Trade as a share of GDP in Lesotho
Trade in goods and services was equal to 154.0% of GDP in Lesotho in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest since 2009.
Lesotho, 2025
154.0%
Change from 2024
+1.5percentage points
World, 2025
68.5%
Trade as a share of GDP in Lesotho over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Lesotho | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 154.0% | 68.5% |
| 2024 | 152.5% | 56.7% |
| 2023 | 140.7% | 58.1% |
| 2022 | 142.4% | 62.1% |
| 2021 | 139.2% | 56.5% |
| 2020 | 141.1% | 51.9% |
| 2019 | 140.5% | 55.8% |
| 2018 | 144.4% | 57.0% |
| 2017 | 146.4% | 55.5% |
| 2016 | 136.3% | 53.8% |
| 2015 | 129.7% | 55.6% |
| 2014 | 126.3% | 58.0% |
| 2013 | 133.4% | 58.6% |
| 2012 | 150.2% | 59.3% |
| 2011 | 149.8% | 59.3% |
| 2010 | 150.1% | 56.2% |
| 2009 | 158.9% | 51.9% |
| 2008 | 161.1% | 60.3% |
| 2007 | 165.0% | 58.7% |
| 2006 | – | 58.4% |
| 2005 | – | 56.2% |
| 2004 | – | 54.2% |
| 2003 | – | 50.7% |
| 2002 | – | 49.0% |
| 2001 | – | 49.0% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +1.5 percentage points from 152.5% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 129.7%, the figure has changed by +24.3 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 68.5%.