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Lesotho — GDP per capita
GDP per Capita (Nominal) for Lesotho, 1960–2025.
Latest value · 2025
1,089
GDP per Capita (Nominal) · current US$ · +2219.3% since 1960
GDP per capita for Lesotho was 1,089 in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 66 years, from 1960 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 1,281 in 2011. The lowest was 47 in 1960 (about 23.2× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 4.96% per year.
Lesotho ranks 195 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 92%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 1,319, so Lesotho sits below it. It peaked in 2011 and has fallen 15% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 3%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
1,089
First (1960)
47
Change
+2219.3%
Highest
1,281
in 2011
Lowest
47
in 1960
Average
503
Annual growth (CAGR)
4.96%
Years of data
66
Recent years
| Year | current US$ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,088.96 |
| 2024 | 1,023.04 |
| 2023 | 921.44 |
| 2022 | 1,030.13 |
| 2021 | 1,066.59 |
| 2020 | 918.58 |
| 2019 | 1,082.06 |
| 2018 | 1,170.66 |
| 2017 | 1,069.37 |
| 2016 | 992.49 |
| 2015 | 1,121.2 |
| 2014 | 1,173.54 |
Reading this correctly. Nominal GDP divided by midyear population. A rough proxy for average income; it does not account for income distribution. Figures are in current US$. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
NY.GDP.PCAP.CD — GDP per Capita (Nominal). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.