Bank branches per 100,000 adults in Lesotho
Lesotho: Bank branches per 100,000 adults was 3.79 in 2020. ▲ Rising
Bank branches per 100,000 adults in Lesotho, 2004–2020
Source: Financial Access Survey (FAS), International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Analysis
Lesotho recorded 3.79 for bank branches per 100,000 adults in 2020.
That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and up 14.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bank branches per 100,000 adults in Lesotho peaked at 3.83 in 2016 and was at its lowest, 1.91, in 2006.
Lesotho ranks 156th of 183 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.19 | 1.91 | 2.4 | 6 |
| 2010s | 3.6 | 3.31 | 3.83 | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.79 | 3.79 | 3.79 | 1 |
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More financial sector data for Lesotho
- Domestic credit to private sector by banks 23.8% (2024)
- Total reserves in months of imports 5.54 (2024)
- Net domestic credit 3.67 billion current LCU (2024)
- Net foreign assets 25.32 billion current LCU (2024)
- Monetary Sector credit to private sector 24.3% (2024)
- Broad money 42.3% (2020)
- Claims on central government, etc. -18.2% (2024)
- Domestic credit to private sector 24.3% (2024)
- Official exchange rate 17.89 LCU per US$, period average (2025)
- Net migration -5,192 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bank branches per 100,000 adults in Lesotho?
- Bank branches per 100,000 adults in Lesotho was 3.79 in 2020, according to Financial Access Survey (FAS), International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest bank branches per 100,000 adults recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 3.83 in 2016.
- What is the lowest bank branches per 100,000 adults recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.91 in 2006.
- How does Lesotho rank for bank branches per 100,000 adults?
- Lesotho ranks 156th out of 183 countries with data for 2020.
- Is bank branches per 100,000 adults rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.5%. 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 branches per 100,000 adults. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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For each country calculated as: 100,000*reported number of depositors/adult population in the reporting country.