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Lesotho — Combined government deficit

millions of LSL · Annual · 1970–2031 · 56 observations

About this series

The combined government deficit series records the period's fiscal balance under the source's accounting and sign convention. A deficit indicates a shortfall; the series is a flow, not a debt stock. WED's combined-government scope requires source metadata.

Lesotho's combined government deficit reading was 991.61M LSL in 2025. The period change from 3.58B LSL in 2024 was −2.59B LSL. The corresponding ratio to GDP was 2.15% in 2025.

-4.00B-2.00B02.00B4.00B1970202020252031LSLSubscribe to view

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Latest observations

2020–2031

PeriodValue
20312.16B LSL
20302.22B LSL
20292.25B LSL
20282.35B LSL
20272.29B LSL
7 earlier values, back to 2020
20262.03B LSL
2025991.61M LSL
20243.58B LSL
20232.89B LSL
2022-2.44B LSL
2021-1.71B LSL
2020488.60M LSL
Data release 2026_10_06_0823, published 6 Oct 2026.