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GDP per capita at PPP — Lesotho

GDP per capita at PPP in Lesotho in 2025 — 3,184 int$. Ranked 171 in the world out of 185. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 316.7%.

2025 3,184 int$ +3.69% vs 2024
World rank 171of 185
Period maximum 3,184 int$2025
Period minimum 764 int$1990

Trend over time

1990–2025 · international $ per capita

GDP per capita at PPP — Lesotho, 1990–202501,0002,0003,0004,00019901994199820022006201020142018202220251990: 764 int$1991: 830 int$1992: 893 int$1993: 932 int$1994: 995 int$1995: 1,037 int$1996: 1,103 int$1997: 1,154 int$1998: 1,179 int$1999: 1,199 int$2000: 1,273 int$2001: 1,350 int$2002: 1,385 int$2003: 1,484 int$2004: 1,561 int$2005: 1,681 int$2006: 1,813 int$2007: 1,932 int$2008: 2,064 int$2009: 2,036 int$2010: 2,153 int$2011: 2,279 int$2012: 2,291 int$2013: 2,538 int$2014: 2,771 int$2015: 3,035 int$2016: 2,942 int$2017: 2,619 int$2018: 2,632 int$2019: 2,568 int$2020: 2,559 int$2021: 2,545 int$2022: 2,761 int$2023: 2,880 int$2024: 3,071 int$2025: 3,184 int$
Change over the period: +2,420 (+316.74%) Average annual rate: 4.16 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Lesotho 3,184 int$
World 25,704 int$
Sub-Saharan Africa 5,786 int$
Southern Africa computed 15,444 int$
Lower-middle-income countries computed 11,195 int$
GDP per capita at PPP — Lesotho, by year Lesotho All countries CSV XLSX
Year int$ Change Change, %
2025 3,184 +113 +3.69%
2024 3,071 +191 +6.64%
2023 2,880 +119 +4.3%
2022 2,761 +216 +8.49%
2021 2,545 −14 −0.56%
2020 2,559 −9 −0.36%
2019 2,568 −64 −2.43%
2018 2,632 +13 +0.51%
2017 2,619 −323 −10.99%
2016 2,942 −92 −3.05%
2015 3,035 +263 +9.5%
2014 2,771 +233 +9.18%
2013 2,538 +247 +10.77%
2012 2,291 +13 +0.57%
2011 2,279 +126 +5.83%
2010 2,153 +117 +5.73%
2009 2,036 −28 −1.36%
2008 2,064 +132 +6.83%
2007 1,932 +119 +6.56%
2006 1,813 +133 +7.89%
2005 1,681 +120 +7.7%
2004 1,561 +77 +5.16%
2003 1,484 +99 +7.14%
2002 1,385 +35 +2.61%
2001 1,350 +77 +6.06%
2000 1,273 +74 +6.19%
1999 1,199 +19 +1.63%
1998 1,179 +25 +2.17%
1997 1,154 +51 +4.66%
1996 1,103 +66 +6.39%
1995 1,037 +42 +4.17%
1994 995 +63 +6.79%
1993 932 +39 +4.37%
1992 893 +63 +7.59%
1991 830 +66 +8.62%
1990 764 — —

Southern Africa, 2025

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

BW Botswana 20,698 ZA South Africa 15,906 SZ Eswatini 12,529 NA Namibia 11,986 LS Lesotho 3,184
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About the indicator

GDP at purchasing power parity divided by the population. Of all aggregate indicators this is the soundest basis for comparing material living standards across countries: it accounts both for the size of the economy per person and for how much that money buys inside the country. It says nothing about inequality or about the non-market side of well-being.

Important: The aggregate for a group is all of its GDP at PPP over all of its population, not an average of country values. Conversion at PPP accounts for differences in price levels, so comparing countries by it is fairer than comparing them at market exchange rates.

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

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