Indicators of economy in Lesotho

The essential economic performance of a country is reflected by the gross domestic product. So the total of all goods and services sold. Worldwide gross domestic product in 2020 was at about 10.912 US Dollar per capita. In contrast, the GDP in Lesotho reached 875 US dollars per inhabitant, or 1.88 bn US Dollar in the whole country. Lesotho is currently at number 181 among the international economies and is therefore one of the less significant. If this is calculated per inhabitant taking into account the purchasing power parity, then Lesotho is in the list of the world's richest countries in place 169.

Inflation in Lesotho was in 2021 at around 6.05%. Within the EU, the average in the same year was 2.62%. In the United States, it was most recently 4.70%.

Compared with the USA, prices for daily consumer goods are around 60.7% lower.
The Corruption Perceptions Index for the public sector counts 67 and is compared to other countries moderate.


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