Services, value added in Lesotho
Lesotho: Services, value added was 55.6% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Services, value added in Lesotho, 1960–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Lesotho recorded 55.6% for services, value added in 2025.
The figure is up 8.3% on the previous year and up 7.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, services, value added in Lesotho peaked at 64.8% in 1983 and was at its lowest, 4.8%, in 1962.
Lesotho ranks 118th of 205 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 66 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 18.9% | 4.8% | 38.7% | 10 |
| 1970s | 35.7% | 26.3% | 53.8% | 10 |
| 1980s | 58.6% | 44.1% | 64.8% | 10 |
| 1990s | 54.5% | 53.1% | 56.4% | 10 |
| 2000s | 49.4% | 47.5% | 53.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 53.1% | 51.5% | 54.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 51.5% | 49.8% | 55.6% | 6 |
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More economy & growth data for Lesotho
- DEC alternative conversion factor 17.89 LCU per US$ (2025)
- Net secondary income (Net current transfers from abroad) 11.20 billion current LCU (2025)
- Net secondary income (Net current transfers from abroad) 625.90 million current US$ (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products 5.87 billion current LCU (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products 328.19 million current US$ (2025)
- Net primary income (Net income from abroad) 10.34 billion current LCU (2025)
- Net primary income (Net income from abroad) 578.11 million current US$ (2025)
- GNI per capita 23,856 current LCU (2025)
- GNI per capita, Atlas method 1,280 current US$ (2025)
- GNI 56.38 billion current LCU (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is services, value added in Lesotho?
- Services, value added in Lesotho was 55.6% in 2025, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs).
- What is the highest services, value added recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 64.8% in 1983.
- What is the lowest services, value added recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.8% in 1962.
- How does Lesotho rank for services, value added?
- Lesotho ranks 118th out of 205 countries with data for 2025.
- Is services, value added rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Lesotho data come from?
- The figures come from Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs), published as part of Services, value added (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Services industries correspond to ISIC (Rev. 4) divisions 45-99 and includes wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles, hotels and restaurants, transport, storage and communication, financial intermediation, real estate, renting and business activities, public administration and defence, compulsory social security, education, health and social work, other community, social and personal service activities, private households with employed persons, and extra-territorial organizations and bodies. Value added is the contribution to the economy by a producer or an industry or an institutional sector, which is estimated by the total value of output produced and deducting the total value of intermediate consumption of goods and services used to produce that output. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.