Lesotho vs Liberia: Economic Indicators Comparison

Liberia with a GDP of $3.3B ranked the 164th largest economy in the world, while Lesotho ranked 169th with $2.7B. By GDP 5-years average growth and GDP per capita, Liberia and Lesotho ranked 161st vs 143rd and 186th vs 165th, respectively.

Gross Domestic Product & Income

StatLesothoLiberia
GDP$2.7B$3.3B
GDP growth, 1 year1.5%1.2%
GDP growth, 5-years average1.7%0.6%
Population2.2M4.7M
GDP per capita$1.3k$677
GDP per capita growth0.33%-1.23%
Purchasing Power Parity conversion factor5.350.52
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor GDP to market exchange rate0.40.52
GDP per capita, PPP adjusted$3.4k$1.4k
GNI, Atlas method$2.9B$2.9B
GNI per capita$1.4k$610
GNI, PPP adjusted$7.8B$5.5B
GNI per capita, PPP adjusted$3.7k$1.1k

Financial system and Human development

StatLesothoLiberia
Income Tax Rate35%25%
Corporate Tax Rate25%25%
Inflation, consumer prices5.2%23.4%
Inflation, GDP deflator4.4%-1.9%
Unemployment23.6%2%
Economic Freedom Index54.549
Personal Freedom Index6.126.1
Human Freedom Index6.166.6
Property Rights Index45.231.1
Judical Effectiveness Index4737.9
Business Freedom Index52.848.2
Fiscal Health Index60.359.7
Labor Freedom Index58.838.2
Investment Freedom Index5555
Financial Freedom Index4020
Trade Freedom Index82.260.6
Monetary Freedom Index75.762.1
Government Spending Index34.465.5
Tax Burden Index7386.1
Government Integrity Index29.623.8
Corruption Perceptions Index4132
Life expectancy at birth, years52.963.3
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 people21.26.8
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, per 100,000 people28.935.9
Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people41.33.2
International tourism, number of arrivals1.2MN/A

Government debt & reserves

StatLesothoLiberia
Central government debt, % of GDP39%40.5%
External debt stocks, % of GNI29.2%44.7%
External debt stocks$914.8M$1.3B
Short-term debt, % of total reserves0.1%0%
Total debt service, % of exports and primary income3.6%2.8%
Adjusted net savings including particulate emission damage, % of GNI8.2%-99%
Gross savings, % of GDP18.1%-64.1%
Gross capital formation, % of GDP22%12.9%
Total reserves including gold$728.5M$560.3M
Foreign direct investment net inflows$39.6M$129.1M

Exports, imports and economic structure

StatLesothoLiberia
Exports of goods and services, % of GDP43.8%26%
Imports of goods and services, % of GDP84.2%94.3%
Current account balance (balance of payments)-$4M-$674.1M
Revenue excluding grants, % of GDP33.8%15.7%
Grants excluding technical cooperation, BoP$133M$436.2M
Personal remittances received$629.4M$459.9M
Industry including construction value added, % of GDP35.5%12.5%
Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added, % of GDP6%37.3%
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments BoP$3.3MN/A
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts BoP$219kN/A
Expense, % of GDP35.2%16.5%
Government Expenditure, % of GDP46.8%33.9%

Compare with countries close by GDP per capita

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

Liberia vs

CountryGDP
per capita
Population
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
Ethiopia
$772
105M
Chad
$728
15.5M
Gambia
$716
2.1M
Burkina Faso
$715
19.2M
Togo
$679
7.8M
Uganda
$643
42.9M
DR Congo
$562
86.8M
Sierra Leone
$534
7.56M
Madagascar
$528
25.6M
Afghanistan
$521
34.9M
Mozambique
$499
29.7M
Central African Republic
$476
4.66M
Niger
$414
21.5M
Malawi
$389
18.6M
Somalia
$315
11M