Deposit money banks'' assets to GDP in Lesotho
Lesotho: Deposit money banks'' assets to GDP was 27.7% in 2021. ▲ Rising
Deposit money banks'' assets to GDP in Lesotho, 1973–2021
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
| 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
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | 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 |
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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 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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About this data
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).