Lesotho recorded a Government Budget surplus equal to 8.40 percent of the country's Gross Domestic Product in 2024. Government Budget in Lesotho averaged 0.75 percent of GDP from 1990 until 2024, reaching an all time high of 11.60 percent of GDP in 2007 and a record low of -9.50 percent of GDP in 2016. source: Central Bank of Lesotho
Government Budget in Lesotho is expected to reach 6.00 percent of GDP by the end of 2025, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Lesotho Government Budget is projected to trend around 4.00 percent of GDP in 2026 and -0.30 percent of GDP in 2027, according to our econometric models.