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.
Bank accounts per 1,000 adults in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 214.05 | — |
| 2005 | 258.24 | +20.6% |
| 2006 | 340.86 | +32.0% |
| 2007 | 210.08 | -38.4% |
| 2008 | 212.08 | +1.0% |
| 2009 | 223.39 | +5.3% |
| 2010 | 283.51 | +26.9% |
| 2011 | 354.85 | +25.2% |
| 2012 | 286.48 | -19.3% |
| 2013 | 316.1 | +10.3% |
| 2014 | 326.29 | +3.2% |
| 2015 | 348.97 | +7.0% |
| 2016 | 363.51 | +4.2% |
| 2017 | 385.39 | +6.0% |
| 2018 | 413.83 | +7.4% |
| 2019 | 391.91 | -5.3% |
| 2020 | 414.78 | +5.8% |
Lesotho compared with similar countries
- Lesotho's 414.78 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 408.53, 1.0× the median. (36 countries reporting)
- Lesotho's 414.78 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 194.06, 2.1× the median. (39 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Bank accounts per 1,000 adults in Lesotho changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | -38.4% | 340.86 | 210.08 |
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
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.59 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0069 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, per capita 7.46 units per person (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, annual growth rate 0.548 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.005 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, per capita 5.45 units per person (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.59 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0069 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, per capita 7.46 units per person (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, SDR, annual growth rate 0.548 % change on previous year (2025)
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.