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

Purchased food on credit (fin22f)

Data file: Findex_Microdata_2025_updateLesotho

Overview

Valid: 1020

Invalid: 0

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 4

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 12

Range: 1 - 4

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

In the past 12 months, did you ever buy household food but pay for it at a later date?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Yes	183	17.9%
2	No	829	81.3%
3	Don't know	3	0.3%
4	Refused	5	0.5%

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.

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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