Foreign direct investment inflows in Lesotho
Net foreign direct investment inflows to Lesotho were 1.3% of GDP in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest since 2017.
Lesotho, 2025
1.3%
Change from 2024
+0.7percentage points
World, 2025
1.4%
Position in 2025
122nd of 184
Foreign direct investment inflows in Lesotho over time
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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Lesotho | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.3% | 1.4% |
| 2024 | 0.6% | 1.2% |
| 2023 | 1.2% | 0.9% |
| 2022 | 0.0% | 1.9% |
| 2021 | -0.5% | 2.5% |
| 2020 | 0.6% | 1.3% |
| 2019 | -2.4% | 2.2% |
| 2018 | 0.9% | 1.2% |
| 2017 | 5.9% | 2.7% |
| 2016 | 1.8% | 3.5% |
| 2015 | 4.8% | 3.6% |
| 2014 | 3.9% | 2.4% |
| 2013 | 2.1% | 2.6% |
| 2012 | 2.3% | 2.7% |
| 2011 | 2.4% | 3.2% |
| 2010 | 0.4% | 2.7% |
| 2009 | 5.2% | 2.4% |
| 2008 | 0.6% | 3.7% |
| 2007 | 4.5% | 5.3% |
| 2006 | 1.4% | 4.2% |
| 2005 | 1.6% | 3.3% |
| 2004 | 3.7% | 2.2% |
| 2003 | 3.8% | 1.9% |
| 2002 | 3.7% | 2.1% |
| 2001 | 3.6% | 2.6% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.7 percentage points from 0.6% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 4.8%, the figure has changed by −3.5 percentage points.
- Among the 184 countries with data for 2025, Lesotho has the 122nd highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 1.4%.