Bank concentration in Lesotho
Lesotho: Bank concentration was 100.0% in 2021. ▼ Falling
Bank concentration in Lesotho, 2000–2021
Source: Bankscope, Bureau van Dijk (BvD). Measured in %.
Analysis
Lesotho recorded 100.0% for bank concentration in 2021. That is the highest value across all 19 years on record.
That represents a change of up 9.9% on the previous year and up 3.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bank concentration in Lesotho peaked at 100.0% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 91.0%, in 2020.
Lesotho ranks 1st of 170 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 19 years of available data.
Bank concentration in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 100.0% | — |
| 2001 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 96.9% | -3.1% |
| 2012 | 96.6% | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 100.0% | +3.5% |
| 2014 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 96.8% | -3.2% |
| 2016 | 93.9% | -3.0% |
| 2017 | 91.8% | -2.2% |
| 2018 | 91.7% | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 91.6% | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 91.0% | -0.7% |
| 2021 | 100.0% | +9.9% |
Lesotho compared with similar countries
- Lesotho's 100.0% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 68.4%, 1.5× the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Lesotho's 100.0% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 77.1%, 1.3× the median. (40 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 7 |
| 2010s | 95.9% | 91.6% | 100.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 95.5% | 91.0% | 100.0% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Lesotho
- 1 Antigua and Barbuda 100.0% compare
- 1 Barbados 100.0% compare
- 1 Cayman Islands 100.0% compare
- 1 Chad 100.0% compare
- 1 Djibouti 100.0% compare
- 1 Eswatini 100.0% compare
- 1 Fiji 100.0% compare
- 1 Iceland 100.0% compare
- 1 Liberia 100.0% compare
- 1 Malawi 100.0% compare
- 1 Maldives 100.0% compare
- 1 San Marino 100.0% compare
- 1 Seychelles 100.0% compare
- 1 South Sudan 100.0% compare
- 1 Saint Lucia 100.0% compare
- 1 Suriname 100.0% compare
- 1 Turkmenistan 100.0% compare
- 1 Yemen 100.0% compare
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 concentration in Lesotho?
- Bank concentration in Lesotho was 100.0% in 2021, according to Bankscope, Bureau van Dijk (BvD).
- What is the highest bank concentration recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 100.0% in 2000.
- What is the lowest bank concentration recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 91.0% in 2020.
- How does Lesotho rank for bank concentration?
- Lesotho ranks 1st out of 170 countries with data for 2021.
- Is bank concentration rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Lesotho data come from?
- The figures come from Bankscope, Bureau van Dijk (BvD), published as part of Bank concentration (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Raw data are from Bankscope. (Sum(data2025) for three largest banks in Bankscope) / (Sum(data2025) for all banks in Bankscope). Only reported if number of banks in Bankscope is 3 or more. Calculated from underlying bank-by-bank unconsolidated data from Bankscope.