What is the difference in budgetary investment between Lesotho and Namibia?

2.13 billion current LCU, with Namibia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Namibia?

30 years are reported by both, from 1982 to 2011.

Where does this data come from?

World Bank country economists, published as Budgetary investment (current LCU). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Lesotho vs Namibia: Budgetary investment

Lesotho

2.62 billion current LCU

in 2011

Namibia

4.75 billion current LCU

in 2011

Lesotho rank

40th

Namibia rank

38th

Budgetary investment over time

Lesotho
Namibia

How they compare

Namibia currently reports 4.75 billion current LCU against 2.62 billion current LCU in Lesotho, a difference of 2.13 billion current LCU.

That makes Namibia's figure about 1.8 times Lesotho's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 30 shared years of data; in 1982 it was Namibia ahead.

Lesotho ranks 40th and Namibia ranks 38th of 51 countries.

Namibia has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Lesotho	Namibia	Difference	Ahead
1980s	115.29 million current LCU	230.59 million current LCU	115.30 million current LCU	Namibia
1990s	518.07 million current LCU	573.01 million current LCU	54.94 million current LCU	Namibia
2000s	914.59 million current LCU	1.83 billion current LCU	918.91 million current LCU	Namibia
2010s	2.27 billion current LCU	5.03 billion current LCU	2.76 billion current LCU	Namibia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher budgetary investment, Lesotho or Namibia?: Namibia, at 4.75 billion current LCU against 2.62 billion current LCU in Lesotho as of 2011.
What is the difference in budgetary investment between Lesotho and Namibia?: 2.13 billion current LCU, with Namibia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Namibia?: 30 years are reported by both, from 1982 to 2011.
How do Lesotho and Namibia rank globally for budgetary investment?: Lesotho ranks 40th and Namibia ranks 38th of 51 countries.
Where does this data come from?: World Bank country economists, published as Budgetary investment (current LCU). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Budgetary investment (current LCU)
Unit: current LCU
Source: World Bank country economists
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 51 places, 1,347 data points, 1966–2011
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Budgetary investment. Data are in current local currency.