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Lesotho government reference data

11 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… 2026-09-13
VAT standard rate 15 percent 2018-04-01 Legal Notice No. 27 of 2018, Value Added Tax (Amendment) Regulations… 2026-07-24
VAT registration threshold secondary 2000000 LSL 2025-04-25 Value Added Tax Act 2001 (Act 9 of 2001), s.17: "(1) A person who is… 2026-08-10
Sectoral minimum wages (basic minimum wages by sector and category) 41 entries 2025-03-28 Legal Notice No. 62 of 2025, Labour Act Wages (Minimum Wages) Notice… 2026-09-13
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) 2.9 percent (YoY) 2026-07-01 Official Lesotho Bureau of Statistics homepage — 2.9% Inflation Rate… 2026-09-14
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
Withholding tax rates 0–25% across 8 withholding taxes — no single rate RSL Income Tax Public Ruling Issue 1 - Withholding Taxes (Income Tax… 2026-08-10
Statutory late-payment interest secondary no single figure High Court of Lesotho, Botha v Lesotho Revenue Authority… 2026-08-10
Personal income tax rates, threshold and credit 6 figures held on this page 2026-04-01 Legal Notice No. 24 of 2026, Income Tax (Amendment of Monetary… 2026-07-24
Statutory social-insurance contributions secondary no single figure Labour Act, 2024 (Lesotho), in force from 2 April 2024, consolidating… 2026-08-11

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curl https://afriref.dev/v1/ls/policy-rate

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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 Where a value could not be verified against its own statute we do not publish an estimate — the series is simply absent.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.