How does Lesotho rank for multilateral debt service (tds, current us$), per unit of gdp?

Lesotho ranks 7th out of 122 countries with data for 2024.

Is multilateral debt service (tds, current us$), per unit of gdp rising or falling in Lesotho?

Over the last ten years it is up 65.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.

Multilateral debt service (TDS, current US$), per unit of GDP in Lesotho

Name: Multilateral debt service (TDS, current US$), per unit of GDP in Lesotho
Creator: Statizoid (derived)
License: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page

Lesotho: Multilateral debt service (TDS, current US$), per unit of GDP was 0.0217 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP in 2024. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2024)

0.0217 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP

Change on year

down 5.6%

World rank

7th

of 122 countries

All-time high

0.0552 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP

in 2002

All-time low

0.0002 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP

in 1974

Years of data

1970–2024

Multilateral debt service (TDS, current US$), per unit of GDP in Lesotho, 1970–2024

Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP.

Analysis

In 2024, multilateral debt service (tds, current us$), per unit of gdp in Lesotho stood at 0.0217 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.6% on the previous year and up 65.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, multilateral debt service (tds, current us$), per unit of gdp in Lesotho peaked at 0.0552 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP in 2002 and was at its lowest, 0.0002 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP, in 1974.

That places Lesotho 7th out of 122 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Multilateral debt service (TDS, current US$), per unit of GDP in Lesotho, year by year

Annual values for Multilateral debt service (TDS, current US$), per unit of GDP in Lesotho, 1970 to 2024.
Year	TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	Change
1970	0.0005 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	—
1971	0.0004 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-13.0%
1972	0.0005 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+32.3%
1973	0.0004 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-15.7%
1974	0.0002 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-43.9%
1975	0.0003 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+25.4%
1976	0.0009 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+181.8%
1977	0.001 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+19.3%
1978	0.0012 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+13.1%
1979	0.0013 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+14.5%
1980	0.0013 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-5.7%
1981	0.0017 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+35.1%
1982	0.0027 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+55.8%
1983	0.0044 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+64.5%
1984	0.0076 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+73.3%
1985	0.0226 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+198.4%
1986	0.0257 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+13.7%
1987	0.0206 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-19.8%
1988	0.0205 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-0.7%
1989	0.021 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+2.2%
1990	0.017 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-18.7%
1991	0.0174 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+2.0%
1992	0.0166 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-4.3%
1993	0.0148 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-11.0%
1994	0.0162 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+9.5%
1995	0.0227 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+40.1%
1996	0.0183 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-19.5%
1997	0.0225 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+22.9%
1998	0.0263 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+17.2%
1999	0.0275 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+4.4%
2000	0.0246 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-10.6%
2001	0.0281 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+14.3%
2002	0.0552 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+96.5%
2003	0.0337 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-38.9%
2004	0.0154 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-54.4%
2005	0.015 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-2.5%
2006	0.0138 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-8.1%
2007	0.0162 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+18.0%
2008	0.013 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-19.7%
2009	0.0151 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+15.8%
2010	0.0097 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-35.7%
2011	0.0105 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+8.3%
2012	0.0115 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+9.2%
2013	0.0128 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+11.5%
2014	0.0132 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+2.7%
2015	0.0156 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+18.5%
2016	0.0209 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+34.3%
2017	0.0163 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-21.9%
2018	0.0185 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+13.0%
2019	0.0203 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+9.9%
2020	0.0244 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+20.0%
2021	0.0177 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-27.1%
2022	0.0194 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+9.5%
2023	0.023 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	+18.3%
2024	0.0217 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	-5.6%

Lesotho compared with similar countries

Lesotho's 0.0217 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0073 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP, 3.0× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Lesotho's 0.0217 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.007 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP, 3.1× the median. (44 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Multilateral debt service (TDS, current US$), per unit of GDP in Lesotho changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

Year	Change	From	To
1985	+198.4%	0.0076 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0226 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP
1976	+181.8%	0.0003 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0009 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1970s	0.0007 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0002 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0013 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	10
1980s	0.0128 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0013 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0257 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	10
1990s	0.0199 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0148 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0275 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	10
2000s	0.023 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.013 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0552 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	10
2010s	0.0149 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0097 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0209 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	10
2020s	0.0212 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0177 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	0.0244 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP	5

Countries ranked near Lesotho

4 Tunisia 0.0242 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
5 Cape Verde 0.0241 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
6 Dominica 0.0229 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
8 El Salvador 0.0215 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
9 Mauritania 0.0204 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
10 Belize 0.0203 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP compare

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More external debt data for Lesotho

IFC, private nonguaranteed 0 NFL, US$ (2024)
IFC, private nonguaranteed (NFL, US$), per capita 0 NFL, US$ per person (2024)
IFC, private nonguaranteed (NFL, US$), per unit of GDP 0 NFL, US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
IFC, private nonguaranteed (NFL, US$), per square kilometre 0 NFL, US$ per square kilometre (2023)
Public and publicly guaranteed debt service 2.7% (2024)
Net financial flows, IDA 62.08 million NFL, current US$ (2024)
Net financial flows, IDA (NFL, current US$), per capita 26.56 NFL, current US$ per person (2024)
Net financial flows, IDA (NFL, current US$), per unit of GDP 0.026 NFL, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
Net financial flows, IBRD -363,000 NFL, current US$ (2013)
Public and publicly guaranteed debt service 4.8% (2024)

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Frequently asked questions

What is multilateral debt service (tds, current us$), per unit of gdp in Lesotho?: Multilateral debt service (tds, current us$), per unit of gdp in Lesotho was 0.0217 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
What is the highest multilateral debt service (tds, current us$), per unit of gdp recorded in Lesotho?: The highest recorded value was 0.0552 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP in 2002.
What is the lowest multilateral debt service (tds, current us$), per unit of gdp recorded in Lesotho?: The lowest recorded value was 0.0002 TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP in 1974.
How does Lesotho rank for multilateral debt service (tds, current us$), per unit of gdp?: Lesotho ranks 7th out of 122 countries with data for 2024.
Is multilateral debt service (tds, current us$), per unit of gdp rising or falling in Lesotho?: Over the last ten years it is up 65.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Lesotho data come from?: The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Multilateral debt service (TDS, current US$), per unit of GDP. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Multilateral debt service (TDS, current US$) divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Multilateral debt service (TDS, current US$) ÷ GDP (current US$)

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Indicator: Multilateral debt service (TDS, current US$), per unit of GDP
Unit: TDS, current US$ per US$ of GDP
Source: Statizoid (derived)
Licence: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage: 134 places, 6,196 data points, 1970–2024
Last refreshed: 21 August 2026

Multilateral debt service (TDS, current US$) divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.