Lesotho Broad Money

Indicator note: Broad money is the sum of all liquid financial instruments held by money-holding sectors that are widely accepted in an economy as a medium of exchange, plus those that can be converted into a medium of exchange at short notice at, or close to, their full nominal value. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.

Source organization: International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF); World Development Indicators Database, World Bank (WB); National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

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Lesotho recorded 42,25 percent of GDP in 2020, the latest year available in this series.

Compared with 2019, the broad money increased by 6,95.

Across the latest five-year comparison window, the series shows an upward direction.

Across 6 observations from 2015 to 2020, the average was 36,87; the minimum was 31,01 in 2016 and the maximum was 42,25 in 2020.

Lesotho ranks 116 out of 166 countries with a current value in the portal ranking.

The latest value is above the available average for Sub-Saharan Africa.

It is also below the available average for the Lower middle income group.

Financial depth and monetary liquidity.