Costa Rica vs Lesotho: Claims on private sector

Costa Rica
3.6%
in 2025
Lesotho
3.8%
in 2021
Costa Rica rank
108th
Lesotho rank
105th

Claims on private sector over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Lesotho
-200204060196119932025

How they compare

Lesotho currently reports 3.8% against 3.6% in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.2%.

That makes Lesotho's figure about 1.1 times Costa Rica's.

The two have swapped places 15 times across 41 shared years of data; in 1981 it was Lesotho ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 108th and Lesotho ranks 105th of 167 countries.

Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Lesotho Difference Ahead
1980s 10.6% 7.0% 3.6% Costa Rica
1990s 18.2% 7.6% 10.6% Costa Rica
2000s 21.3% 2.6% 18.7% Costa Rica
2010s 9.7% 6.8% 2.9% Costa Rica
2020s 4.1% 2.1% 2.0% Costa Rica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher claims on private sector, Costa Rica or Lesotho?
Lesotho, at 3.8% against 3.6% in Costa Rica as of 2021.
What is the difference in claims on private sector between Costa Rica and Lesotho?
0.2%, with Lesotho ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Lesotho?
41 years are reported by both, from 1981 to 2021.
How do Costa Rica and Lesotho rank globally for claims on private sector?
Costa Rica ranks 108th and Lesotho ranks 105th of 167 countries.
Where does this data come from?
International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as Claims on private sector (annual growth as % of broad money). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Claims on private sector (annual growth as % of broad money)
Unit
annual growth as % of broad money
Source
International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
167 places, 8,318 data points, 1961–2025
Last refreshed

Claims on private sector include gross credit from the financial system to individuals, enterprises, nonfinancial public entities not included under net domestic credit, and financial institutions not included elsewhere. Broad money is the sum of all liquid financial instruments held by money-holding sectors that are widely accepted in an economy as a medium of exchange, plus those that can be converted into a medium of exchange at short notice at, or close to, their full nominal value. This indicator represents the annual percentage growth in the ratio of claims to broad money.