Portfolio investment, Debt securities, Other Sectors … Short-term in Lesotho
Lesotho: Portfolio investment, Debt securities, Other Sectors … Short-term was 36.31 million US dollar in 2025. ▼ Falling
Portfolio investment, Debt securities, Other Sectors (BPM6) in Lesotho, 2020–2025
Source: International Monetary Fund. Measured in US dollar.
Analysis
Lesotho recorded 36.31 million US dollar for portfolio investment, debt securities, other sectors (bpm6) in 2025.
That represents a change of up 80.2% on the previous year and down 16.3% over ten years.
That places Lesotho 75th out of 131 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
Portfolio investment, Debt securities, Other Sectors … Short-term in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | US dollar | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 43.39 million US dollar | — |
| 2021 | 40.90 million US dollar | -5.8% |
| 2022 | 36.47 million US dollar | -10.8% |
| 2023 | 17.46 million US dollar | -52.1% |
| 2024 | 20.15 million US dollar | +15.4% |
| 2025 | 36.31 million US dollar | +80.2% |
Lesotho compared with similar countries
- Lesotho's 36.31 million US dollar is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 402,283 US dollar, 90.2× the median. (29 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near Lesotho
More external debt data for Lesotho
- Net financial flows, IBRD -363,000 NFL, current US$ (2013)
- 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)
- 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, IDA (NFL, current US$), per square kilometre 868.64 NFL, current US$ per square kilometre (2023)
- Use of IMF credit 152.62 million DOD, current US$ (2025)
- External debt stocks, public and publicly guaranteed (PPG) 1.12 billion DOD, current US$ (2025)
- External debt stocks, long-term 1.83 billion DOD, current US$ (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is portfolio investment, debt securities, other sectors (bpm6) in Lesotho?
- Portfolio investment, debt securities, other sectors (bpm6) in Lesotho was 36.31 million US dollar in 2025, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest portfolio investment, debt securities, other sectors (bpm6) recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 43.39 million US dollar in 2020.
- What is the lowest portfolio investment, debt securities, other sectors (bpm6) recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 17.46 million US dollar in 2023.
- How does Lesotho rank for portfolio investment, debt securities, other sectors (bpm6)?
- Lesotho ranks 75th out of 131 countries with data for 2025.
- Is portfolio investment, debt securities, other sectors (bpm6) rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Lesotho data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Portfolio investment, Debt securities, Other Sectors (BPM6), Short-term (Assets, Positions, US dollar). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The International Investment Position (IIP) is a statistical statement that shows at a point in time the value of financial assets of residents of an economy that are claims on nonresidents or are gold bullion held as reserve assets; and the liabilities of residents of an economy to nonresidents.