Savings share of GDP in Lesotho

Gross savings in Lesotho were equal to 13.6% of GDP in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest since 2017.

Measure: Gross savings as a share of GDP Unit: % of GDP Data: 1975 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Lesotho, 2025 13.6% % of GDP
Change from 2024 −7.8percentage points 2024: 21.3%
World, 2024 26.0% Official aggregate Not the same period as Lesotho (2025).

Savings share of GDP 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.

Gross savings as a share of GDP (% of GDP), 2001 to 2025
Period LesothoWorld
2025 13.6% –
2024 21.3% 26.0%
2023 21.1% 26.2%
2022 16.4% 27.2%
2021 20.4% 27.1%
2020 20.5% 25.7%
2019 18.2% 26.5%
2018 16.6% 26.6%
2017 7.4% 26.4%
2016 17.5% 25.8%
2015 24.5% 26.3%
2014 25.3% 26.7%
2013 22.3% 26.4%
2012 17.8% 26.7%
2011 13.4% 26.8%
2010 20.2% 26.5%
2009 30.1% 25.3%
2008 43.8% 27.4%
2007 42.9% 28.2%
2006 – 28.2%
2005 – 27.1%
2004 – 26.6%
2003 – 25.4%
2002 – 25.0%
2001 – 25.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −7.8 percentage points from 21.3% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 24.5%, the figure has changed by −10.9 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank and OECD national accounts data, from national statistical offices
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
NY.GNS.ICTR.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1975 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: World Bank and OECD national accounts data, from national statistical offices