Deposit money banks'' assets to GDP in Lesotho

Lesotho: Deposit money banks'' assets to GDP was 27.7% in 2021. ▲ Rising

Latest (2021)
27.7%
Change on year
up 8.9%
World rank
145th
of 187 countries
All-time high
32.1%
in 1987
All-time low
3.9%
in 1975
Years of data
49
1973–2021

Deposit money banks'' assets to GDP in Lesotho, 1973–2021

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Source: International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in %.

Analysis

In 2021, deposit money banks'' assets to gdp in Lesotho stood at 27.7%.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 8.9% on the previous year and up 53.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, deposit money banks'' assets to gdp in Lesotho peaked at 32.1% in 1987 and was at its lowest, 3.9%, in 1975.

That places Lesotho 145th out of 187 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 49 years of available data.

Deposit money banks'' assets to GDP in Lesotho, year by year

Annual values for Deposit money banks'' assets to GDP (%) in Lesotho, 1973 to 2021.
Year % Change
1973 4.5%
1974 4.7% +5.1%
1975 3.9% -17.9%
1976 5.2% +33.6%
1977 10.3% +99.4%
1978 11.9% +15.6%
1979 15.2% +27.8%
1980 21.2% +39.2%
1981 24.8% +17.0%
1982 30.9% +24.3%
1983 30.2% -2.2%
1984 29.9% -1.1%
1985 29.6% -0.9%
1986 31.8% +7.4%
1987 32.1% +1.0%
1988 29.2% -9.1%
1989 31.3% +7.3%
1990 27.2% -13.1%
1991 24.7% -9.1%
1992 21.4% -13.6%
1993 22.7% +6.1%
1994 26.3% +16.0%
1995 22.3% -15.4%
1996 21.4% -3.8%
1997 25.5% +19.1%
1998 21.4% -16.1%
1999 26.9% +25.8%
2000 24.4% -9.6%
2001 22.7% -7.0%
2002 22.8% +0.6%
2003 16.9% -25.7%
2004 11.2% -34.0%
2005 11.7% +4.4%
2006 12.2% +4.9%
2007 15.0% +22.2%
2008 13.3% -11.4%
2009 15.0% +13.4%
2010 16.1% +7.2%
2011 18.0% +11.9%
2012 22.5% +24.6%
2013 22.6% +0.7%
2014 21.4% -5.4%
2015 20.8% -2.9%
2016 20.5% -1.3%
2017 22.9% +11.8%
2018 24.4% +6.3%
2019 26.7% +9.4%
2020 25.4% -4.6%
2021 27.7% +8.9%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 8.0% 3.9% 15.2% 7
1980s 29.1% 21.2% 32.1% 10
1990s 24.0% 21.4% 27.2% 10
2000s 16.5% 11.2% 24.4% 10
2010s 21.6% 16.1% 26.7% 10
2020s 26.6% 25.4% 27.7% 2

Countries ranked near Lesotho

  1. 142 Nicaragua 29.6% compare
  2. 143 Kyrgyzstan 28.4% compare
  3. 144 Ghana 28.2% compare
  4. 146 Djibouti 27.7% compare
  5. 147 Sao Tome and Principe 27.4% compare
  6. 148 Eswatini 27.2% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is deposit money banks'' assets to gdp in Lesotho?
Deposit money banks'' assets to gdp in Lesotho was 27.7% in 2021, according to International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF).
What is the highest deposit money banks'' assets to gdp recorded in Lesotho?
The highest recorded value was 32.1% in 1987.
What is the lowest deposit money banks'' assets to gdp recorded in Lesotho?
The lowest recorded value was 3.9% in 1975.
How does Lesotho rank for deposit money banks'' assets to gdp?
Lesotho ranks 145th out of 187 countries with data for 2021.
Is deposit money banks'' assets to gdp rising or falling in Lesotho?
Over the last ten years it is up 53.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Lesotho data come from?
The figures come from International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Deposit money banks'' assets to GDP (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Deposit money banks'' assets to GDP (%)
Unit
%
Source
International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
187 places, 8,670 data points, 1960–2021
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Claims on domestic real nonfinancial sector by deposit money banks as a share of GDP, calculated using the following deflation method: {(0.5)*[Ft/P_et + Ft-1/P_et-1]}/[GDPt/P_at] where F is deposit money bank claims, P_e is end-of period CPI, and P_a is average annual CPI. Raw data are from the electronic version of the IMF’s International Financial Statistics. Deposit money bank assets (IFS lines 22, a-d); GDP in local currency (IFS line 99B..ZF or, if not available, line 99B.CZF); end-of period CPI (IFS line 64M..ZF or, if not available, 64Q..ZF); and average annual CPI is calculated using the monthly CPI values (IFS line 64M..ZF).