The Global Findex Database 2025: Connectivity and Financial Inclusion in the Digital Economy

Lesotho, 2024

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Reference ID

LSO_2024_FINDEX_v02_M

Producer(s)

Development Research Group, Finance and Private Sector Development Unit

Metadata

Documentation in PDF DDI/XML JSON

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Created on

Jan 05, 2026

Last modified

Jan 05, 2026

Received scam text or call (con21)

Data file: Findex_Microdata_2025_updateLesotho

Overview

Valid: 867

Invalid: 153

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 9

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 12

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

In the past 12 months, did you receive a phone call or SMS or text message on your mobile phone from someone you didn't know asking you to send money?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Yes	71	8.2%
2	No	792	91.3%
8	Don't know	2	0.2%
9	Refused	2	0.2%
Sysmiss		153

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Interviewer instructions

Con1 = "yes"

Others

Notes

Note: "no/dk/r" indicates the response categories: no, dk="don't know" and r="refused" Words in brackets [] indicate local or economy-specific terminology.

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