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Lesotho vs Philippines statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Lesotho has a population of 2.34M (ranked 145/197), compared with 116M in The Philippines (ranked 14/197). Lesotho's land area is 11,722 sq mi versus 115,124 sq mi for The Philippines (ranked 137th vs. 71st).

By GDP, Lesotho ranks 174/197 ($2.27B) and The Philippines ranks 35/197 ($462B). By GDP per capita, Lesotho ranks 180/197 ($972), while The Philippines ranks 130/197 ($3,985).

Main facts and rankings

Lesotho Philippines
Population
2384217
117540050
Population rank 144/197 14/197
GDP
$2.27B
2024
$462B
2024
GDP rank 174/197 35/197
GDP per capita
$972
2024
$3,985
2024
GDP per capita rank 180/197 130/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$2,998
2024
$11,794
2024
Government debt
$1.36B
2024
$263B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
59.7%
2025
58.1%
2025
Government debt per person
$581
2024
$2,274
2024
Government debt per person rank 160/185 115/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$7,614
2025
$3,821
2025
Land area
11,722 sq mi
2025
115,124 sq mi
2025
Population density
199.4 ppl/mi²
2024
1,006 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
2.69
2023
1.92
2023
Median age
22.7 years
2024
26.8 years
2024
Life expectancy
58.2 years
2025
70.1 years
2025

Lesotho and Philippines: Comparison Charts

Lesotho and Philippines economies compared

GDP
Lesotho

Philippines
Year GDP
Lesotho Philippines
1960 $34,579,986 $7,515,894,111
1961 $35,699,986 $8,171,194,425
1962 $41,859,983 $4,954,593,072
1963 $47,039,981 $5,505,023,238
1964 $51,939,979 $5,953,756,195
1965 $54,879,978 $6,517,349,772
1966 $56,699,977 $7,189,017,888
1967 $59,261,976 $7,724,873,935
1968 $61,445,975 $8,632,749,269
1969 $65,967,974 $9,571,800,653
1970 $68,739,973 $7,559,115,517
1971 $76,480,285 $8,375,075,630
1972 $80,913,200 $9,067,815,521
1973 $121,188,716 $11,412,449,735
1974 $150,851,317 $15,607,882,555
1975 $149,558,896 $16,875,240,684
1976 $147,660,037 $19,381,055,197
1977 $193,315,048 $22,283,109,803
1978 $266,570,067 $25,762,224,563
1979 $290,134,593 $31,218,296,292
1980 $431,542,537 $36,848,080,899
1981 $434,188,034 $40,499,388,869
1982 $348,741,684 $42,206,011,275
1983 $386,699,309 $37,759,179,895
1984 $333,163,670 $35,730,185,634
1985 $268,629,926 $34,961,486,348
1986 $318,858,423 $33,987,207,295
1987 $402,768,324 $37,791,488,666
1988 $470,395,801 $43,152,128,959
1989 $495,409,233 $48,513,773,721
1990 $596,410,264 $50,508,286,642
1991 $704,325,367 $51,784,144,943
1992 $831,029,862 $60,422,328,242
1993 $835,582,062 $62,036,529,147
1994 $878,250,945 $73,159,336,915
1995 $1,001,894,000 $84,644,328,727
1996 $946,112,493 $94,648,084,429
1997 $998,004,259 $94,106,317,565
1998 $928,460,893 $74,492,416,330
1999 $912,773,681 $85,640,171,045
2000 $887,291,688 $83,669,788,377
2001 $825,706,961 $78,921,234,458
2002 $775,777,239 $84,307,345,888
2003 $1,157,825,435 $87,039,092,974
2004 $1,511,236,656 $95,001,999,685
2005 $1,682,343,527 $107,419,977,318
2006 $1,800,092,564 $127,652,926,368
2007 $1,682,131,785 $155,980,408,673
2008 $1,766,902,709 $181,624,626,327
2009 $1,740,894,965 $175,974,755,881
2010 $2,234,754,242 $208,368,893,151
2011 $2,579,409,620 $234,216,730,291
2012 $2,477,702,216 $261,920,540,963
2013 $2,367,112,932 $283,902,828,589
2014 $2,441,063,054 $297,483,555,338
2015 $2,359,686,725 $306,445,871,242
2016 $2,114,426,452 $318,627,003,017
2017 $2,306,741,672 $328,480,736,803
2018 $2,556,247,292 $346,841,896,587
2019 $2,390,702,296 $376,823,402,239
2020 $2,053,699,870 $361,751,145,452
2021 $2,412,130,022 $394,087,359,848
2022 $2,354,980,884 $404,353,369,605
2023 $2,117,962,430 $437,055,627,244
2024 $2,271,541,846 $461,617,509,782

Lesotho and Philippines economies compared

GDP per capita
Lesotho

Philippines
Year GDP per capita
Lesotho Philippines
1960 $47 $269.5
1961 $47 $283.8
1962 $53.5 $166.7
1963 $58.4 $179.5
1964 $62.6 $188.2
1965 $64.3 $199.8
1966 $64.3 $213.8
1967 $64.8 $223.1
1968 $64.8 $242.2
1969 $67.1 $261.1
1970 $67.4 $200.9
1971 $72.4 $217.4
1972 $74 $230.1
1973 $107 $283.2
1974 $128.7 $379
1975 $123.2 $401
1976 $117.8 $449
1977 $149.9 $502
1978 $200.8 $565
1979 $212.4 $667
1980 $307 $767
1981 $299.8 $821
1982 $233.9 $833
1983 $252 $723
1984 $211 $665
1985 $165.4 $633
1986 $191.4 $600
1987 $236.5 $650
1988 $270.4 $722
1989 $279 $792
1990 $330 $804
1991 $382 $804
1992 $444 $917
1993 $439 $919
1994 $456 $1,060
1995 $513 $1,200
1996 $480 $1,311
1997 $502 $1,273
1998 $465 $983
1999 $456 $1,101
2000 $443 $1,051
2001 $413 $970
2002 $389 $1,015
2003 $583 $1,027
2004 $767 $1,100
2005 $861 $1,220
2006 $925 $1,426
2007 $861 $1,713
2008 $898 $1,959
2009 $879 $1,864
2010 $1,119 $2,163
2011 $1,281 $2,384
2012 $1,218 $2,615
2013 $1,151 $2,781
2014 $1,174 $2,867
2015 $1,121 $2,910
2016 $992 $2,985
2017 $1,069 $3,038
2018 $1,171 $3,169
2019 $1,082 $3,401
2020 $919 $3,228
2021 $1,067 $3,484
2022 $1,030 $3,548
2023 $916 $3,804
2024 $972 $3,985

Lesotho vs. Philippines life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Lesotho

Philippines
Year Life expectancy, years
Lesotho Philippines
1950 44.6 53.6
1951 45.2 54.1
1952 45.9 54.7
1953 46.6 55.4
1954 47.3 56
1955 48 56.6
1956 48.6 57.2
1957 49.2 57.8
1958 49.6 58.3
1959 49.9 58.7
1960 50.2 59.2
1961 50.3 59.5
1962 50.3 59.8
1963 50.3 60
1964 50.3 60.1
1965 50.3 60.4
1966 50.4 60.6
1967 50.5 60.8
1968 50.8 60.9
1969 51.1 61
1970 51.5 60.8
1971 51.8 61.1
1972 52.3 60.9
1973 52.6 60.7
1974 52.9 60.8
1975 53.5 60.9
1976 53.9 60.9
1977 54.5 61.4
1978 55.2 61.5
1979 55.8 61.7
1980 56.5 61.9
1981 57.3 61.9
1982 58 62.2
1983 58.5 62.3
1984 59 62.4
1985 59.2 62.7
1986 59.3 62.9
1987 59.6 63.3
1988 59.6 63.7
1989 59.5 64.1
1990 59.3 64.4
1991 59.1 64.6
1992 58.6 65.4
1993 58.1 65.7
1994 57.3 66
1995 56.4 66.3
1996 55.1 66.7
1997 53.7 67
1998 52 67.2
1999 50.4 67.5
2000 48.8 67.8
2001 47.2 67.8
2002 46 67.9
2003 44.9 68
2004 44 68.3
2005 43.6 68.4
2006 43.2 68.2
2007 43.7 68.5
2008 44.3 68.6
2009 45.1 68.6
2010 46 68.9
2011 46.9 69.1
2012 48.2 69.2
2013 49.5 69.3
2014 50.8 69.3
2015 51.8 69.5
2016 52.9 69.5
2017 53.9 70
2018 54.6 69.8
2019 55.2 69.7
2020 55.1 70.1
2021 54.2 66.7
2022 56.8 69.5
2023 57.4 69.8
2024 57.8 69.9
2025 58.2 70.1

Lesotho and Philippines population clocks and comparison

Population
Lesotho

Philippines
Year Population
Lesotho Philippines
1960 736,500 27,891,897
1961 758,824 28,792,621
1962 781,814 29,723,536
1963 805,373 30,674,731
1964 829,437 31,643,032
1965 854,090 32,625,316
1966 881,870 33,617,170
1967 913,982 34,621,320
1968 948,105 35,638,342
1969 983,202 36,660,799
1970 1,019,273 37,622,204
1971 1,056,246 38,518,659
1972 1,094,063 39,408,560
1973 1,132,697 40,294,130
1974 1,172,420 41,174,341
1975 1,213,643 42,120,826
1976 1,253,214 43,201,488
1977 1,289,967 44,367,962
1978 1,327,240 45,575,281
1979 1,366,169 46,807,103
1980 1,406,521 48,043,740
1981 1,448,069 49,311,727
1982 1,490,732 50,695,707
1983 1,534,413 52,194,620
1984 1,578,986 53,726,181
1985 1,624,379 55,213,006
1986 1,666,138 56,645,077
1987 1,703,390 58,157,496
1988 1,739,841 59,739,052
1989 1,775,436 61,265,260
1990 1,809,696 62,854,666
1991 1,842,379 64,382,249
1992 1,873,274 65,926,125
1993 1,901,793 67,530,621
1994 1,927,707 69,019,291
1995 1,951,437 70,546,246
1996 1,972,418 72,190,242
1997 1,988,130 73,908,810
1998 1,998,049 75,791,024
1999 2,003,234 77,753,257
2000 2,003,913 79,625,397
2001 2,000,853 81,401,488
2002 1,994,679 83,068,889
2003 1,985,059 84,731,835
2004 1,971,129 86,394,504
2005 1,953,076 88,015,962
2006 1,945,063 89,508,986
2007 1,953,268 91,075,184
2008 1,966,541 92,699,095
2009 1,980,883 94,384,250
2010 1,996,251 96,337,125
2011 2,014,009 98,248,614
2012 2,034,354 100,175,512
2013 2,056,504 102,076,336
2014 2,080,089 103,767,130
2015 2,104,611 105,312,992
2016 2,130,422 106,735,719
2017 2,157,110 108,119,693
2018 2,183,603 109,465,287
2019 2,209,405 110,804,683
2020 2,235,727 112,081,264
2021 2,261,542 113,100,950
2022 2,286,110 113,964,338
2023 2,311,472 114,891,199
2024 2,337,423 115,843,670

Fertility rates in Lesotho and Philippines

Fertility rate
Lesotho

Philippines
Year Fertility rate
Lesotho Philippines
1960 5.78 7
1961 5.79 6.99
1962 5.79 6.98
1963 5.78 6.95
1964 5.77 6.89
1965 5.77 6.8
1966 5.76 6.69
1967 5.75 6.57
1968 5.73 6.45
1969 5.7 6.33
1970 5.7 6.22
1971 5.7 6.08
1972 5.69 5.94
1973 5.69 5.79
1974 5.75 5.69
1975 5.83 5.6
1976 5.87 5.51
1977 5.85 5.44
1978 5.82 5.39
1979 5.79 5.26
1980 5.75 5.11
1981 5.69 4.97
1982 5.63 4.92
1983 5.56 4.87
1984 5.48 4.77
1985 5.4 4.66
1986 5.32 4.56
1987 5.22 4.51
1988 5.1 4.45
1989 4.96 4.37
1990 4.81 4.32
1991 4.68 4.27
1992 4.54 4.16
1993 4.37 4.1
1994 4.21 4.08
1995 4.13 4.07
1996 4.06 4
1997 3.98 3.94
1998 3.82 3.88
1999 3.67 3.83
2000 3.61 3.75
2001 3.63 3.72
2002 3.68 3.65
2003 3.62 3.59
2004 3.51 3.52
2005 3.43 3.45
2006 3.41 3.47
2007 3.44 3.4
2008 3.39 3.4
2009 3.31 3.38
2010 3.25 3.32
2011 3.34 3.24
2012 3.3 3.14
2013 3.28 3.04
2014 3.24 2.89
2015 3.22 2.83
2016 3.18 2.68
2017 3.11 2.53
2018 3.02 2.38
2019 2.92 2.22
2020 2.85 2.08
2021 2.77 1.95
2022 2.72 1.93
2023 2.69 1.92

Lesotho and Philippines demographics compared

Median age
Lesotho

Philippines
Year Median age, years
Lesotho Philippines
1960 17.5 15.8
1961 17.4 15.6
1962 17.4 15.5
1963 17.4 15.4
1964 17.5 15.4
1965 17.5 15.4
1966 17.5 15.4
1967 17.6 15.4
1968 17.8 15.5
1969 18 15.6
1970 18.2 15.7
1971 18.3 15.8
1972 18.5 15.9
1973 18.6 16
1974 18.8 16.1
1975 18.9 16.3
1976 19 16.5
1977 19 16.7
1978 18.9 16.9
1979 18.8 17.1
1980 18.8 17.3
1981 18.7 17.5
1982 18.6 17.7
1983 18.6 17.9
1984 18.5 18.1
1985 18.4 18.2
1986 18.6 18.3
1987 18.7 18.5
1988 18.6 18.6
1989 18.5 18.7
1990 18.4 18.8
1991 18.4 18.9
1992 18.4 19
1993 18.4 19.1
1994 18.5 19.1
1995 18.6 19.2
1996 18.6 19.3
1997 18.8 19.4
1998 18.9 19.6
1999 19.1 19.8
2000 19.2 20
2001 19.4 20.2
2002 19.5 20.4
2003 19.7 20.6
2004 19.8 20.8
2005 19.9 21
2006 20 21.2
2007 20.2 21.3
2008 20.4 21.5
2009 20.6 21.7
2010 20.7 22
2011 20.9 22.2
2012 21 22.4
2013 21.1 22.7
2014 21.2 22.9
2015 21.3 23.3
2016 21.4 23.6
2017 21.6 24
2018 21.7 24.3
2019 21.8 24.7
2020 22 25.1
2021 22.1 25.5
2022 22.3 25.9
2023 22.5 26.3
2024 22.7 26.8

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Lesotho Philippines
GNI, Atlas method
$2.75B
2024
$518B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
52.4%
2025
24.1%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
6.62%
2024
3.93%
2024
Military expenditure, % of GDP
1.54%
2023
1.25%
2023
Armed forces personnel
2,000
2020
157,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
+6.05%
2025
-3.88%
2025
Unemployment rate
18.7%
2024
2.41%
2023
Services, % of GDP
48%
2024
63.2%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
31%
2024
27.7%
2024
Economic freedom index
54.1
2025
60.6
2025
Income share by richest 10%
32.9%
2017
31.6%
2023
Income share by poorest 10%
1.7%
2017
2.9%
2023
Number of billionaires n/a
15
2025
Percentage of billionaires n/a
0.00002%
2025
Listed domestic companies n/a
280
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies n/a
$252B
2024
Total reserves including gold
$1.01B
2024
$106B
2024
Personal remittances received
$476M
2024
$40.3B
2024
International tourist arrivals
1,142,000
2019
1,483,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
10.1%
1999
3.46%
2020
Banked people share
61.6%
2024
50.2%
2024

Energy

Lesotho Philippines
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
9.73 kg
2007
551 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$198.7
2007
$18.4
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
0.88 megatons
2023
161.3 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
0.38 tons
2023
1.4 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
2007
66.2%
2022
Renewable energy use share
34.9%
2022
28%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share n/a
16.1%
2022
Net energy imports use share n/a
54.4%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita n/a
885 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
99.8%
2021
22.7%
2021
Hydroelectric share
99.6%
2021
9.04%
2022
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
57.3%
2023
98%
2023

Society

Lesotho Philippines
% of world population
0.03%
2024
1.42%
2024
Annual migration change
-5,107
2024
-160,373
2024
Urban population
30.9%
2024
48.6%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.51 ft
2025
5.42 ft
2025
Average female height
5.14 ft
2025
5.06 ft
2025
Quality of life index
20.5
2025
47.6
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
37
2024
33
2024
Higher education index
26
2025
54
2025
Homicides per 100K people
37.7
2008
4.32
2019
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
31.9
2019
12
2019
Visa free countries
82
2025
78
2025
Adult literacy rate
90.4%
2024
98.5%
2020
English speaking
27.9%
2023
63.7%
2023
People using the Internet
48%
2023
83.8%
2023

Health

Lesotho Philippines
Government health expenditure per capita
$133.7
2022
$194.1
2023
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$16.9
2022
$86.1
2023
Life expectancy
58.2 years
2025
70.1 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
36.3%
2022
0.09%
2023
Physicians per 1,000 people
0.15
2022
0.79
2021
Age at first childbirth
20.9 years
2025
23.6 years
2025
Maternal mortality per 100K births
478
2023
84
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
58.9
2023
26.9
2023
Obesity rate
21.7%
2022
8.96%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
6.2%
2024
7.5%
2024
Air quality index
28
2025
53
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
24.3%
2022
20.4%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
4.3 liters
2020
5.66 liters
2020

Territory

Lesotho Philippines
% of world land
0.02%
2025
0.2%
2025
Land area per capita
5,015 sq mi
2024
994 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
9,115 sq mi
2025
49,122 sq mi
2025
Forest area
133.3 sq mi
2025
28,159 sq mi
2025
Roads length
3,691 mi
2011
134,457 mi
2020

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