Average inflation measured by CPI rose 34.3% to 8.12% in Lesotho in 2022, 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 11.2%, 6.74% in South Africa, 4.87% in Swaziland and 285% in Zimbabwe in 2022.
Lesotho has been ranked 84th within the group of 173 countries we follow in terms of average inflation measured by CPI, 30 places below 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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