Lesotho recorded a Current Account deficit of 5.30 percent of the country's Gross Domestic Product in 2023. Current Account to GDP in Lesotho averaged -4.19 percent of GDP from 1975 until 2024, reaching an all time high of 14.65 percent of GDP in 1994 and a record low of -39.67 percent of GDP in 1995. source: Central Bank of Lesotho
Current Account to GDP in Lesotho is expected to reach -4.80 percent of GDP by the end of 2025, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Lesotho Current Account to GDP is projected to trend around -6.30 percent of GDP in 2026 and -7.50 percent of GDP in 2027, according to our econometric models.