Total Credit — Value Standard Local Currency, 2015 prices in Lesotho
Lesotho: Total Credit — Value Standard Local Currency, 2015 prices was 1,943 million SLC in 2024. ▬ Flat
Total Credit — Value Standard Local Currency, 2015 prices in Lesotho, 2009–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million SLC.
Analysis
The most recent figure for total credit — value standard local currency, 2015 prices in Lesotho is 1,943 million SLC, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 2.8% on the previous year and down 2.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total credit — value standard local currency, 2015 prices in Lesotho peaked at 2,103 million SLC in 2015 and was at its lowest, 1,464 million SLC, in 2009.
That places Lesotho 153rd out of 165 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Total Credit — Value Standard Local Currency, 2015 prices in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | million SLC | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 1,464 million SLC | — |
| 2010 | 1,642 million SLC | +12.2% |
| 2011 | 1,694 million SLC | +3.2% |
| 2012 | 2,038 million SLC | +20.3% |
| 2013 | 1,958 million SLC | -3.9% |
| 2014 | 2,000 million SLC | +2.1% |
| 2015 | 2,103 million SLC | +5.2% |
| 2016 | 1,972 million SLC | -6.2% |
| 2017 | 1,950 million SLC | -1.2% |
| 2018 | 1,846 million SLC | -5.3% |
| 2019 | 1,878 million SLC | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 1,607 million SLC | -14.4% |
| 2021 | 1,603 million SLC | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 1,619 million SLC | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 1,999 million SLC | +23.4% |
| 2024 | 1,943 million SLC | -2.8% |
Lesotho compared with similar countries
- Lesotho's 1,943 million SLC is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 294,996 million SLC, 1% of the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Lesotho's 1,943 million SLC is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 260,329 million SLC, 1% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,464 million SLC | 1,464 million SLC | 1,464 million SLC | 1 |
| 2010s | 1,908 million SLC | 1,642 million SLC | 2,103 million SLC | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,754 million SLC | 1,603 million SLC | 1,999 million SLC | 5 |
Countries ranked near Lesotho
More agriculture & rural data for Lesotho
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.38 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0649 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 70.63 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6715 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0005 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5533 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total credit — value standard local currency, 2015 prices in Lesotho?
- Total credit — value standard local currency, 2015 prices in Lesotho was 1,943 million SLC in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest total credit — value standard local currency, 2015 prices recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 2,103 million SLC in 2015.
- What is the lowest total credit — value standard local currency, 2015 prices recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,464 million SLC in 2009.
- How does Lesotho rank for total credit — value standard local currency, 2015 prices?
- Lesotho ranks 153rd out of 165 countries with data for 2024.
- Is total credit — value standard local currency, 2015 prices rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Lesotho data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Total Credit — Value Standard Local Currency, 2015 prices. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Credit to agriculture measures the amount of loans and advances given by the banking sector to farmers, rural households, agricultural cooperatives, or any other agri-related businesses. Each country’s central bank compiles its credit stocks by economic activities as part of its monetary and financial statistics publications via annual or quarterly reports online. Data collection has been carried out mostly through reports found on the central bank websites. Data are collected and compiled according to the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC Rev. 4: https://unstats.un.org/unsd/classifications/Econ/isic) with a special concentration on the credit to agriculture, forestry and fishing sector separately from the ones to manufacturing and services.