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Lesotho government reference data

7 series, each cited to the official source it was verified against. Currency LSL.

SeriesCurrentIn force fromOfficial sourceLast verified
CBL Rate (Central Bank of Lesotho policy rate) 6.75 percent 2026-05-29 Central Bank of Lesotho — Statement of the Monetary Policy Committee, 2026-07-24
VAT standard rate 15 percent 2018-04-01 Legal Notice No. 27 of 2018, Value Added Tax (Amendment) Regulations 2 2026-07-24
Sectoral minimum wages (basic minimum wages by sector and category) 41 entries — see the API for the full schedule 2025-03-28 Legal Notice No. 62 of 2025, Labour Act Wages (Minimum Wages) Notice 2 2026-07-24
Public holidays (free) 22 days held 2026-01-01 Public Holidays Act 1995 (Act No. 7 of 1995), section 2 and Schedule, 2026-07-30
CPI inflation (year-on-year) 3.5 percent (YoY) 2026-05-01 Bureau of Statistics (Lesotho) — Statistical Report No. 14:2026, Consu 2026-07-24
Company income tax rate (standard, non-manufacturing) 25 percent 2007-04-01 Income Tax Act 1993 (Act No. 9 of 1993), Third Schedule (section 10), 2026-07-24
Personal income tax rates, threshold and credit structured — see the API 2026-04-01 Legal Notice No. 24 of 2026, Income Tax (Amendment of Monetary Amounts 2026-07-24

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# Any series ($0.001 per call, x402 on Base — no key, no signup)
curl https://afriref.dev/v1/ls/policy-rate

# Provenance: the fingerprint of every source cited above
curl https://afriref.dev/provenance/ls/policy-rate

What makes this different

Every value above names the official instrument it came from and the date it takes effect, and we record when we last checked it. Where a value could not be verified against its own statute we do not publish an estimate — the series is simply absent. Where a question falls outside what we hold, the API refuses and explains, free of charge, rather than returning a number that looks right.