenia: 21.1 % of GDPSlovakia: 20.5 % of GDPSierra Leone: 23.2 % of GDPSenegal: 28.7 % of GDPSomalia: 28.1 % of GDPEl Salvador: 27.2 % of GDPChad: 16.4 % of GDPThailand: 22.7 % of GDPTurkmenistan: 16.5 % of GDPTürkiye: 30.6 % of GDPTanzania: 42.2 % of GDPUkraine: 19.4 % of GDPUganda: 21.9 % of GDPUruguay: 15.8 % of GDPUzbekistan: 34 % of GDPVenezuela: 4.6 % of GDPVietnam: 29.2 % of GDPSamoa: 28.8 % of GDPSouth Africa: 13.9 % of GDP
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Gross fixed capital formation, share of GDP, 2025, % 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

Acquisitions less disposals of fixed assets, such as buildings, machinery, equipment and intellectual property, plus certain spending that adds to the value of non-produced assets such as land, as a percentage of GDP. World Bank national accounts data, compiled from national statistical offices and central banks and from OECD national accounts files.

Current prices, so the share moves with relative prices as well as volumes. Countries that rebase their national accounts can shift it by several points. The latest year varies by country.

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World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gross fixed capital formation (% of GDP) (NE.GDI.FTOT.ZS). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NE.GDI.FTOT.ZS. Retrieved 2026-10-18. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

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World Bank. (2026). Gross fixed capital formation (% of GDP) (NE.GDI.FTOT.ZS) (Gross fixed capital formation, share of GDP, Lesotho, 1967 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 18, 2026, from https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NE.GDI.FTOT.ZS

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Gross fixed capital formation (% of GDP) (NE.GDI.FTOT.ZS), Gross fixed capital formation, share of GDP, Lesotho, 1967 to 2025. World Bank, 8 Oct. 2026, https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NE.GDI.FTOT.ZS. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/gross-fixed-capital-formation-gdp/lesotho. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

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World Bank. 2026. Gross fixed capital formation (% of GDP) (NE.GDI.FTOT.ZS). Gross fixed capital formation, share of GDP, Lesotho, 1967 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 18, 2026. https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NE.GDI.FTOT.ZS. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/gross-fixed-capital-formation-gdp/lesotho.

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World Bank (2026) Gross fixed capital formation (% of GDP) (NE.GDI.FTOT.ZS), Gross fixed capital formation, share of GDP, Lesotho, 1967 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NE.GDI.FTOT.ZS, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/gross-fixed-capital-formation-gdp/lesotho (Accessed: 18 October 2026).

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What is the gross fixed capital formation, share of GDP in Lesotho?

Gross fixed capital formation, share of GDP in Lesotho was 30.9% of GDP in 2025, according to the World Bank. That is up 1.5 pts from 2024.

Where does this figure come from?

World Bank. Gross fixed capital formation (% of GDP) (NE.GDI.FTOT.ZS). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-18.

What was the highest gross fixed capital formation, share of GDP in Lesotho?

36.1% of GDP in 1981, the highest value since 1967 in this series.

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