# Imports of goods and services, share of GDP in Lesotho

Imports of goods and services, share of GDP in Lesotho was 104.5% of GDP in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `imports_goods_services_gdp`
- Place id: `ls`
- Unit: % of GDP
- Definition: Goods whose economic ownership passes from non-residents to residents, and services non-residents provide to residents, as a percentage of GDP. World Bank national accounts data, compiled from national statistical offices and central banks and from OECD national accounts files.
- Note: Can pass 100% in re-export hubs, because imports are gross while GDP is value added. National accounts basis, so it differs from customs trade totals. For the amount in dollars see imports_goods_services_usd.
- Source: World Bank, Imports of goods and services (% of GDP) (NE.IMP.GNFS.ZS) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NE.IMP.GNFS.ZS)
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- Retrieved: 2026-10-18
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Imports of goods and services (% of GDP) (NE.IMP.GNFS.ZS). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NE.IMP.GNFS.ZS. Retrieved 2026-10-18. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/imports-share-of-gdp/lesotho
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=imports_goods_services_gdp&place=ls

| Period | % of GDP |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 104.5 |
| 2024 | 103.1 |
| 2023 | 98 |
| 2022 | 95.9 |
| 2021 | 93 |
| 2020 | 96.6 |
| 2019 | 94.3 |
| 2018 | 94.6 |
| 2017 | 98.9 |
| 2016 | 90.5 |
| 2015 | 86.8 |
| 2014 | 88.1 |
| 2013 | 95.1 |
| 2012 | 108.4 |
| 2011 | 102.1 |
| 2010 | 108 |
| 2009 | 114.1 |
| 2008 | 108.2 |
| 2007 | 111.8 |
| 1981 | 117 |
| 1980 | 110.1 |
| 1979 | 123.6 |
| 1978 | 90.6 |
| 1977 | 112.4 |
| 1976 | 138.6 |
| 1975 | 104 |
| 1974 | 77.1 |
| 1973 | 67.8 |
| 1972 | 69.1 |
| 1971 | 54.8 |
| 1970 | 48.9 |
| 1969 | 51.6 |
| 1968 | 55.1 |
| 1967 | 56.7 |
| 1966 | 56.5 |
| 1965 | 53.3 |
| 1964 | 49.6 |
| 1963 | 50.9 |
| 1962 | 47.8 |
| 1961 | 45.5 |
| 1960 | 38.5 |