Lebanon vs Lesotho: Economic Indicators Comparison

Lebanon with a GDP of $56.6B ranked the 81st largest economy in the world, while Lesotho ranked 169th with $2.7B. By GDP 5-years average growth and GDP per capita, Lebanon and Lesotho ranked 156th vs 143rd and 83rd vs 165th, respectively.

Gross Domestic Product & Income

StatLebanonLesotho
GDP$56.6B$2.7B
GDP growth, 1 year0.3%1.5%
GDP growth, 5-years average0.9%1.7%
Population6.1M2.2M
GDP per capita$8.3k$1.3k
GDP per capita growth-0.34%0.33%
Purchasing Power Parity conversion factor953.035.35
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor GDP to market exchange rate0.630.4
GDP per capita, PPP adjusted$15k$3.4k
GNI, Atlas method$54.2B$2.9B
GNI per capita$7.9k$1.4k
GNI, PPP adjusted$89.1B$7.8B
GNI per capita, PPP adjusted$13k$3.7k

Financial system and Human development

StatLebanonLesotho
Income Tax Rate20%35%
Corporate Tax Rate17%25%
Inflation, consumer prices6.1%5.2%
Inflation, GDP deflator5.9%4.4%
Unemployment6.2%23.6%
Economic Freedom Index51.754.5
Personal Freedom Index6.296.12
Human Freedom Index6.726.16
Property Rights Index44.645.2
Judical Effectiveness Index30.847
Business Freedom Index45.652.8
Fiscal Health Index060.3
Labor Freedom Index47.858.8
Investment Freedom Index6055
Financial Freedom Index5040
Trade Freedom Index77.482.2
Monetary Freedom Index75.675.7
Government Spending Index72.534.4
Tax Burden Index90.873
Government Integrity Index2529.6
Corruption Perceptions Index2841
Life expectancy at birth, years78.852.9
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 people3.321.2
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, per 100,000 people18.128.9
Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people441.3
International tourism, number of arrivals2M1.2M

Government debt & reserves

StatLebanonLesotho
Central government debt, % of GDP150.9%39%
External debt stocks, % of GNI145.1%29.2%
External debt stocks$79.3B$914.8M
Short-term debt, % of total reserves10.6%0.1%
Total debt service, % of exports and primary income72.1%3.6%
Adjusted net savings including particulate emission damage, % of GNI-16.9%8.2%
Gross savings, % of GDP5.5%18.1%
Gross capital formation, % of GDP19.5%22%
Total reserves including gold$52.4B$728.5M
Foreign direct investment net inflows$2.6B$39.6M

Exports, imports and economic structure

StatLebanonLesotho
Exports of goods and services, % of GDP23.3%43.8%
Imports of goods and services, % of GDP39.6%84.2%
Current account balance (balance of payments)-$12.4B-$4M
Revenue excluding grants, % of GDP19.8%33.8%
Grants excluding technical cooperation, BoP$1.2B$133M
Personal remittances received$6.9B$629.4M
Industry including construction value added, % of GDP14.1%35.5%
Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added, % of GDP2.9%6%
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments BoP$15.7M$3.3M
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts BoP$17.7M$219k
Expense, % of GDP25.8%35.2%
Government Expenditure, % of GDP30.3%46.8%

Compare with countries close by GDP per capita

Lebanon vs

CountryGDP
per capita
Population
Russia
$11k
147M
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
Botswana
$8.3k
2.29M
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

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