Lesotho - Interest payments

Interest payments (current LCU)

The value for Interest payments (current LCU) in Lesotho was 502,100,900 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 37 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 502,100,900 in 2019 and a minimum value of 5,887,000 in 1986.

Definition: Interest payments include interest payments on government debt--including long-term bonds, long-term loans, and other debt instruments--to domestic and foreign residents.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files.

Year Value
1982 16,100,000
1983 19,624,000
1984 18,084,000
1985 20,791,000
1986 5,887,000
1987 29,807,000
1988 43,311,000
1989 97,492,000
1991 64,550,300
1992 67,318,050
1993 62,015,620
1994 64,800,980
1995 84,971,020
1996 29,057,500
1997 53,480,260
1998 133,042,300
1999 92,524,510
2000 162,418,700
2001 147,310,800
2002 214,072,300
2003 224,900,000
2004 156,300,000
2005 117,900,000
2006 313,213,500
2007 306,190,200
2008 118,949,900
2009 126,454,600
2010 94,175,580
2011 138,959,700
2012 164,285,400
2013 189,793,000
2014 174,813,000
2015 267,100,000
2016 246,922,400
2017 329,100,000
2018 448,627,000
2019 502,100,900

Interest payments (% of revenue)

Interest payments (% of revenue) in Lesotho was 3.05 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 35 years was 14.40 in 1989, while its lowest value was 1.03 in 2010.

Definition: Interest payments include interest payments on government debt--including long-term bonds, long-term loans, and other debt instruments--to domestic and foreign residents.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files.

See also:

Year Value
1984 7.55
1986 2.05
1987 8.23
1988 9.40
1989 14.40
1991 7.44
1992 6.65
1993 4.91
1994 4.25
1995 4.73
1996 1.56
1997 2.47
1998 6.29
1999 4.50
2000 6.63
2001 5.16
2002 6.63
2003 6.14
2004 3.70
2005 2.53
2006 4.72
2007 4.20
2008 1.31
2009 1.34
2010 1.03
2011 1.44
2012 1.25
2013 1.43
2014 1.20
2015 1.74
2016 1.76
2017 2.16
2018 2.78
2019 3.05

Interest payments (% of expense)

Interest payments (% of expense) in Lesotho was 3.70 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 32 years was 21.72 in 1989, while its lowest value was 1.35 in 2010.

Definition: Interest payments include interest payments on government debt--including long-term bonds, long-term loans, and other debt instruments--to domestic and foreign residents.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files.

See also:

Year Value
1987 9.32
1988 10.94
1989 21.72
1991 11.30
1992 9.47
1993 8.01
1994 6.33
1995 7.20
1996 2.39
1997 3.55
1998 6.56
1999 4.80
2000 7.80
2001 6.17
2002 7.58
2003 7.57
2004 4.97
2005 3.30
2006 7.05
2007 6.23
2008 1.75
2009 1.64
2010 1.35
2011 1.82
2012 2.02
2013 1.95
2014 1.72
2015 2.32
2016 1.96
2017 2.70
2018 3.38
2019 3.70

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance