Ghana vs Lesotho: External borrowing, net

Ghana
829.87 million current LCU
in 2010
Lesotho
1.61 billion current LCU
in 2011
Ghana rank
35th
Lesotho rank
32nd

External borrowing, net over time

  • Ghana
  • Lesotho
-500.0M0500.0M1.0B1.5B2.0B197419922011

How they compare

Lesotho currently reports 1.61 billion current LCU against 829.87 million current LCU in Ghana, a difference of 785.13 million current LCU.

That makes Lesotho's figure about 1.9 times Ghana's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1975 it was Lesotho ahead.

Ghana ranks 35th and Lesotho ranks 32nd of 50 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
External borrowing, net (current LCU)
Unit
current LCU
Source
World Bank country economists
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
50 places, 1,388 data points, 1965–2011
Last refreshed

Financing from abroad (obtained from nonresidents) refer to the means by which a government provides financial resources to cover a budget deficit or allocates financial resources arising from a budget surplus. It includes all government liabilities--other. Data are in current local currency.