Congo vs Lesotho: Total government debt

Congo
1.43 billion current LCU
in 2011
Lesotho
7.05 billion current LCU
in 2011
Congo rank
41st
Lesotho rank
38th

Total government debt over time

  • Congo
  • Lesotho
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How they compare

Lesotho currently reports 7.05 billion current LCU against 1.43 billion current LCU in Congo, a difference of 5.63 billion current LCU.

That makes Lesotho's figure about 4.9 times Congo's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 28 shared years of data; in 1984 it was Lesotho ahead.

Congo ranks 41st and Lesotho ranks 38th of 44 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Total government debt (current LCU)
Unit
current LCU
Source
World Bank country economists
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
44 places, 1,020 data points, 1965–2011
Last refreshed

Debt is the entire stock of direct government fixed-term contractual obligations to others outstanding on a particular date. It includes domestic and foreign liabilities such as currency and money deposits, securities other than shares, and loans. It is the gross amount of government liabilities reduced by the amount of equity and financial derivatives held by the government. Because debt is a stock rather than a flow, it is measured as of a given date, usually the last day of the fiscal year. Data are in current local currency.