Lesotho vs the Marshall Islands: Economic Indicators Comparison

Lesotho with a GDP of $2.7B ranked the 169th largest economy in the world, while the Marshall Islands ranked 193rd with $221.3M. By GDP per capita, Lesotho and the Marshall Islands ranked 165th vs 123rd, respectively.

Gross Domestic Product & Income

Stat	Lesotho	Marshall Islands
GDP	$2.7B	$221.3M
GDP growth, 1 year	1.5%	3.62%
GDP growth, 5-years average	1.7%	N/A
Population	2.2M	53k
GDP per capita	$1.3k	$3.8k
GDP per capita growth	0.33%	2.99%
Purchasing Power Parity conversion factor	5.35	0.95
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor GDP to market exchange rate	0.4	0.95
GDP per capita, PPP adjusted	$3.4k	$4k
GNI, Atlas method	$2.9B	$283.7M
GNI per capita	$1.4k	$4.9k
GNI, PPP adjusted	$7.8B	$297.6M
GNI per capita, PPP adjusted	$3.7k	$5.1k

Financial system and Human development

Stat	Lesotho	Marshall Islands
Income Tax Rate	35%	N/A
Corporate Tax Rate	25%	N/A
Inflation, consumer prices	5.2%	N/A
Inflation, GDP deflator	4.4%	0.3%
Unemployment	23.6%	4.7%
Economic Freedom Index	54.5	58
Personal Freedom Index	6.12	6.2
Human Freedom Index	6.16	6.2
Property Rights Index	45.2	N/A
Judical Effectiveness Index	47	N/A
Business Freedom Index	52.8	N/A
Fiscal Health Index	60.3	N/A
Labor Freedom Index	58.8	N/A
Investment Freedom Index	55	N/A
Financial Freedom Index	40	N/A
Trade Freedom Index	82.2	N/A
Monetary Freedom Index	75.7	N/A
Government Spending Index	34.4	N/A
Tax Burden Index	73	N/A
Government Integrity Index	29.6	N/A
Corruption Perceptions Index	41	64
Life expectancy at birth, years	52.9	65.2
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 people	21.2	1
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, per 100,000 people	28.9	5.7
Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people	41.3	4
International tourism, number of arrivals	1.2M	6.8k

Government debt & reserves

Stat	Lesotho	Marshall Islands
Central government debt, % of GDP	39%	48.9%
External debt stocks, % of GNI	29.2%	N/A
External debt stocks	$914.8M	N/A
Short-term debt, % of total reserves	0.1%	N/A
Total debt service, % of exports and primary income	3.6%	N/A
Adjusted net savings including particulate emission damage, % of GNI	8.2%	N/A
Gross savings, % of GDP	18.1%	17.2%
Gross capital formation, % of GDP	22%	23.4%
Total reserves including gold	$728.5M	N/A
Foreign direct investment net inflows	$39.6M	$9.8M

Exports, imports and economic structure

Stat	Lesotho	Marshall Islands
Exports of goods and services, % of GDP	43.8%	40.4%
Imports of goods and services, % of GDP	84.2%	85.3%
Current account balance (balance of payments)	-$4M	$53M
Revenue excluding grants, % of GDP	33.8%	32.2%
Grants excluding technical cooperation, BoP	$133M	$50.6M
Personal remittances received	$629.4M	$31.5M
Industry including construction value added, % of GDP	35.5%	12.8%
Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added, % of GDP	6%	15.2%
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments BoP	$3.3M	N/A
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts BoP	$219k	N/A
Expense, % of GDP	35.2%	57.9%
Government Expenditure, % of GDP	46.8%	N/A