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Lesotho Current Account Balance (% GDP) Statistics

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Country or Region: Lesotho › Change country
Economic Indicator: Current Account Balance (% GDP) › See all Lesotho indicators, › See Current Account Balance (% GDP) data for all countries
Detailed Analysis for Year: 2010 › Change year
Full Dataset: from 1980 to 2016
Dataset updated: 1st August 2011
Data Source: International Monetary Fund (IMF)
National or Regional Currency: Loti
Currency Symbol: LSL

Current account is all transactions other than those in financial and capital items. The major classifications are goods and services, income and current transfers. The focus of the BOP is on transactions (between an economy and the rest of the world) in goods, services, and income. See notes for: Gross domestic product, current prices (National currency) Current account balance (U.S. dollars).

Current Account Balance (% GDP) Statistics for Lesotho , Year 2010 - In Detail

Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Lesotho in year 2010 is -16.239 %

This makes Lesotho No. 164 in world rankings according to Current Account Balance (% GDP) in year 2010. The world's average Current Account Balance (% GDP) value is -2.68 %; Lesotho is 13.56 less than the average.

In the previous year, 2009, Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Lesotho was -0.46 % Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Lesotho in 2010 was or will be 3.00% more than it was or will be in 2009.

In the following or forecasted year, 2011, Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Lesotho was or will be -23.39 %, which is 44.06% more than the 2010 figure.

* Source: IMF
Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Lesotho, in other Years
Year %
  2016 -11.76
  2015 -6.692
  2014 -10.503
  2013 -13.063
  2012 -17.837
  2011 -23.394
2010 -16.239
  2009 -0.459
  2008 7.896
  2007 13.858
  2006 4.655
  2005 -7.638
  2004 -5.465
  2003 -13.936
  2002 -21.51
  2001 -13.768
  2000 -20.248
  1999 -26.618
  1998 -32.281
  1997 -31.268
  1996 -39.196
  1995 -31.312
  1994 -25.036
  1993 -31.76
  1992 -32.944
  1991 -42.49
  1990 -17.298
  1989 -28.581
  1988 -16.035
  1987 -16.836
  1986 -9.389
  1985 -11.815
  1984 -12.657
  1983 -12.721
  1982 -19.119
  1981 -12.933
  1980 -9.699