Debt - external:
$735 million (2002)
Economic aid - donor:
ODA, $4.4 million
Economic aid - recipient:
$41.5 million (2000)
Currency (code):
loti (LSL); South African rand (ZAR)
Currency code:
LSL; ZAR
Exchange rates:
maloti per US dollar - 6.6 (2006), 6.3593 (2005), 6.4597 (2004),
7.5648 (2003), 10.5407 (2002)
Fiscal year:
1 April - 31 March
Communications Lesotho
Telephones - main lines in use:
48,000 (2005)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
245,100 (2005)