Botswana vs Lesotho: Economic Indicators Comparison

Botswana with a GDP of $18.6B ranked the 117th largest economy in the world, while Lesotho ranked 169th with $2.7B. By GDP 5-years average growth and GDP per capita, Botswana and Lesotho ranked 96th vs 143rd and 84th vs 165th, respectively.

Gross Domestic Product & Income

StatBotswanaLesotho
GDP$18.6B$2.7B
GDP growth, 1 year4.6%1.5%
GDP growth, 5-years average2.9%1.7%
Population2.3M2.2M
GDP per capita$8.3k$1.3k
GDP per capita growth2.18%0.33%
Purchasing Power Parity conversion factor4.525.35
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor GDP to market exchange rate0.440.4
GDP per capita, PPP adjusted$18k$3.4k
GNI, Atlas method$17.5B$2.9B
GNI per capita$7.8k$1.4k
GNI, PPP adjusted$40.6B$7.8B
GNI per capita, PPP adjusted$18k$3.7k

Financial system and Human development

StatBotswanaLesotho
Income Tax Rate25%35%
Corporate Tax Rate22%25%
Inflation, consumer prices3.2%5.2%
Inflation, GDP deflator0.9%4.4%
Unemployment17.9%23.6%
Economic Freedom Index69.654.5
Personal Freedom Index6.756.12
Human Freedom Index6.816.16
Property Rights Index60.945.2
Judical Effectiveness Index45.247
Business Freedom Index69.352.8
Fiscal Health Index97.560.3
Labor Freedom Index68.258.8
Investment Freedom Index6555
Financial Freedom Index7040
Trade Freedom Index82.882.2
Monetary Freedom Index73.675.7
Government Spending Index69.134.4
Tax Burden Index8773
Government Integrity Index46.429.6
Corruption Perceptions Index6141
Life expectancy at birth, years68.852.9
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 people9.321.2
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, per 100,000 people23.828.9
Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people1541.3
International tourism, number of arrivals1.6M1.2M

Government debt & reserves

StatBotswanaLesotho
Central government debt, % of GDP12.9%39%
External debt stocks, % of GNI9.7%29.2%
External debt stocks$1.7B$914.8M
Short-term debt, % of total reserves3.8%0.1%
Total debt service, % of exports and primary income2.4%3.6%
Adjusted net savings including particulate emission damage, % of GNI26.6%8.2%
Gross savings, % of GDP37%18.1%
Gross capital formation, % of GDP29.5%22%
Total reserves including gold$6.7B$728.5M
Foreign direct investment net inflows$228.7M$39.6M

Exports, imports and economic structure

StatBotswanaLesotho
Exports of goods and services, % of GDP39.4%43.8%
Imports of goods and services, % of GDP37.8%84.2%
Current account balance (balance of payments)$345.3M-$4M
Revenue excluding grants, % of GDP26.8%33.8%
Grants excluding technical cooperation, BoP$69.7M$133M
Personal remittances received$31.6M$629.4M
Industry including construction value added, % of GDP29.3%35.5%
Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added, % of GDP2%6%
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments BoP$116.6M$3.3M
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts BoP$603k$219k
Expense, % of GDP23.6%35.2%
Government Expenditure, % of GDP32.1%46.8%

Compare with countries close by GDP per capita

Botswana vs

CountryGDP
per capita
Population
Mauritius
$11k
1.26M
Grenada
$11k
108k
Saint Lucia
$11k
179k
Maldives
$10k
436k
Equatorial Guinea
$10k
1.27M
Nauru
$9.9k
13.7k
Kazakhstan
$9.8k
18.3M
China
$9.8k
1.41B
Mexico
$9.7k
131M
Turkey
$9.4k
82M
Bulgaria
$9.3k
7M
Brazil
$8.9k
210M
Montenegro
$8.8k
622k
Cuba
$8.8k
11.5M
Lebanon
$8.3k
6.1M
Dominican Republic
$8.1k
10.4M
Gabon
$8k
2.03M
Dominica
$7.7k
73.9k
Saint Vincent
$7.4k
110k
Thailand
$7.3k
65.9M
Serbia
$7.2k
7.02M
Libya
$7.2k
6.68M
Turkmenistan
$7k
5.85M
Peru
$6.9k
29.4M
Colombia
$6.7k
49.1M
South Africa
$6.4k
57.7M
Ecuador
$6.3k
16.6M
Belarus
$6.3k
9.41M
Fiji
$6.3k
906k
Suriname
$6.2k
563k

Lesotho vs

CountryGDP
per capita
Population
India
$2k
1.33B
Sao Tome and Principe
$2k
204k
Ivory Coast
$1.7k
24.3M
Kenya
$1.7k
48.5M
North Korea
$1.7k
25.5M
Bangladesh
$1.7k
165M
Kiribati
$1.6k
116k
Zambia
$1.5k
17.1M
Cameroon
$1.5k
24.1M
Uzbekistan
$1.5k
32.4M
Senegal
$1.5k
15.9M
Cambodia
$1.5k
16M
Pakistan
$1.5k
197M
Comoros
$1.4k
824k
Myanmar
$1.3k
53.4M
Kyrgyzstan
$1.3k
6.2M
Mauritania
$1.2k
4.42M
South Sudan
$1.1k
12.6M
Tanzania
$1.1k
57.3M
Nepal
$1k
29.4M
Sudan
$977
40.5M
Yemen
$944
28.3M
Benin
$902
11.2M
Mali
$900
18.5M
Guinea
$879
12.7M
Haiti
$868
11M
Tajikistan
$827
8.92M
Eritrea
$811
3.5M
Guinea-Bissau
$778
1.86M
Rwanda
$773
12.2M