Budgetary investment in Lesotho
Lesotho: Budgetary investment was 2.62 billion current LCU in 2011. ◆ Volatile
Budgetary investment in Lesotho, 1972–2011
Source: World Bank country economists. Measured in current LCU.
Analysis
Lesotho recorded 2.62 billion current LCU for budgetary investment in 2011. That is the highest value across all 38 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 36.1% on the previous year and up 286.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, budgetary investment in Lesotho peaked at 2.62 billion current LCU in 2011 and was at its lowest, -13.72 million current LCU, in 1984.
That places Lesotho 40th out of 51 countries with data for 2011, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 11.03 million current LCU | 2.39 million current LCU | 25.58 million current LCU | 6 |
| 1980s | 100.63 million current LCU | -13.72 million current LCU | 323.90 million current LCU | 10 |
| 1990s | 518.07 million current LCU | 360.02 million current LCU | 869.65 million current LCU | 10 |
| 2000s | 914.59 million current LCU | 474.73 million current LCU | 1.70 billion current LCU | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.27 billion current LCU | 1.92 billion current LCU | 2.62 billion current LCU | 2 |
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- Scientific and technical journal articles 60.18 (2023)
- Mobile phone subscriptions 1.64 million (2024)
- Mobile phone subscriptions per 100 people 70.33 per 100 people (2024)
- Mobile and landline phone subscriptions per 100 people 70.33 per 100 people (2024)
- Share of the population using the Internet 51.8% (2024)
- Research and development expenditure 0.1% (2023)
- Number of people using the Internet 1.02 million users (2021)
- Landline Internet subscriptions per 100 people 0.3794 per 100 people (2024)
- Landline Internet subscriptions 8,869 (2024)
- Researchers in R&D 32.24 per million people (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is budgetary investment in Lesotho?
- Budgetary investment in Lesotho was 2.62 billion current LCU in 2011, according to World Bank country economists.
- What is the highest budgetary investment recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 2.62 billion current LCU in 2011.
- What is the lowest budgetary investment recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was -13.72 million current LCU in 1984.
- How does Lesotho rank for budgetary investment?
- Lesotho ranks 40th out of 51 countries with data for 2011.
- Is budgetary investment rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is up 286.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Lesotho data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank country economists, published as part of Budgetary investment (current LCU). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Budgetary investment. Data are in current local currency.