Currency · Live data
Lesotho Loti
LSLLesotho · Issued by Central Bank of Lesotho
Price (USD)
$0.060379
Inflation (2024)
+6.11%
10y M2 change
+121%
M69 Score
68.6
ZAR-pegged 1:1 (CMA)
Market Cap (USD)
$862M
via M2 · 2020
M2 (local currency)
14.28B LSL
current LCU
CPI YoY (2024)
+6.11%
World Bank · annual
Country
Lesotho
ISO 4217 · LSL
Last Update
2026-04-25
Daily ingest · 02:00 UTC
Lesotho Loti M2 money supply
Broad money in LSL (cash + deposits + close substitutes), annual back to ~1960 via World Bank FM.LBL.BMNY.CN. Log scale auto-engages for hyperinflation outliers.
Lesotho Loti inflation history
Annual CPI YoY since 2001 — World Bank consumer price index for Lesotho. Inflation volatility is one of three inputs into the Money2069 sound-money score.
Purchasing power calculator
How much would your Lesotho Loti be worth today if you'd held it since…?
100 LSL in 2001 buys today
8.74 LSLworth of goods
Lost 91% of purchasing power since 2001.
To match 2001 purchasing power, you need today
1,143.68 LSL
46 years of cumulative inflation.
Calculation: cumulative product of (1 + CPI YoY) from the chosen year through 2024. Source: World Bank consumer price index (annual). Daily-refreshed.
Data sources & methodology
- FX (USD):
- Frankfurter / ECB · daily
- CPI YoY:
- World Bank FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG · annual
- M2 broad money:
- World Bank FM.LBL.BMNY.CN · annual (LCU)
- Market cap (USD):
- M2 / FX rate · daily
- 10-year M2 change:
- (M2 today / M2 10y ago) − 1
- M69 score:
- Weighted: CPI (50%), 10y M2 growth (40%), 1y FX stability (10%)
- Last fetched:
- 2026-04-25 16:14:45
- Country code (ISO 3166-1):
- LSO
Note: ZAR-pegged 1:1 (CMA)
Raw data: /api/v1/currencies/current/LSL
Frequently asked questions
Who issues the Lesotho Loti?+
The Lesotho Loti (LSL) is issued by Central Bank of Lesotho. As the monetary authority for Lesotho, it sets policy interest rates, manages foreign reserves, and controls the money supply.
What is the inflation rate of the Lesotho Loti?+
Latest available consumer price inflation for the Lesotho Loti: 6.11% YoY (2024). Source: World Bank annual series (FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG). Daily-refreshed historical chart on this page.
Has the Lesotho Loti been debased?+
Every fiat currency loses purchasing power over time as central banks expand the money supply. M2 has grown by approximately 121% over the past decade. Combined with cumulative inflation, this is the gap between LSL as accounting unit and LSL as a store of value.
Is the Lesotho Loti sound money?+
On the Money2069 0–100 sound-money scale, the Lesotho Loti currently scores 68.6. The score weights inflation volatility, 10-year money-supply growth, and 1-year FX stability. Higher = closer to sound. No fiat scores 100 because no fiat has zero issuance.
How does the Lesotho Loti compare to gold or the US dollar?+
Use the table on the listing page to sort all 138 tracked currencies by inflation, 10-year M2 change, or M69 score. Pegged currencies (USD-pegged dirham, riyal, etc.) inherit the dollar's debasement profile; floating currencies tell their own story.
How often is this data updated?+
We pull fresh exchange rates daily from Frankfurter (ECB-sourced) and refresh the inflation series from the World Bank. The page is statically rendered with 24-hour ISR. Source data is publicly accessible via our /api/v1/currencies endpoints.