# Trade as a share of GDP in Lesotho

Trade as a share of GDP in Lesotho was 154% in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `trade_share_gdp`
- Place id: `ls`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Sum of exports and imports of goods and services, as a percentage of GDP. World Bank series.
- Note: Can exceed 100%, because exports and imports are both counted against GDP, which is only value added. Small open economies with large re-export or transit trade reach several hundred percent.
- Source: World Bank, Trade, % of GDP (NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/world-bank
- Retrieved: 2026-10-11
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Trade, % of GDP (NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS. Retrieved 2026-10-11.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/trade-share-gdp/lesotho
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=trade_share_gdp&place=ls

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 154 |
| 2024 | 152.5 |
| 2023 | 140.7 |
| 2022 | 142.4 |
| 2021 | 139.2 |
| 2020 | 141.1 |
| 2019 | 140.5 |
| 2018 | 144.4 |
| 2017 | 146.4 |
| 2016 | 136.3 |
| 2015 | 129.7 |
| 2014 | 126.3 |
| 2013 | 133.4 |
| 2012 | 150.2 |
| 2011 | 149.8 |
| 2010 | 150.1 |
| 2009 | 158.9 |
| 2008 | 161.1 |
| 2007 | 165 |
| 1981 | 136.3 |
| 1980 | 131.1 |
| 1979 | 145.7 |
| 1978 | 107.9 |
| 1977 | 124.3 |
| 1976 | 156.5 |
| 1975 | 118.4 |
| 1974 | 90.7 |
| 1973 | 82 |
| 1972 | 85.2 |
| 1971 | 67.6 |
| 1970 | 61.1 |
| 1969 | 65.2 |
| 1968 | 67.2 |
| 1967 | 68.7 |
| 1966 | 67.4 |
| 1965 | 68.9 |
| 1964 | 65 |
| 1963 | 65.8 |
| 1962 | 62.2 |
| 1961 | 58 |
| 1960 | 50.2 |