Personal remittances received in Lesotho

Personal remittances received by Lesotho were equal to 20.8% of GDP in 2025.

Measure: Personal remittances received Unit: % of GDP Data: 1975 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Lesotho, 2025 20.8% % of GDP
Change from 2024 +0.9percentage points 2024: 19.9%
World, 2025 0.8% Official aggregate

Personal remittances received 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.

Personal remittances received (% of GDP), 2001 to 2025
Period LesothoWorld
2025 20.8% 0.8%
2024 19.9% 0.8%
2023 22.5% 0.8%
2022 22.6% 0.8%
2021 19.7% 0.7%
2020 21.9% 0.8%
2019 22.1% 0.7%
2018 22.4% 0.7%
2017 23.7% 0.7%
2016 21.5% 0.7%
2015 14.7% 0.7%
2014 16.6% 0.7%
2013 19.6% 0.7%
2012 22.4% 0.7%
2011 25.2% 0.6%
2010 27.3% 0.6%
2009 31.5% 0.7%
2008 32.6% 0.6%
2007 37.9% 0.6%
2006 34.1% 0.6%
2005 35.6% 0.5%
2004 41.5% 0.5%
2003 48.1% 0.5%
2002 50.1% 0.5%
2001 48.6% 0.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.9 percentage points from 19.9% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 14.7%, the figure has changed by +6.0 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 0.8%.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank staff estimates based on IMF balance of payments data
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
BX.TRF.PWKR.DT.GD.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 staff estimates based on IMF balance of payments data