CPIA debt policy rating in Lesotho
Lesotho: CPIA debt policy rating was 3.5 1=low to 6=high in 2025. ▼ Falling
CPIA debt policy rating in Lesotho, 2005–2025
Source: CPIA database, World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 1=low to 6=high.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cpia debt policy rating in Lesotho is 3.5 1=low to 6=high, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 21 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, cpia debt policy rating in Lesotho peaked at 4 1=low to 6=high in 2005 and was at its lowest, 3.5 1=low to 6=high, in 2015.
Lesotho ranks 29th of 84 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 21 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4 1=low to 6=high | 4 1=low to 6=high | 4 1=low to 6=high | 5 |
| 2010s | 3.8 1=low to 6=high | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 4 1=low to 6=high | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 3.5 1=low to 6=high | 6 |
Countries ranked near Lesotho
- 29 Burundi 3.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 29 Cameroon 3.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 29 Chad 3.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 29 Democratic Republic of Congo 3.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 29 Grenada 3.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 29 Guinea 3.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 29 Mauritania 3.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 29 Nicaragua 3.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 29 Pakistan 3.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 29 Solomon Islands 3.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 29 East Timor 3.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 29 Vietnam 3.5 1=low to 6=high compare
More public sector data for Lesotho
- Arms imports 1.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2019)
- Tax revenue 35.4% (2024)
- Taxes on income, profits and capital gains 20.4% (2024)
- Taxes on goods and services 32.7% (2024)
- Net investment in nonfinancial assets 7.7% (2024)
- Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) 7.2% (2024)
- Interest payments 3.5% (2024)
- Grants and other revenue 34.0% (2024)
- Interest payments 4.0% (2022)
- Other taxes 0.0% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cpia debt policy rating in Lesotho?
- Cpia debt policy rating in Lesotho was 3.5 1=low to 6=high in 2025, according to CPIA database, World Bank Group (WBG).
- What is the highest cpia debt policy rating recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 4 1=low to 6=high in 2005.
- What is the lowest cpia debt policy rating recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.5 1=low to 6=high in 2015.
- How does Lesotho rank for cpia debt policy rating?
- Lesotho ranks 29th out of 84 countries with data for 2025.
- Is cpia debt policy rating rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Lesotho data come from?
- The figures come from CPIA database, World Bank Group (WBG), published as part of CPIA debt policy rating (1=low to 6=high). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA) measures the extent to which a country’s policy and institutional framework supports sustainable growth and poverty reduction, and consequently the effective use of development assistance. The outcome of the exercise yields both an overall score and scores for sixteen criteria that compose the CPIA. These criteria include: A. Economic Management (1. Monetary and Exchange Rate Policies; 2. Fiscal Policy; 3. Debt Policy and Management), B. Structural Policies (4. Trade; 5. Financial Sector; 6. Business Regulatory Environment), C. Policies for Social Inclusion/Equity (7. Gender equality; 8. Equity of public resource use; 9. Building human resources; 10. Social protection and labor; 11. Policies and institutions for environmental sustainability), D. Public Sector Management and Institutions (12. Property rights and rule-based governance; 13. Quality of budgetary and financial management; 14. Efficiency of revenue mobilization; 15. Quality of public administration; 16. Transparency, accountability, and corruption in the public sector). The Debt Policy and Management criterion assesses whether the country’s debt management strategy is conducive to ensure medium-term debt sustainability and minimize budgetary risks. The criterion covers: (a) the extent to which external and domestic debt is contracted with a view to achieving/maintaining debt sustainability; and (b) the effectiveness of debt management functions (including the degree of coordination between debt management and other macroeconomic policies, the effectiveness of the debt management unit, and the existence of a debt management strategy and of a legal framework for borrowing).