Average inflation measured by CPI fell 17.9% to 4.26% in Lesotho in 2020, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, average inflation measured by CPI in Lesotho reached an all time high of 19.6% in 1980 and an all time low of 3.22% in 2015. When compared to Lesotho's main peers, average inflation measured by CPI in Botswana amounted to 1.62%, 3.34% in South Africa, 4.12% in Swaziland and 623% in Zimbabwe in 2020.
Lesotho has been ranked 52nd within the group of 172 countries we follow in terms of average inflation measured by CPI, 40 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Inflation, CPI (Average) | Unit | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 |
| Botswana | % | 6.69% | 11.2% | 5.82% | 4.58% | 4.58% | ||||||||||||||||
| Lesotho | % | 6.05% | 8.12% | 6.19% | 5.50% | 5.50% | ||||||||||||||||
| Mozambique | % | 5.69% | 11.3% | 8.59% | 8.16% | 6.65% | ||||||||||||||||
| Namibia | % | 3.62% | 6.40% | 4.95% | 4.48% | 4.48% | ||||||||||||||||
| South Africa | % | 4.56% | 6.74% | 5.14% | 4.73% | 4.53% | ||||||||||||||||
| Swaziland | % | 3.72% | 4.87% | 4.22% | 4.44% | 4.37% | ||||||||||||||||
| Zambia | % | 22.0% | 12.5% | 9.55% | 7.65% | 7.15% | ||||||||||||||||
| Zimbabwe | % | 98.5% | 285% | 205% | 36.1% | 19.9% |
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