Guinea vs Lesotho: Economic Indicators Comparison

Guinea with a GDP of $10.9B ranked the 142nd largest economy in the world, while Lesotho ranked 169th with $2.7B. By GDP 5-years average growth and GDP per capita, Guinea and Lesotho ranked 15th vs 143rd and 175th vs 165th, respectively.

Gross Domestic Product & Income

StatGuineaLesotho
GDP$10.9B$2.7B
GDP growth, 1 year5.8%1.5%
GDP growth, 5-years average6.7%1.7%
Population12.7M2.2M
GDP per capita$879$1.3k
GDP per capita growth3.2%0.33%
Purchasing Power Parity conversion factor3160.715.35
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor GDP to market exchange rate0.350.4
GDP per capita, PPP adjusted$2.3k$3.4k
GNI, Atlas method$10.6B$2.9B
GNI per capita$850$1.4k
GNI, PPP adjusted$30.6B$7.8B
GNI per capita, PPP adjusted$2.5k$3.7k

Financial system and Human development

StatGuineaLesotho
Income Tax Rate40%35%
Corporate Tax Rate35%25%
Inflation, consumer prices9.7%5.2%
Inflation, GDP deflator-1.3%4.4%
Unemployment3.6%23.6%
Economic Freedom Index56.554.5
Personal Freedom Index5.956.12
Human Freedom Index5.686.16
Property Rights Index38.745.2
Judical Effectiveness Index33.347
Business Freedom Index55.452.8
Fiscal Health Index93.860.3
Labor Freedom Index5858.8
Investment Freedom Index5055
Financial Freedom Index4040
Trade Freedom Index60.482.2
Monetary Freedom Index70.675.7
Government Spending Index91.434.4
Tax Burden Index7073
Government Integrity Index16.129.6
Corruption Perceptions Index2841
Life expectancy at birth, years60.752.9
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 people6.321.2
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, per 100,000 people28.228.9
Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people8.841.3
International tourism, number of arrivals99k1.2M

Government debt & reserves

StatGuineaLesotho
Central government debt, % of GDP38.7%39%
External debt stocks, % of GNI24.6%29.2%
External debt stocks$2.6B$914.8M
Short-term debt, % of total reserves12.4%0.1%
Total debt service, % of exports and primary income2.2%3.6%
Adjusted net savings including particulate emission damage, % of GNI-6.5%8.2%
Gross savings, % of GDP3.1%18.1%
Gross capital formation, % of GDP18.9%22%
Total reserves including gold$1.2B$728.5M
Foreign direct investment net inflows$352.8M$39.6M

Exports, imports and economic structure

StatGuineaLesotho
Exports of goods and services, % of GDP37.6%43.8%
Imports of goods and services, % of GDP53%84.2%
Current account balance (balance of payments)-$190.5M-$4M
Revenue excluding grants, % of GDP12.1%33.8%
Grants excluding technical cooperation, BoP$367.3M$133M
Personal remittances received$28.4M$629.4M
Industry including construction value added, % of GDP24.8%35.5%
Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added, % of GDP24.3%6%
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments BoP$620k$3.3M
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts BoP-$1.5M$219k
Expense, % of GDP9.4%35.2%
Government Expenditure, % of GDP16.9%46.8%

Compare with countries close by GDP per capita

Guinea vs

CountryGDP
per capita
Population
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
Haiti
$868
11M
Tajikistan
$827
8.92M
Eritrea
$811
3.5M
Guinea-Bissau
$778
1.86M
Rwanda
$773
12.2M
Ethiopia
$772
105M
Chad
$728
15.5M
Gambia
$716
2.1M
Burkina Faso
$715
19.2M
Togo
$679
7.8M
Liberia
$677
4.73M
Uganda
$643
42.9M
DR Congo
$562
86.8M
Sierra Leone
$534
7.56M
Madagascar
$528
25.6M
Afghanistan
$521
34.9M

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
Haiti
$868
11M
Tajikistan
$827
8.92M
Eritrea
$811
3.5M
Guinea-Bissau
$778
1.86M
Rwanda
$773
12.2M
Ethiopia
$772
105M