Gross domestic product (GDP), Constant prices, Purchasing … capita in Lesotho
Lesotho: Gross domestic product (GDP), Constant prices, Purchasing … capita was 0 units per person in 2019. ▲ Rising
Gross domestic product (GDP), Constant prices, Purchasing power in Lesotho, 1960–2019
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in units per person.
Analysis
In 2019, gross domestic product (gdp), constant prices, purchasing power in Lesotho stood at 0 units per person.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 24.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross domestic product (gdp), constant prices, purchasing power in Lesotho peaked at 0 units per person in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0 units per person, in 1961.
That places Lesotho 162nd out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 60 years of available data.
Gross domestic product (GDP), Constant prices, Purchasing … capita in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | units per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 0 units per person | — |
| 1961 | 0 units per person | -1.9% |
| 1962 | 0 units per person | +12.4% |
| 1963 | 0 units per person | +8.1% |
| 1964 | 0 units per person | +5.5% |
| 1965 | 0 units per person | -1.1% |
| 1966 | 0 units per person | -1.1% |
| 1967 | 0 units per person | +7.0% |
| 1968 | 0 units per person | -3.7% |
| 1969 | 0 units per person | -2.3% |
| 1970 | 0 units per person | -1.2% |
| 1971 | 0 units per person | -12.5% |
| 1972 | 0 units per person | +15.0% |
| 1973 | 0 units per person | +21.8% |
| 1974 | 0 units per person | +2.4% |
| 1975 | 0 units per person | -11.3% |
| 1976 | 0 units per person | +12.8% |
| 1977 | 0 units per person | +14.3% |
| 1978 | 0 units per person | +16.3% |
| 1979 | 0 units per person | -13.4% |
| 1980 | 0 units per person | -5.5% |
| 1981 | 0 units per person | -1.9% |
| 1982 | 0 units per person | +0.6% |
| 1983 | 0 units per person | -11.2% |
| 1984 | 0 units per person | -0.3% |
| 1985 | 0 units per person | +6.3% |
| 1986 | 0 units per person | -0.6% |
| 1987 | 0 units per person | +2.8% |
| 1988 | 0 units per person | +8.3% |
| 1989 | 0 units per person | +5.9% |
| 1990 | 0 units per person | +4.4% |
| 1991 | 0 units per person | +2.3% |
| 1992 | 0 units per person | +2.7% |
| 1993 | 0 units per person | +2.1% |
| 1994 | 0 units per person | +1.9% |
| 1995 | 0 units per person | +3.3% |
| 1996 | 0 units per person | +8.6% |
| 1997 | 0 units per person | +7.3% |
| 1998 | 0 units per person | -5.3% |
| 1999 | 0 units per person | +2.7% |
| 2000 | 0 units per person | +5.1% |
| 2001 | 0 units per person | +4.4% |
| 2002 | 0 units per person | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 0 units per person | +5.2% |
| 2004 | 0 units per person | +3.0% |
| 2005 | 0 units per person | +3.7% |
| 2006 | 0 units per person | +4.7% |
| 2007 | 0 units per person | +4.3% |
| 2008 | 0 units per person | +10.0% |
| 2009 | 0 units per person | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 0 units per person | +5.9% |
| 2011 | 0 units per person | +4.4% |
| 2012 | 0 units per person | +5.7% |
| 2013 | 0 units per person | +3.1% |
| 2014 | 0 units per person | +1.7% |
| 2015 | 0 units per person | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 0 units per person | +3.8% |
| 2017 | 0 units per person | -2.5% |
| 2018 | 0 units per person | -1.7% |
| 2019 | 0 units per person | +0.3% |
Lesotho compared with similar countries
- Lesotho's 0 units per person is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0 units per person, 65% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Lesotho's 0 units per person is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0 units per person, 1.0× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 units per person | 0 units per person | 0 units per person | 10 |
| 1970s | 0 units per person | 0 units per person | 0 units per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0 units per person | 0 units per person | 0 units per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0 units per person | 0 units per person | 0 units per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0 units per person | 0 units per person | 0 units per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0 units per person | 0 units per person | 0 units per person | 10 |
Countries ranked near Lesotho
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 gross domestic product (gdp), constant prices, purchasing power in Lesotho?
- Gross domestic product (gdp), constant prices, purchasing power in Lesotho was 0 units per person in 2019, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest gross domestic product (gdp), constant prices, purchasing power recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 0 units per person in 2016.
- What is the lowest gross domestic product (gdp), constant prices, purchasing power recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 units per person in 1961.
- How does Lesotho rank for gross domestic product (gdp), constant prices, purchasing power?
- Lesotho ranks 162nd out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is gross domestic product (gdp), constant prices, purchasing power rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Lesotho data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Gross domestic product (GDP), Constant prices, Purchasing power parity (PPP) international dollar, ICP benchmark 2017, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Gross domestic product (GDP), Constant prices, Purchasing power parity (PPP) international dollar, ICP benchmark 2017 divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Gross domestic product (GDP), Constant prices, Purchasing power parity (PPP) international dollar, ICP benchmark 2017 ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Gross domestic product (GDP), Constant prices, Purchasing power International Monetary Fund
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Gross domestic product (GDP), Constant prices, Purchasing power parity (PPP) international dollar, ICP benchmark 2017 divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.