Lesotho vs Saint Kitts and Nevis: Economic Indicators Comparison

Lesotho with a GDP of $2.7B ranked the 169th largest economy in the world, while Saint Kitts and Nevis ranked 185th with $1B. By GDP per capita, Lesotho and Saint Kitts and Nevis ranked 165th vs 48th, respectively.

Gross Domestic Product & Income

Stat	Lesotho	Saint Kitts and Nevis
GDP	$2.7B	$1B
GDP growth, 1 year	1.5%	2.92%
GDP growth, 5-years average	1.7%	N/A
Population	2.2M	55k
GDP per capita	$1.3k	$19k
GDP per capita growth	0.33%	2.15%
Purchasing Power Parity conversion factor	5.35	1.72
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor GDP to market exchange rate	0.4	0.64
GDP per capita, PPP adjusted	$3.4k	$30k
GNI, Atlas method	$2.9B	$961.5M
GNI per capita	$1.4k	$18k
GNI, PPP adjusted	$7.8B	$1.5B
GNI per capita, PPP adjusted	$3.7k	$29k

Financial system and Human development

Stat	Lesotho	Saint Kitts and Nevis
Income Tax Rate	35%	N/A
Corporate Tax Rate	25%	N/A
Inflation, consumer prices	5.2%	-1%
Inflation, GDP deflator	4.4%	-1.5%
Unemployment	23.6%	5.1%
Economic Freedom Index	54.5	62
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	60
Life expectancy at birth, years	52.9	71.3
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 people	21.2	1
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, per 100,000 people	28.9	2
Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people	41.3	34.2
International tourism, number of arrivals	1.2M	125k

Government debt & reserves

Stat	Lesotho	Saint Kitts and Nevis
Central government debt, % of GDP	39%	59.9%
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%	N/A
Gross capital formation, % of GDP	22%	N/A
Total reserves including gold	$728.5M	$363.2M
Foreign direct investment net inflows	$39.6M	$93.6M

Exports, imports and economic structure

Stat	Lesotho	Saint Kitts and Nevis
Exports of goods and services, % of GDP	43.8%	59.9%
Imports of goods and services, % of GDP	84.2%	58.8%
Current account balance (balance of payments)	-$4M	-$72.4M
Revenue excluding grants, % of GDP	33.8%	27.9%
Grants excluding technical cooperation, BoP	$133M	$15.6M
Personal remittances received	$629.4M	$25.9M
Industry including construction value added, % of GDP	35.5%	25.7%
Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added, % of GDP	6%	1.2%
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments BoP	$3.3M	$1.8M
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts BoP	$219k	$100k
Expense, % of GDP	35.2%	24.3%
Government Expenditure, % of GDP	46.8%	N/A