Consumer price index in Lesotho

The consumer price index for Lesotho stood at 221.0 (2010 = 100) in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1973.

Measure: Consumer price index (World Bank, 2010 = 100) Unit: Index, 2010 = 100 Data: 1973 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Lesotho, 2025 221.0 Index, 2010 = 100
Change from 2024 +9.1points 2024: 212.0 (2010 = 100)
Position in 2025 47th of 169 See the full ranking

Consumer price index in Lesotho over time

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Index, 2010 = 100. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Consumer price index (World Bank, 2010 = 100) (index, 2010 = 100), 2001 to 2025
Period Lesotho
2025 221.0 (2010 = 100)
2024 212.0 (2010 = 100)
2023 199.8 (2010 = 100)
2022 187.9 (2010 = 100)
2021 173.5 (2010 = 100)
2020 163.6 (2010 = 100)
2019 155.9 (2010 = 100)
2018 148.2 (2010 = 100)
2017 141.5 (2010 = 100)
2016 135.4 (2010 = 100)
2015 127.0 (2010 = 100)
2014 123.1 (2010 = 100)
2013 116.8 (2010 = 100)
2012 111.4 (2010 = 100)
2011 105.0 (2010 = 100)
2010 100.0 (2010 = 100)
2009 102.5 (2010 = 100)
2008 123.2 (2010 = 100)
2007 111.3 (2010 = 100)
2006 103.1 (2010 = 100)
2005 97.2 (2010 = 100)
2004 93.9 (2010 = 100)
2003 89.4 (2010 = 100)
2002 83.9 (2010 = 100)
2001 62.7 (2010 = 100)

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +9.1 points from 212.0 (2010 = 100) in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 127.0 (2010 = 100), the figure has changed by +94.0 points.
  • Among the 169 countries with data for 2025, Lesotho has the 47th highest value.

Source and dates

Original producer
International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
FP.CPI.TOTL · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1973 to 2025 for Lesotho
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics