Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre in Lesotho
Lesotho: Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre was 0.0742 million USD per square kilometre in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre in Lesotho, 1970–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in million USD per square kilometre.
Analysis
Lesotho recorded 0.0742 million USD per square kilometre for gross domestic product — value us$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre in 2023.
The figure is up 1.8% on the previous year and up 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross domestic product — value us$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre in Lesotho peaked at 0.0805 million USD per square kilometre in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.0096 million USD per square kilometre, in 1971.
That places Lesotho 162nd out of 194 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | million USD per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.0106 million USD per square kilometre | — |
| 1971 | 0.0096 million USD per square kilometre | -9.3% |
| 1972 | 0.0114 million USD per square kilometre | +19.1% |
| 1973 | 0.0144 million USD per square kilometre | +26.1% |
| 1974 | 0.0153 million USD per square kilometre | +6.0% |
| 1975 | 0.014 million USD per square kilometre | -8.2% |
| 1976 | 0.0163 million USD per square kilometre | +16.5% |
| 1977 | 0.0192 million USD per square kilometre | +17.6% |
| 1978 | 0.023 million USD per square kilometre | +19.7% |
| 1979 | 0.0205 million USD per square kilometre | -10.9% |
| 1980 | 0.02 million USD per square kilometre | -2.7% |
| 1981 | 0.0202 million USD per square kilometre | +1.0% |
| 1982 | 0.0209 million USD per square kilometre | +3.6% |
| 1983 | 0.0191 million USD per square kilometre | -8.6% |
| 1984 | 0.0196 million USD per square kilometre | +2.6% |
| 1985 | 0.0214 million USD per square kilometre | +9.4% |
| 1986 | 0.0218 million USD per square kilometre | +2.0% |
| 1987 | 0.023 million USD per square kilometre | +5.1% |
| 1988 | 0.0254 million USD per square kilometre | +10.6% |
| 1989 | 0.0274 million USD per square kilometre | +8.1% |
| 1990 | 0.0292 million USD per square kilometre | +6.4% |
| 1991 | 0.0304 million USD per square kilometre | +4.1% |
| 1992 | 0.0318 million USD per square kilometre | +4.5% |
| 1993 | 0.0329 million USD per square kilometre | +3.6% |
| 1994 | 0.034 million USD per square kilometre | +3.3% |
| 1995 | 0.0356 million USD per square kilometre | +4.6% |
| 1996 | 0.039 million USD per square kilometre | +9.8% |
| 1997 | 0.0422 million USD per square kilometre | +8.1% |
| 1998 | 0.0402 million USD per square kilometre | -4.9% |
| 1999 | 0.0414 million USD per square kilometre | +3.0% |
| 2000 | 0.0435 million USD per square kilometre | +5.1% |
| 2001 | 0.0453 million USD per square kilometre | +4.2% |
| 2002 | 0.0456 million USD per square kilometre | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 0.0477 million USD per square kilometre | +4.7% |
| 2004 | 0.0488 million USD per square kilometre | +2.3% |
| 2005 | 0.0501 million USD per square kilometre | +2.7% |
| 2006 | 0.0523 million USD per square kilometre | +4.3% |
| 2007 | 0.0597 million USD per square kilometre | +14.1% |
| 2008 | 0.063 million USD per square kilometre | +5.5% |
| 2009 | 0.0622 million USD per square kilometre | -1.3% |
| 2010 | 0.0654 million USD per square kilometre | +5.3% |
| 2011 | 0.0685 million USD per square kilometre | +4.6% |
| 2012 | 0.0728 million USD per square kilometre | +6.3% |
| 2013 | 0.0741 million USD per square kilometre | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 0.0754 million USD per square kilometre | +1.7% |
| 2015 | 0.0777 million USD per square kilometre | +3.1% |
| 2016 | 0.0805 million USD per square kilometre | +3.6% |
| 2017 | 0.078 million USD per square kilometre | -3.1% |
| 2018 | 0.0768 million USD per square kilometre | -1.5% |
| 2019 | 0.0758 million USD per square kilometre | -1.4% |
| 2020 | 0.0696 million USD per square kilometre | -8.2% |
| 2021 | 0.0712 million USD per square kilometre | +2.3% |
| 2022 | 0.0729 million USD per square kilometre | +2.4% |
| 2023 | 0.0742 million USD per square kilometre | +1.8% |
Lesotho compared with similar countries
- Lesotho's 0.0742 million USD per square kilometre is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.157 million USD per square kilometre, 47% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
- Lesotho's 0.0742 million USD per square kilometre is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.088 million USD per square kilometre, 84% of the median. (45 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre in Lesotho changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | +26.1% | 0.0114 million USD per square kilometre | 0.0144 million USD per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.0154 million USD per square kilometre | 0.0096 million USD per square kilometre | 0.023 million USD per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0219 million USD per square kilometre | 0.0191 million USD per square kilometre | 0.0274 million USD per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0357 million USD per square kilometre | 0.0292 million USD per square kilometre | 0.0422 million USD per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0518 million USD per square kilometre | 0.0435 million USD per square kilometre | 0.063 million USD per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0745 million USD per square kilometre | 0.0654 million USD per square kilometre | 0.0805 million USD per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0719 million USD per square kilometre | 0.0696 million USD per square kilometre | 0.0742 million USD per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Lesotho
- 159 Angola 0.0884 million USD per square kilometre compare
- 160 Cameroon 0.088 million USD per square kilometre compare
- 161 Kazakhstan 0.0879 million USD per square kilometre compare
- 163 Bhutan 0.0719 million USD per square kilometre compare
- 164 Vanuatu 0.0697 million USD per square kilometre compare
- 165 Gabon 0.0631 million USD per square kilometre compare
More economy & growth data for Lesotho
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps 0 BoP, current US$ (1989)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (1989)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 0 BoP, current US$ per person (1989)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), gaps filled -5.77 million BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), annual 54.09 % change on previous year (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per unit -0.0022 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita -2.44 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Total reserves (includes gold, current US$), annual growth rate 18 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total reserves (includes gold, current US$), per unit of GDP 0.4215 includes gold, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total reserves (includes gold, current US$), per capita 431.19 includes gold, current US$ per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gross domestic product — value us$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre in Lesotho?
- Gross domestic product — value us$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre in Lesotho was 0.0742 million USD per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest gross domestic product — value us$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0805 million USD per square kilometre in 2016.
- What is the lowest gross domestic product — value us$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0096 million USD per square kilometre in 1971.
- How does Lesotho rank for gross domestic product — value us$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre?
- Lesotho ranks 162nd out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is gross domestic product — value us$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Lesotho data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices 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.
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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 — Value US$, 2015 prices 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.