# Inflation, annual average in Lesotho

Inflation, annual average in Lesotho was 4.3% in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `inflation_annual_average`
- Place id: `ls`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Annual average change in the consumer price index, percent.
- Note: United States: percent change between the annual average CPI-U (all items, US city average) of the year and of the previous year, rounded to one decimal as the Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes it; both averages are shown with each value. A whole-year figure: it differs from the December 12-month change in cpi_annual_change. Other countries and the World: World Bank, from IMF International Financial Statistics and national sources; the World value is the median of country rates, not a weighted average.
- Source: World Bank, Inflation, consumer prices, annual % (FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Inflation, consumer prices, annual % (FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/inflation-annual-average/lesotho
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/inflation-annual-average/lesotho.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=inflation_annual_average&place=ls

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 4.3 |
| 2024 | 6.1 |
| 2023 | 6.3 |
| 2022 | 8.3 |
| 2021 | 6 |
| 2020 | 5 |
| 2019 | 5.2 |
| 2018 | 4.8 |
| 2017 | 4.4 |
| 2016 | 6.6 |
| 2015 | 3.2 |
| 2014 | 5.4 |
| 2013 | 4.9 |
| 2012 | 6.1 |
| 2011 | 5 |
| 2010 | -2.4 |
| 2009 | -16.9 |
| 2008 | 10.7 |
| 2007 | 8 |
| 2006 | 6.1 |
| 2005 | 3.4 |
| 2004 | 5 |
| 2003 | 6.6 |
| 2002 | 33.8 |
| 2001 | -9.6 |
| 2000 | 6.1 |
| 1996 | 9.3 |
| 1995 | 9.3 |
| 1994 | 8.2 |
| 1993 | 13.1 |
| 1992 | 17.2 |
| 1991 | 17.7 |
| 1990 | 11.6 |
| 1989 | 14.7 |
| 1988 | 11.5 |
| 1987 | 11.8 |
| 1986 | 18 |
| 1985 | 13.3 |
| 1984 | 11 |
| 1983 | 17.5 |
| 1982 | 12.1 |
| 1981 | 12.4 |
| 1980 | 16.3 |
| 1979 | 16 |
| 1978 | 13.5 |
| 1977 | 16.7 |
| 1976 | 11.4 |
| 1975 | 14.2 |
| 1974 | 13.4 |