Lesotho - Broad money

Broad money (current LCU)

The value for Broad money (current LCU) in Lesotho was 14,282,900,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 40 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 14,282,900,000 in 2020 and a minimum value of 118,605,000 in 1980.

Definition: Broad money (IFS line 35L..ZK) is the sum of currency outside banks; demand deposits other than those of the central government; the time, savings, and foreign currency deposits of resident sectors other than the central government; bank and traveler’s checks; and other securities such as certificates of deposit and commercial paper.

Source: International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics and data files.

Year Value
1980 118,605,000
1981 148,934,000
1982 190,604,000
1983 224,589,000
1984 258,217,000
1985 314,266,000
1986 358,278,000
1987 395,673,000
1988 500,943,000
1989 571,477,000
1990 627,129,000
1991 691,332,000
1992 764,508,000
1993 935,173,000
1994 1,037,007,000
1995 1,138,744,000
1996 1,334,021,000
1997 1,530,998,000
1998 1,768,834,000
1999 1,677,843,000
2000 1,700,900,000
2001 1,992,711,000
2002 2,168,179,000
2003 2,297,850,000
2004 2,375,548,000
2005 2,592,569,000
2006 3,507,904,000
2007 4,081,458,000
2008 4,883,557,000
2009 5,273,720,000
2010 6,453,251,000
2011 6,659,644,000
2012 7,148,681,000
2013 8,661,613,000
2014 9,003,837,000
2015 10,134,560,000
2016 9,644,191,000
2017 12,105,970,000
2018 13,400,600,000
2019 12,195,220,000
2020 14,282,900,000

Broad money (% of GDP)

Broad money (% of GDP) in Lesotho was 46.24 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 40 years was 52.54 in 1984, while its lowest value was 24.23 in 2005.

Definition: Broad money (IFS line 35L..ZK) is the sum of currency outside banks; demand deposits other than those of the central government; the time, savings, and foreign currency deposits of resident sectors other than the central government; bank and traveler’s checks; and other securities such as certificates of deposit and commercial paper.

Source: International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics and data files, and World Bank and OECD GDP estimates.

See also:

Year Value
1980 35.29
1981 39.09
1982 50.34
1983 52.13
1984 52.54
1985 52.49
1986 49.17
1987 48.25
1988 46.84
1989 43.98
1990 40.64
1991 35.55
1992 32.26
1993 34.25
1994 33.25
1995 31.34
1996 32.80
1997 33.29
1998 34.46
1999 30.09
2000 27.62
2001 28.03
2002 26.51
2003 26.24
2004 24.33
2005 24.23
2006 28.78
2007 34.44
2008 33.46
2009 35.75
2010 39.45
2011 35.56
2012 35.13
2013 37.92
2014 33.99
2015 33.66
2016 31.01
2017 39.40
2018 40.28
2019 35.67
2020 46.24

Broad money to total reserves ratio

Broad money to total reserves ratio in Lesotho was 1.09 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 39 years was 4.45 in 1989, while its lowest value was 0.41 in 2009.

Definition: Broad money (IFS line 35L..ZK) is the sum of currency outside banks; demand deposits other than those of the central government; the time, savings, and foreign currency deposits of resident sectors other than the central government; bank and traveler’s checks; and other securities such as certificates of deposit and commercial paper.

Source: International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics and data files.

See also:

Year Value
1980 3.03
1981 3.91
1982 3.69
1983 3.02
1984 3.60
1985 3.24
1986 2.60
1987 2.88
1988 3.91
1989 4.45
1990 3.35
1991 2.18
1992 1.70
1993 1.13
1994 0.78
1995 0.69
1996 0.67
1997 0.58
1998 0.56
1999 0.55
2000 0.59
2001 0.60
2002 0.51
2003 0.66
2004 0.73
2005 0.79
2006 0.79
2007 0.58
2008 0.61
2009 0.41
2010 0.59
2011 1.01
2012 0.87
2013 0.85
2014 0.77
2015 0.80
2016 0.71
2017 1.38
2018 1.39
2019 1.09

Broad money growth (annual %)

The value for Broad money growth (annual %) in Lesotho was 17.12 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 39 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 35.31 in 2006 and a minimum value of -8.99 in 2019.

Definition: Broad money (IFS line 35L..ZK) is the sum of currency outside banks; demand deposits other than those of the central government; the time, savings, and foreign currency deposits of resident sectors other than the central government; bank and traveler’s checks; and other securities such as certificates of deposit and commercial paper.

Source: International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics and data files.

See also:

Year Value
1981 25.57
1982 27.98
1983 17.83
1984 14.97
1985 21.71
1986 14.00
1987 10.44
1988 26.61
1989 14.08
1990 9.74
1991 10.24
1992 10.58
1993 22.32
1994 10.89
1995 9.81
1996 17.15
1997 14.77
1998 15.53
1999 -5.14
2000 1.37
2001 17.16
2002 8.81
2003 5.98
2004 3.38
2005 9.14
2006 35.31
2007 16.35
2008 19.65
2009 7.99
2010 22.37
2011 3.20
2012 7.34
2013 21.16
2014 3.95
2015 12.56
2016 -4.84
2017 25.53
2018 10.69
2019 -8.99
2020 17.12

Classification

Topic: Financial Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Monetary holdings (liabilities)