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Lesotho

Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
Capital City: Maseru
Country Code: LS

Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)

Year: 2024 = 6.138990
Year: 2023 = 5.956396
Year: 2022 = 5.831721
Year: 2021 = 5.817232
Year: 2020 = 5.710631

Lending Interest Rate

Year: 2024 = 11.208%
Year: 2023 = 11.083%
Year: 2022 = 8.984%
Year: 2021 = 8.209%
Year: 2020 = 8.976%

Unfortunately, lending rates are from the World Bank and may be outdated, as many countries stopped reporting lending rates after 2019. You may easily get more updated data from the Reserve Bank for the country, or any commercial bank website.

Human Development Index (HDI)

Year: 2023 = 1.669
Year: 2022 = 1.662
Year: 2021 = 1.502
Year: 2020 = 0.964
Year: 2019 = 1.073

The HDI is recalculated every year using the most recent data and functional forms. Rankings in one report cannot be directly compared to earlier editions.


Data Attribution: The World Bank | UNDP/HDRO
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