Lesotho vs Sierra Leone: Gross national expenditure (current LCU), per square kilometre

Lesotho
2.00 million current LCU per square kilometre
in 2023
Sierra Leone
2.15 million current LCU per square kilometre
in 2023
Lesotho rank
136th
Sierra Leone rank
134th

Gross national expenditure (current LCU), per square kilometre over time

  • Lesotho
  • Sierra Leone
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How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 2.15 million current LCU per square kilometre against 2.00 million current LCU per square kilometre in Lesotho, a difference of 143,080 current LCU per square kilometre.

That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 1.1 times Lesotho's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 19 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Lesotho ahead.

Lesotho ranks 136th and Sierra Leone ranks 134th of 183 countries.

Lesotho has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Lesotho Sierra Leone Difference Ahead
1980s 22,872 current LCU per square kilometre 19.68 current LCU per square kilometre 22,853 current LCU per square kilometre Lesotho
2000s 729,495 current LCU per square kilometre 157,817 current LCU per square kilometre 571,677 current LCU per square kilometre Lesotho
2010s 1.32 million current LCU per square kilometre 564,930 current LCU per square kilometre 754,321 current LCU per square kilometre Lesotho
2020s 1.83 million current LCU per square kilometre 1.46 million current LCU per square kilometre 366,360 current LCU per square kilometre Lesotho

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher gross national expenditure (current lcu), per square kilometre, Lesotho or Sierra Leone?
Sierra Leone, at 2.15 million current LCU per square kilometre against 2.00 million current LCU per square kilometre in Lesotho as of 2023.
What is the difference in gross national expenditure (current lcu), per square kilometre between Lesotho and Sierra Leone?
143,080 current LCU per square kilometre, with Sierra Leone ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Sierra Leone?
19 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2023.
How do Lesotho and Sierra Leone rank globally for gross national expenditure (current lcu), per square kilometre?
Lesotho ranks 136th and Sierra Leone ranks 134th of 183 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Gross national expenditure (current LCU), per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Gross national expenditure (current LCU), per square kilometre
Unit
current LCU per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
183 places, 8,010 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

Gross national expenditure (current LCU) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.