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Guyana vs Lesotho statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Guyana has a population of 831K (ranked 161/197), compared with 2.34M in Lesotho (ranked 145/197). Guyana's land area is 81,522 sq mi versus 11,722 sq mi for Lesotho (ranked 82nd vs. 137th).

By GDP, Guyana ranks 119/197 ($24.8B) and Lesotho ranks 174/197 ($2.27B). By GDP per capita, Guyana ranks 42/197 ($29,884), while Lesotho ranks 180/197 ($972).

Main facts and rankings

Guyana Lesotho
Population
839919
2384217
Population rank 162/197 144/197
GDP
$24.8B
2024
$2.27B
2024
GDP rank 119/197 174/197
GDP per capita
$29,884
2024
$972
2024
GDP per capita rank 42/197 180/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$79,906
2024
$2,998
2024
Government debt
$6.03B
2024
$1.36B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
27.7%
2025
59.7%
2025
Government debt per person
$7,252
2024
$581
2024
Government debt per person rank 67/185 160/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$13,265
2025
$7,614
2025
Land area
81,522 sq mi
2025
11,722 sq mi
2025
Population density
10.2 ppl/mi²
2024
199.4 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
2.41
2023
2.69
2023
Median age
26.9 years
2024
22.7 years
2024
Life expectancy
70.4 years
2025
58.2 years
2025

Guyana and Lesotho: Comparison Charts

Guyana and Lesotho economies compared

GDP
Guyana

Lesotho
Year GDP
Guyana Lesotho
1960 $170,216,241 $34,579,986
1961 $185,849,535 $35,699,986
1962 $194,949,513 $41,859,983
1963 $175,757,894 $47,039,981
1964 $194,774,513 $51,939,979
1965 $213,235,294 $54,879,978
1966 $228,705,882 $56,699,977
1967 $250,176,471 $59,261,976
1968 $229,750,000 $61,445,975
1969 $249,300,000 $65,967,974
1970 $267,800,000 $68,739,973
1971 $282,050,000 $76,480,285
1972 $285,380,952 $80,913,200
1973 $307,047,619 $121,188,716
1974 $433,954,545 $150,851,317
1975 $494,791,667 $149,558,896
1976 $454,440,000 $147,660,037
1977 $449,880,000 $193,315,048
1978 $507,080,000 $266,570,067
1979 $530,440,000 $290,134,593
1980 $603,200,000 $431,542,537
1981 $570,357,107 $434,188,034
1982 $482,000,000 $348,741,684
1983 $489,333,333 $386,699,309
1984 $437,631,605 $333,163,670
1985 $453,488,372 $268,629,926
1986 $504,651,140 $318,858,423
1987 $354,591,847 $402,768,324
1988 $413,799,990 $470,395,801
1989 $379,779,390 $495,409,233
1990 $396,582,263 $596,410,264
1991 $348,533,095 $704,325,367
1992 $373,573,141 $831,029,862
1993 $454,101,382 $835,582,062
1994 $540,874,934 $878,250,945
1995 $621,626,786 $1,001,894,000
1996 $705,406,001 $946,112,493
1997 $749,138,010 $998,004,259
1998 $717,530,683 $928,460,893
1999 $694,754,988 $912,773,681
2000 $712,667,897 $887,291,688
2001 $712,167,450 $825,706,961
2002 $726,131,435 $775,777,239
2003 $743,063,950 $1,157,825,435
2004 $787,814,379 $1,511,236,656
2005 $824,880,550 $1,682,343,527
2006 $2,379,817,991 $1,800,092,564
2007 $2,730,971,595 $1,682,131,785
2008 $3,025,187,433 $1,766,902,709
2009 $3,165,663,153 $1,740,894,965
2010 $3,432,912,517 $2,234,754,242
2011 $3,691,384,318 $2,579,409,620
2012 $4,063,088,536 $2,477,702,216
2013 $4,167,800,929 $2,367,112,932
2014 $4,127,660,152 $2,441,063,054
2015 $4,279,840,194 $2,359,686,725
2016 $4,482,697,337 $2,114,426,452
2017 $4,748,174,334 $2,306,741,672
2018 $4,787,636,998 $2,556,247,292
2019 $5,173,760,192 $2,390,702,296
2020 $5,471,256,595 $2,053,699,870
2021 $8,041,362,110 $2,412,130,022
2022 $14,718,388,489 $2,354,980,884
2023 $16,918,503,597 $2,117,962,430
2024 $24,835,899,826 $2,271,541,846

Guyana and Lesotho economies compared

GDP per capita
Guyana

Lesotho
Year GDP per capita
Guyana Lesotho
1960 $299.1 $47
1961 $319 $47
1962 $327 $53.5
1963 $288.8 $58.4
1964 $313 $62.6
1965 $336 $64.3
1966 $353 $64.3
1967 $378 $64.8
1968 $340 $64.8
1969 $361 $67.1
1970 $381 $67.4
1971 $396 $72.4
1972 $395 $74
1973 $421 $107
1974 $588 $128.7
1975 $664 $123.2
1976 $604 $117.8
1977 $593 $149.9
1978 $663 $200.8
1979 $689 $212.4
1980 $779 $307
1981 $735 $299.8
1982 $621 $233.9
1983 $631 $252
1984 $565 $211
1985 $588 $165.4
1986 $657 $191.4
1987 $464 $236.5
1988 $545 $270.4
1989 $503 $279
1990 $529 $330
1991 $466 $382
1992 $498 $444
1993 $603 $439
1994 $716 $456
1995 $820 $513
1996 $928 $480
1997 $983 $502
1998 $940 $465
1999 $909 $456
2000 $932 $443
2001 $932 $413
2002 $951 $389
2003 $974 $583
2004 $1,033 $767
2005 $1,084 $861
2006 $3,136 $925
2007 $3,608 $861
2008 $4,009 $898
2009 $4,209 $879
2010 $4,582 $1,119
2011 $4,947 $1,281
2012 $5,444 $1,218
2013 $5,557 $1,151
2014 $5,473 $1,174
2015 $5,640 $1,121
2016 $5,871 $992
2017 $6,179 $1,069
2018 $6,048 $1,171
2019 $6,406 $1,082
2020 $6,776 $919
2021 $9,861 $1,067
2022 $17,913 $1,030
2023 $20,474 $916
2024 $29,884 $972

Guyana vs. Lesotho life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Guyana

Lesotho
Year Life expectancy, years
Guyana Lesotho
1950 49.2 44.6
1951 50.2 45.2
1952 51.3 45.9
1953 52.4 46.6
1954 53.3 47.3
1955 54.1 48
1956 55.2 48.6
1957 56.1 49.2
1958 56.4 49.6
1959 57 49.9
1960 57.5 50.2
1961 57.9 50.3
1962 58.3 50.3
1963 58.6 50.3
1964 59 50.3
1965 59.1 50.3
1966 59.3 50.4
1967 59.5 50.5
1968 59.7 50.8
1969 59.8 51.1
1970 60 51.5
1971 60.1 51.8
1972 60.1 52.3
1973 60.2 52.6
1974 60.3 52.9
1975 60.4 53.5
1976 60.4 53.9
1977 60.6 54.5
1978 60.6 55.2
1979 60.7 55.8
1980 60.8 56.5
1981 60.9 57.3
1982 61 58
1983 61.2 58.5
1984 61.3 59
1985 61.4 59.2
1986 61.5 59.3
1987 61.7 59.6
1988 61.8 59.6
1989 62.1 59.5
1990 62.3 59.3
1991 62.5 59.1
1992 62.8 58.6
1993 63 58.1
1994 63 57.3
1995 62.7 56.4
1996 62.7 55.1
1997 62.9 53.7
1998 63.4 52
1999 63.8 50.4
2000 64.1 48.8
2001 64.4 47.2
2002 64.2 46
2003 64.1 44.9
2004 64.2 44
2005 64.4 43.6
2006 64.8 43.2
2007 65.5 43.7
2008 65.7 44.3
2009 66 45.1
2010 66.2 46
2011 66.5 46.9
2012 66.4 48.2
2013 66.7 49.5
2014 67.3 50.8
2015 67.7 51.8
2016 68.1 52.9
2017 68.5 53.9
2018 68.8 54.6
2019 69.1 55.2
2020 67.8 55.1
2021 64.3 54.2
2022 69.9 56.8
2023 70.2 57.4
2024 70.3 57.8
2025 70.4 58.2

Guyana and Lesotho population clocks and comparison

Population
Guyana

Lesotho
Year Population
Guyana Lesotho
1960 569,143 736,500
1961 582,568 758,824
1962 595,461 781,814
1963 608,537 805,373
1964 621,764 829,437
1965 635,128 854,090
1966 648,646 881,870
1967 662,311 913,982
1968 676,160 948,105
1969 690,223 983,202
1970 702,705 1,019,273
1971 712,662 1,056,246
1972 721,617 1,094,063
1973 730,138 1,132,697
1974 738,057 1,172,420
1975 745,393 1,213,643
1976 752,253 1,253,214
1977 758,654 1,289,967
1978 764,586 1,327,240
1979 770,062 1,366,169
1980 774,367 1,406,521
1981 776,453 1,448,069
1982 776,712 1,490,732
1983 775,891 1,534,413
1984 774,111 1,578,986
1985 771,477 1,624,379
1986 768,098 1,666,138
1987 764,120 1,703,390
1988 759,663 1,739,841
1989 754,865 1,775,436
1990 749,894 1,809,696
1991 747,861 1,842,379
1992 749,911 1,873,274
1993 752,965 1,901,793
1994 755,822 1,927,707
1995 758,388 1,951,437
1996 760,526 1,972,418
1997 762,245 1,988,130
1998 763,586 1,998,049
1999 764,483 2,003,234
2000 764,832 2,003,913
2001 764,477 2,000,853
2002 763,652 1,994,679
2003 763,101 1,985,059
2004 762,418 1,971,129
2005 760,914 1,953,076
2006 758,966 1,945,063
2007 756,861 1,953,268
2008 754,606 1,966,541
2009 752,094 1,980,883
2010 749,256 1,996,251
2011 746,153 2,014,009
2012 746,288 2,034,354
2013 750,021 2,056,504
2014 754,229 2,080,089
2015 758,781 2,104,611
2016 763,548 2,130,422
2017 768,479 2,157,110
2018 791,556 2,183,603
2019 807,665 2,209,405
2020 807,481 2,235,727
2021 815,482 2,261,542
2022 821,637 2,286,110
2023 826,353 2,311,472
2024 831,087 2,337,423

Fertility rates in Guyana and Lesotho

Fertility rate
Guyana

Lesotho
Year Fertility rate
Guyana Lesotho
1960 6.33 5.78
1961 6.34 5.79
1962 6.33 5.79
1963 6.31 5.78
1964 6.23 5.77
1965 6.14 5.77
1966 6.02 5.76
1967 5.89 5.75
1968 5.75 5.73
1969 5.58 5.7
1970 5.41 5.7
1971 5.26 5.7
1972 5.08 5.69
1973 4.87 5.69
1974 4.64 5.75
1975 4.45 5.83
1976 4.28 5.87
1977 4.12 5.85
1978 3.97 5.82
1979 3.86 5.79
1980 3.77 5.75
1981 3.72 5.69
1982 3.68 5.63
1983 3.64 5.56
1984 3.54 5.48
1985 3.47 5.4
1986 3.38 5.32
1987 3.31 5.22
1988 3.23 5.1
1989 3.19 4.96
1990 3.18 4.81
1991 3.18 4.68
1992 3.19 4.54
1993 3.2 4.37
1994 3.23 4.21
1995 3.24 4.13
1996 3.23 4.06
1997 3.22 3.98
1998 3.18 3.82
1999 3.13 3.67
2000 3.06 3.61
2001 2.96 3.63
2002 2.84 3.68
2003 2.75 3.62
2004 2.68 3.51
2005 2.65 3.43
2006 2.66 3.41
2007 2.68 3.44
2008 2.7 3.39
2009 2.69 3.31
2010 2.68 3.25
2011 2.69 3.34
2012 2.7 3.3
2013 2.71 3.28
2014 2.7 3.24
2015 2.67 3.22
2016 2.63 3.18
2017 2.59 3.11
2018 2.55 3.02
2019 2.52 2.92
2020 2.49 2.85
2021 2.46 2.77
2022 2.44 2.72
2023 2.41 2.69

Guyana and Lesotho demographics compared

Median age
Guyana

Lesotho
Year Median age, years
Guyana Lesotho
1960 16.7 17.5
1961 16.6 17.4
1962 16.4 17.4
1963 16.3 17.4
1964 16.2 17.5
1965 16.1 17.5
1966 16.1 17.5
1967 16.2 17.6
1968 16.2 17.8
1969 16.4 18
1970 16.5 18.2
1971 16.6 18.3
1972 16.7 18.5
1973 16.8 18.6
1974 17 18.8
1975 17.2 18.9
1976 17.4 19
1977 17.6 19
1978 17.8 18.9
1979 18 18.8
1980 18.2 18.8
1981 18.4 18.7
1982 18.7 18.6
1983 19 18.6
1984 19.3 18.5
1985 19.6 18.4
1986 19.9 18.6
1987 20.2 18.7
1988 20.5 18.6
1989 20.7 18.5
1990 20.9 18.4
1991 21.1 18.4
1992 21.3 18.4
1993 21.4 18.4
1994 21.5 18.5
1995 21.7 18.6
1996 21.8 18.6
1997 21.9 18.8
1998 22 18.9
1999 22.1 19.1
2000 22.2 19.2
2001 22.4 19.4
2002 22.5 19.5
2003 22.7 19.7
2004 22.9 19.8
2005 23.2 19.9
2006 23.4 20
2007 23.6 20.2
2008 23.8 20.4
2009 24 20.6
2010 24.2 20.7
2011 24.4 20.9
2012 24.5 21
2013 24.6 21.1
2014 24.6 21.2
2015 24.7 21.3
2016 24.9 21.4
2017 25 21.6
2018 25.4 21.7
2019 25.7 21.8
2020 25.9 22
2021 26.1 22.1
2022 26.4 22.3
2023 26.7 22.5
2024 26.9 22.7

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Guyana Lesotho
GNI, Atlas method
$16.8B
2024
$2.75B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
24.3%
2025
52.4%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
4.45%
2018
6.62%
2024
Military expenditure, % of GDP
0.59%
2023
1.54%
2023
Armed forces personnel
3,000
2020
2,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-4.95%
2025
+6.05%
2025
Unemployment rate
13.2%
2019
18.7%
2024
Services, % of GDP
15.3%
2024
48%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
74.3%
2024
31%
2024
Economic freedom index
58.2
2025
54.1
2025
Income share by richest 10%
34.4%
1998
32.9%
2017
Income share by poorest 10%
1.1%
1998
1.7%
2017
Total reserves including gold
$1.01B
2024
$1.01B
2024
Personal remittances received
$600M
2024
$476M
2024
International tourist arrivals
86,400
2020
1,142,000
2019
International tourism as share of exports
4.21%
2003
10.1%
1999
Banked people share n/a
61.6%
2024

Energy

Guyana Lesotho
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
661 kg
2007
9.73 kg
2007
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$12.3
2007
$198.7
2007
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
3.3 megatons
2023
0.88 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
4 tons
2023
0.38 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
2007
0%
2007
Renewable energy use share
12.1%
2022
34.9%
2022
Renewable electricity output share
7.11%
2021
99.8%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0.0008%
2021
99.6%
2021
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
98.9%
2023
57.3%
2023

Society

Guyana Lesotho
% of world population
0.01%
2024
0.03%
2024
Annual migration change
-5,407
2024
-5,107
2024
Urban population
27.3%
2024
30.9%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.65 ft
2025
5.51 ft
2025
Average female height
5.24 ft
2025
5.14 ft
2025
Quality of life index
49.9
2025
20.5
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
39
2024
37
2024
Higher education index
26
2025
26
2025
Homicides per 100K people
16.2
2022
37.7
2008
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
22.3
2019
31.9
2019
Visa free countries
98
2025
82
2025
Adult literacy rate
90%
2022
90.4%
2024
English speaking
90.5%
2023
27.9%
2023
People using the Internet
81.7%
2023
48%
2023

Health

Guyana Lesotho
Government health expenditure per capita
$532
2022
$133.7
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$122.6
2022
$16.9
2022
Life expectancy
70.4 years
2025
58.2 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
3.25%
2022
36.3%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
1.41
2020
0.15
2022
Age at first childbirth
20.8 years
2025
20.9 years
2025
Maternal mortality per 100K births
75
2023
478
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
25.7
2023
58.9
2023
Obesity rate
29%
2022
21.7%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
16.4%
2024
6.2%
2024
Air quality index
46
2025
28
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
11.1%
2022
24.3%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
5.04 liters
2020
4.3 liters
2020

Territory

Guyana Lesotho
% of world land
0.14%
2025
0.02%
2025
Land area per capita
98,090 sq mi
2024
5,015 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
2,780 sq mi
2025
9,115 sq mi
2025
Forest area
70,995 sq mi
2025
133.3 sq mi
2025
Roads length
2,482 mi
2019
3,691 mi
2011

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