Bank Liquid Assets (As % of Short-Term Liabilities) fell 29.5% yoy to 32.7% in Lesotho in 1Q2025

Bank Liquid Assets (As % of Short-Term Liabilities) (%), 1Q2025
Banking | Lesotho | July 6, 2025
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Bank liquid assets as a share of short-term liabilities fell 29.5% yoy to 32.7% in Lesotho in 1Q2025, according to the National Central Bank. This is 1.07% less than in the previous quarter.

Historically, bank liquid assets as a share of short-term liabilities in Lesotho reached an all time high of 94.7% in 3Q2013 and an all time low of 30.3% in 4Q2022.

Lesotho has been ranked 32nd within the group of 47 countries we follow in terms of bank liquid assets as a share of short-term liabilities, 3 places above the position seen 10 years ago.

Bank Liquid Assets (As % of Short-Term Liabilities) Unit Jun 2020 Sep 2020 Dec 2020 Mar 2021 Jun 2021 Sep 2021 Dec 2021 Mar 2022 Jun 2022 Sep 2022 Dec 2022 Mar 2023 Jun 2023 Sep 2023 Dec 2023 Mar 2024 Jun 2024 Sep 2024 Dec 2024 Mar 2025 Jun 2025
Botswana % 14.2% 17.2% 19.7% 16.6% 15.3% ...
Lesotho % 42.6% 46.4% 40.6% 33.5% 33.1% ...
Mozambique % 47.4% 50.2% 47.7% ... ... ... ...
Namibia % 17.0% 17.6% 17.6% 19.2% 19.3% ...
South Africa % 34.2% 33.6% 33.3% 35.4% 34.0% ... ...
Swaziland % 35.4% 33.4% 29.9% 34.8% 36.5%
Zambia % 42.8% ... ... ... ... ... ...
Zimbabwe % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...