Lesotho vs World: Revenue, excluding grants
Lesotho
42.0%
in 2024
World
23.9%
in 2024
Lesotho rank
11th
World rank
14th
Revenue, excluding grants over time
- Lesotho
- World
How they compare
Lesotho currently reports 42.0% against 23.9% in World, a difference of 18.1%.
That makes Lesotho's figure about 1.8 times World's.
Across all 30 years both countries report, Lesotho has been ahead every year.
Lesotho ranks 11th and World ranks 14th of 157 countries.
Lesotho has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lesotho | World | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 32.5% | 23.8% | 8.6% | Lesotho |
| 2000s | 37.9% | 23.2% | 14.7% | Lesotho |
| 2010s | 39.3% | 23.2% | 16.1% | Lesotho |
| 2020s | 40.9% | 23.8% | 17.1% | Lesotho |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher revenue, excluding grants, Lesotho or World?
- Lesotho, at 42.0% against 23.9% in World as of 2024.
- What is the difference in revenue, excluding grants between Lesotho and World?
- 18.1%, with Lesotho ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and World?
- 30 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2024.
- How do Lesotho and World rank globally for revenue, excluding grants?
- Lesotho ranks 11th and World ranks 14th of 157 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as Revenue, excluding grants (% of GDP). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Revenue is an increase in net worth resulting from a transaction. Grants are excluded from this figure. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.