GDP per capita growth — all countries

GDP per capita growth — Lesotho

GDP per capita growth in Lesotho in 2025 — 0.86%. Ranked 141 in the world out of 186. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 2 pp.

2025 0.86% −3.19 pp vs 2024
World rank 141of 186
Period maximum 22.09%1973
Period minimum -16.45%1975

Trend over time

1961–2025 · % per year

GDP per capita growth — Lesotho, 1961–2025-20-10010203019611968197519821989199620032010201720241961: -1.13%1963: 7.38%1965: -0.79%1967: 7.02%1969: -2.08%1971: 1.43%1973: 22.09%1975: -16.45%1977: 18.34%1979: -0.04%1981: -2.19%1983: -0.92%1985: -0.26%1987: -1.47%1989: 3.67%1991: 5.07%1993: 1.96%1995: 2.03%1997: 2.88%1999: 0.22%2001: 3.72%2003: 5.07%2005: 4.42%2007: 3.75%2009: -1.97%2011: 3.69%2013: 0.7%2015: 1.92%2017: -4.34%2019: -2.57%2021: 1.1%2023: 0.58%2025: 0.86%
Change over the period: +2 pp Annual average: 0.03 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Lesotho

Lesotho 0.86%
World 1.99%
Southern Africa computed -0.11%
GDP per capita growth — Lesotho, by year Lesotho All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 0.86 −3.19 pp
2024 4.06 +3.48 pp
2023 0.58 −0.71 pp
2022 1.29 +0.19 pp
2021 1.1 +10.34 pp
2020 -9.24 −6.67 pp
2019 -2.57 +0.11 pp
2018 -2.68 +1.66 pp
2017 -4.34 −6.69 pp
2016 2.35 +0.43 pp
2015 1.92 +1.37 pp
2014 0.56 −0.14 pp
2013 0.7 −4.57 pp
2012 5.27 +1.58 pp
2011 3.69 −0.77 pp
2010 4.46 +6.43 pp
2009 -1.97 −6.78 pp
2008 4.81 +1.06 pp
2007 3.75 −0.91 pp
2006 4.66 +0.24 pp
2005 4.42 +2.01 pp
2004 2.41 −2.66 pp
2003 5.07 +4.03 pp
2002 1.04 −2.68 pp
2001 3.72 −0.12 pp
2000 3.84 +3.62 pp
1999 0.22 −0.82 pp
1998 1.03 −1.85 pp
1997 2.88 −1.59 pp
1996 4.47 +2.44 pp
1995 2.03 −2.52 pp
1994 4.56 +2.6 pp
1993 1.96 −3.23 pp
1992 5.19 +0.12 pp
1991 5.07 +1.03 pp
1990 4.04 +0.36 pp
1989 3.67 −2.65 pp
1988 6.33 +7.8 pp
1987 -1.47 −3.53 pp
1986 2.06 +2.32 pp
1985 -0.26 −2.81 pp
1984 2.56 +3.47 pp
1983 -0.92 −2.38 pp
1982 1.47 +3.66 pp
1981 -2.19 +3.34 pp
1980 -5.53 −5.5 pp
1979 -0.04 −15.03 pp
1978 14.99 −3.34 pp
1977 18.34 +10.8 pp
1976 7.54 +23.99 pp
1975 -16.45 −23.67 pp
1974 7.22 −14.87 pp
1973 22.09 +25.75 pp
1972 -3.65 −5.09 pp
1971 1.43 +2.87 pp
1970 -1.44 +0.64 pp
1969 -2.08 +1.88 pp
1968 -3.95 −10.97 pp
1967 7.02 +10.56 pp
1966 -3.54 −2.75 pp
1965 -0.79 −5.91 pp
1964 5.11 −2.27 pp
1963 7.38 −4.56 pp
1962 11.94 +13.07 pp
1961 -1.13

Southern Africa, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The annual growth of gross domestic product per person in constant prices. It differs from ordinary GDP growth by the rate of population growth, and in countries with fast-growing populations the difference runs to two or three percentage points a year — enough for brisk economic growth to mean stagnant income per person. It is this indicator, not GDP growth, that matches the everyday question of whether life has become better.

Important: It can be negative while GDP growth is positive — in that case the population is growing faster than the economy.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.