Net migration in Lesotho

Net migration to Lesotho was -5,192 people in 2025.

Measure: Net migration Unit: People Data: 1960 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Lesotho, 2025 -5,192 People
Change from 2024 −1.7% 2024: -5,107 people
World, 2025 0 people Official aggregate
Position in 2025 137th of 217 See the full ranking

Net migration in Lesotho over time

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

Net migration (people), 2001 to 2025
Period Lesotho
2025 -5,192 people
2024 -5,107 people
2023 -5,168 people
2022 -6,023 people
2021 -3,449 people
2020 -3,449 people
2019 -6,896 people
2018 -6,892 people
2017 -6,850 people
2016 -6,766 people
2015 -7,087 people
2014 -6,877 people
2013 -6,659 people
2012 -6,425 people
2011 -6,118 people
2010 -5,886 people
2009 -5,599 people
2008 -5,392 people
2007 -5,179 people
2006 -11,416 people
2005 -35,679 people
2004 -33,530 people
2003 -31,723 people
2002 -29,924 people
2001 -27,874 people

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −1.7% from -5,107 people in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was -7,087 people, the figure has changed by +26.7%.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Lesotho has the 137th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 0 people.

Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SM.POP.NETM · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 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: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects