Bank accounts per 1,000 adults in Lesotho
Lesotho: Bank accounts per 1,000 adults was 414.78 in 2020. ▲ Rising
Bank accounts per 1,000 adults in Lesotho, 2004–2020
Source: Financial Access Survey (FAS), International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Analysis
Lesotho recorded 414.78 for bank accounts per 1,000 adults in 2020. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.8% on the previous year and up 46.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bank accounts per 1,000 adults in Lesotho peaked at 414.78 in 2020 and was at its lowest, 210.08, in 2007.
That places Lesotho 63rd out of 103 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 243.12 | 210.08 | 340.86 | 6 |
| 2010s | 347.08 | 283.51 | 413.83 | 10 |
| 2020s | 414.78 | 414.78 | 414.78 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Lesotho
More financial sector data for Lesotho
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 1,569 current LCU per person (2024)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 1.53 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate -37.76 % change on previous year (2024)
- Gold reserves at 35 SDRs per ounce 0 SDR (2023)
- Gold reserves at market value 0 SDR (2023)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 660.13 million SDR (2024)
- Reserves excluding gold 772.82 million SDR (2024)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 772.82 million SDR (2024)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 772.82 million SDR (2024)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 330.63 SDR per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bank accounts per 1,000 adults in Lesotho?
- Bank accounts per 1,000 adults in Lesotho was 414.78 in 2020, according to Financial Access Survey (FAS), International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest bank accounts per 1,000 adults recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 414.78 in 2020.
- What is the lowest bank accounts per 1,000 adults recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 210.08 in 2007.
- How does Lesotho rank for bank accounts per 1,000 adults?
- Lesotho ranks 63rd out of 103 countries with data for 2020.
- Is bank accounts per 1,000 adults rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is up 46.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Lesotho data come from?
- The figures come from Financial Access Survey (FAS), International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Bank accounts per 1,000 adults. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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For each country calculated as: 1,000*reported number of depositors/adult population in the reporting country.