Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage (current US$) … unit in Lesotho
Lesotho: Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage (current US$) … unit was 0.0173 current US$ per US$ of GDP in 2021. ▼ Falling
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage (current US$), per unit in Lesotho, 1990–2021
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in current US$ per US$ of GDP.
Analysis
Lesotho recorded 0.0173 current US$ per US$ of GDP for adjusted savings: particulate emission damage (current us$), per unit in 2021. That is the lowest value across all 32 years on record.
That represents a change of down 11.2% on the previous year and down 5.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, adjusted savings: particulate emission damage (current us$), per unit in Lesotho peaked at 0.0313 current US$ per US$ of GDP in 1990 and was at its lowest, 0.0173 current US$ per US$ of GDP, in 2021.
That places Lesotho 18th out of 179 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 32 years of available data.
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage (current US$) … unit in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | current US$ per US$ of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.0313 current US$ per US$ of GDP | — |
| 1991 | 0.0303 current US$ per US$ of GDP | -3.2% |
| 1992 | 0.0287 current US$ per US$ of GDP | -5.5% |
| 1993 | 0.0277 current US$ per US$ of GDP | -3.2% |
| 1994 | 0.0263 current US$ per US$ of GDP | -5.3% |
| 1995 | 0.0259 current US$ per US$ of GDP | -1.4% |
| 1996 | 0.0245 current US$ per US$ of GDP | -5.3% |
| 1997 | 0.0234 current US$ per US$ of GDP | -4.7% |
| 1998 | 0.023 current US$ per US$ of GDP | -1.7% |
| 1999 | 0.0225 current US$ per US$ of GDP | -2.0% |
| 2000 | 0.0216 current US$ per US$ of GDP | -4.0% |
| 2001 | 0.0208 current US$ per US$ of GDP | -4.1% |
| 2002 | 0.0206 current US$ per US$ of GDP | -0.9% |
| 2003 | 0.0197 current US$ per US$ of GDP | -4.0% |
| 2004 | 0.0197 current US$ per US$ of GDP | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 0.0193 current US$ per US$ of GDP | -2.0% |
| 2006 | 0.0188 current US$ per US$ of GDP | -2.7% |
| 2007 | 0.0187 current US$ per US$ of GDP | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 0.0184 current US$ per US$ of GDP | -1.6% |
| 2009 | 0.0188 current US$ per US$ of GDP | +2.5% |
| 2010 | 0.0184 current US$ per US$ of GDP | -2.1% |
| 2011 | 0.0182 current US$ per US$ of GDP | -1.3% |
| 2012 | 0.0178 current US$ per US$ of GDP | -2.1% |
| 2013 | 0.0182 current US$ per US$ of GDP | +2.1% |
| 2014 | 0.0184 current US$ per US$ of GDP | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 0.0182 current US$ per US$ of GDP | -0.9% |
| 2016 | 0.0178 current US$ per US$ of GDP | -2.1% |
| 2017 | 0.0183 current US$ per US$ of GDP | +2.5% |
| 2018 | 0.0177 current US$ per US$ of GDP | -2.9% |
| 2019 | 0.0176 current US$ per US$ of GDP | -0.6% |
| 2020 | 0.0194 current US$ per US$ of GDP | +10.2% |
| 2021 | 0.0173 current US$ per US$ of GDP | -11.2% |
Lesotho compared with similar countries
- Lesotho's 0.0173 current US$ per US$ of GDP is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0097 current US$ per US$ of GDP, 1.8× the median. (44 countries reporting)
- Lesotho's 0.0173 current US$ per US$ of GDP is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0106 current US$ per US$ of GDP, 1.6× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0264 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.0225 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.0313 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0196 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.0184 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.0216 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0181 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.0176 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.0184 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0183 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.0173 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.0194 current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2 |
Countries ranked near Lesotho
- 15 Mali 0.0192 current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
- 16 Sudan 0.0188 current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
- 17 Haiti 0.0187 current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
- 19 Yemen 0.0169 current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
- 20 Nepal 0.0168 current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
- 21 Guinea 0.0159 current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
More economy & growth data for Lesotho
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, annual growth rate 57.96 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0799 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 87.06 units per person (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate 50.42 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0584 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 63.57 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, annual growth rate 4.96 % change on previous year (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0303 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, per capita 33.01 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, SDR, annual growth rate -0.0491 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is adjusted savings: particulate emission damage (current us$), per unit in Lesotho?
- Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage (current us$), per unit in Lesotho was 0.0173 current US$ per US$ of GDP in 2021, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest adjusted savings: particulate emission damage (current us$), per unit recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0313 current US$ per US$ of GDP in 1990.
- What is the lowest adjusted savings: particulate emission damage (current us$), per unit recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0173 current US$ per US$ of GDP in 2021.
- How does Lesotho rank for adjusted savings: particulate emission damage (current us$), per unit?
- Lesotho ranks 18th out of 179 countries with data for 2021.
- Is adjusted savings: particulate emission damage (current us$), per unit rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Lesotho data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage (current US$), per unit of GDP. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage (current US$) divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage (current US$) ÷ GDP (current US$)
Computed from
- Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage Global Burden of Disease 2013 study, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME)
- GDP Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks
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About this data
Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage (current US$) divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.