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Lesotho vs Venezuela statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Lesotho has a population of 2.34M (ranked 145/197), compared with 28.4M in Venezuela (ranked 53/197). Lesotho's land area is 11,722 sq mi versus 340,561 sq mi for Venezuela (ranked 137th vs. 32nd).

By GDP, Lesotho ranks 174/197 ($2.27B) and Venezuela ranks 33/197 ($482B). By GDP per capita, Lesotho ranks 180/197 ($972), while Venezuela ranks 66/197 ($15,944).

Main facts and rankings

Lesotho Venezuela
Population
2384217
28610737
Population rank 144/197 54/197
GDP
$2.27B
2024
$482B
2014
GDP rank 174/197 33/197
GDP per capita
$972
2024
$15,944
2014
GDP per capita rank 180/197 66/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$2,998
2024
$17,349
2011
Government debt
$1.36B
2024
$410B
2014
Debt-to-GDP ratio
59.7%
2025
192.4%
2025
Government debt per person
$581
2024
$13,536
2014
Government debt per person rank 160/185 44/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$7,614
2025
$4,514
2025
Land area
11,722 sq mi
2025
340,561 sq mi
2025
Population density
199.4 ppl/mi²
2024
83.4 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
2.69
2023
2.08
2023
Median age
22.7 years
2024
30.2 years
2024
Life expectancy
58.2 years
2025
72.8 years
2025

Lesotho and Venezuela: Comparison Charts

Lesotho and Venezuela economies compared

GDP
Lesotho

Venezuela
Year GDP
Lesotho Venezuela
1960 $34,579,986 $7,663,938,303
1961 $35,699,986 $8,067,267,031
1962 $41,859,983 $8,814,309,884
1963 $47,039,981 $9,608,717,288
1964 $51,939,979 $8,192,413,793
1965 $54,879,978 $8,427,777,778
1966 $56,699,977 $8,781,333,333
1967 $59,261,976 $9,250,000,000
1968 $61,445,975 $10,034,444,444
1969 $65,967,974 $10,285,111,111
1970 $68,739,973 $11,561,111,111
1971 $76,480,285 $12,986,590,909
1972 $80,913,200 $13,977,727,273
1973 $121,188,716 $17,035,581,395
1974 $150,851,317 $26,100,930,233
1975 $149,558,896 $27,464,651,163
1976 $147,660,037 $31,419,534,884
1977 $193,315,048 $36,210,697,674
1978 $266,570,067 $39,316,279,070
1979 $290,134,593 $48,310,930,233
1980 $431,542,537 $59,116,511,628
1981 $434,188,034 $66,327,441,860
1982 $348,741,684 $67,736,744,186
1983 $386,699,309 $67,556,279,070
1984 $333,163,670 $59,867,743,468
1985 $268,629,926 $61,965,466,667
1986 $318,858,423 $60,516,123,711
1987 $402,768,324 $48,029,034,483
1988 $470,395,801 $60,226,413,793
1989 $495,409,233 $43,536,709,104
1990 $596,410,264 $48,606,952,195
1991 $704,325,367 $53,453,444,787
1992 $831,029,862 $60,416,519,620
1993 $835,582,062 $60,037,460,783
1994 $878,250,945 $58,418,666,667
1995 $1,001,894,000 $77,389,487,770
1996 $946,112,493 $70,543,211,119
1997 $998,004,259 $85,837,678,560
1998 $928,460,893 $91,336,763,255
1999 $912,773,681 $97,972,842,462
2000 $887,291,688 $117,146,466,003
2001 $825,706,961 $122,911,036,747
2002 $775,777,239 $92,893,587,734
2003 $1,157,825,435 $83,620,628,582
2004 $1,511,236,656 $112,451,400,425
2005 $1,682,343,527 $145,513,489,652
2006 $1,800,092,564 $183,477,522,124
2007 $1,682,131,785 $230,364,012,576
2008 $1,766,902,709 $315,953,388,511
2009 $1,740,894,965 $329,787,628,928
2010 $2,234,754,242 $393,192,354,511
2011 $2,579,409,620 $316,482,190,800
2012 $2,477,702,216 $381,286,237,848
2013 $2,367,112,932 $371,005,379,787
2014 $2,441,063,054 $482,359,318,768
2015 $2,359,686,725 -
2016 $2,114,426,452 -
2017 $2,306,741,672 -
2018 $2,556,247,292 -
2019 $2,390,702,296 -
2020 $2,053,699,870 -
2021 $2,412,130,022 -
2022 $2,354,980,884 -
2023 $2,117,962,430 -
2024 $2,271,541,846 -

Lesotho and Venezuela economies compared

GDP per capita
Lesotho

Venezuela
Year GDP per capita
Lesotho Venezuela
1960 $47 $939
1961 $47 $954
1962 $53.5 $1,007
1963 $58.4 $1,060
1964 $62.6 $874
1965 $64.3 $869
1966 $64.3 $876
1967 $64.8 $893
1968 $64.8 $938
1969 $67.1 $932
1970 $67.4 $1,015
1971 $72.4 $1,106
1972 $74 $1,155
1973 $107 $1,367
1974 $128.7 $2,034
1975 $123.2 $2,078
1976 $117.8 $2,309
1977 $149.9 $2,585
1978 $200.8 $2,727
1979 $212.4 $3,257
1980 $307 $3,874
1981 $299.8 $4,228
1982 $233.9 $4,202
1983 $252 $4,079
1984 $211 $3,520
1985 $165.4 $3,549
1986 $191.4 $3,376
1987 $236.5 $2,611
1988 $270.4 $3,191
1989 $279 $2,250
1990 $330 $2,452
1991 $382 $2,633
1992 $444 $2,907
1993 $439 $2,825
1994 $456 $2,689
1995 $513 $3,487
1996 $480 $3,113
1997 $502 $3,711
1998 $465 $3,870
1999 $456 $4,071
2000 $443 $4,776
2001 $413 $4,920
2002 $389 $3,652
2003 $583 $3,230
2004 $767 $4,269
2005 $861 $5,432
2006 $925 $6,739
2007 $861 $8,332
2008 $898 $11,262
2009 $879 $11,597
2010 $1,119 $13,646
2011 $1,281 $10,844
2012 $1,218 $12,901
2013 $1,151 $12,403
2014 $1,174 $15,944
2015 $1,121 -
2016 $992 -
2017 $1,069 -
2018 $1,171 -
2019 $1,082 -
2020 $919 -
2021 $1,067 -
2022 $1,030 -
2023 $916 -
2024 $972 -

Lesotho vs. Venezuela life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Lesotho

Venezuela
Year Life expectancy, years
Lesotho Venezuela
1950 44.6 51.1
1951 45.2 52
1952 45.9 52.7
1953 46.6 53.4
1954 47.3 54.1
1955 48 54.8
1956 48.6 55.5
1957 49.2 56.2
1958 49.6 56.9
1959 49.9 57.7
1960 50.2 58.4
1961 50.3 59.1
1962 50.3 59.7
1963 50.3 60.5
1964 50.3 61.2
1965 50.3 61.9
1966 50.4 62.9
1967 50.5 63.6
1968 50.8 63.9
1969 51.1 63.8
1970 51.5 64.8
1971 51.8 65.2
1972 52.3 65.6
1973 52.6 65.7
1974 52.9 66.2
1975 53.5 66.7
1976 53.9 67.3
1977 54.5 67.7
1978 55.2 68.1
1979 55.8 68.2
1980 56.5 68.2
1981 57.3 68.7
1982 58 69
1983 58.5 69.5
1984 59 69.7
1985 59.2 70
1986 59.3 70.5
1987 59.6 70.7
1988 59.6 70.8
1989 59.5 70.8
1990 59.3 71
1991 59.1 71.2
1992 58.6 71.2
1993 58.1 71.4
1994 57.3 71.3
1995 56.4 71.7
1996 55.1 71.9
1997 53.7 72.6
1998 52 72.4
1999 50.4 72.1
2000 48.8 72.4
2001 47.2 71
2002 46 72.8
2003 44.9 72.1
2004 44 72.8
2005 43.6 73.1
2006 43.2 73
2007 43.7 73.3
2008 44.3 72.6
2009 45.1 72.8
2010 46 73.1
2011 46.9 73.1
2012 48.2 73.1
2013 49.5 73.1
2014 50.8 72.8
2015 51.8 73
2016 52.9 72
2017 53.9 71.9
2018 54.6 72.6
2019 55.2 72.8
2020 55.1 72.4
2021 54.2 71.5
2022 56.8 72.6
2023 57.4 72.5
2024 57.8 72.7
2025 58.2 72.8

Lesotho and Venezuela population clocks and comparison

Population
Lesotho

Venezuela
Year Population
Lesotho Venezuela
1960 736,500 8,160,090
1961 758,824 8,455,915
1962 781,814 8,756,870
1963 805,373 9,064,021
1964 829,437 9,377,712
1965 854,090 9,697,790
1966 881,870 10,024,854
1967 913,982 10,358,513
1968 948,105 10,697,530
1969 983,202 11,040,280
1970 1,019,273 11,387,790
1971 1,056,246 11,741,008
1972 1,094,063 12,099,180
1973 1,132,697 12,463,537
1974 1,172,420 12,835,351
1975 1,213,643 13,215,892
1976 1,253,214 13,606,284
1977 1,289,967 14,006,812
1978 1,327,240 14,416,684
1979 1,366,169 14,834,552
1980 1,406,521 15,258,218
1981 1,448,069 15,687,297
1982 1,490,732 16,121,874
1983 1,534,413 16,562,205
1984 1,578,986 17,008,841
1985 1,624,379 17,461,434
1986 1,666,138 17,923,536
1987 1,703,390 18,394,963
1988 1,739,841 18,871,020
1989 1,775,436 19,348,921
1990 1,809,696 19,827,010
1991 1,842,379 20,304,896
1992 1,873,274 20,780,948
1993 1,901,793 21,254,520
1994 1,927,707 21,725,188
1995 1,951,437 22,193,821
1996 1,972,418 22,662,113
1997 1,988,130 23,131,685
1998 1,998,049 23,601,337
1999 2,003,234 24,066,593
2000 2,003,913 24,526,708
2001 2,000,853 24,979,922
2002 1,994,679 25,435,671
2003 1,985,059 25,892,703
2004 1,971,129 26,340,838
2005 1,953,076 26,785,804
2006 1,945,063 27,224,686
2007 1,953,268 27,649,363
2008 1,966,541 28,053,696
2009 1,980,883 28,438,298
2010 1,996,251 28,813,101
2011 2,014,009 29,185,212
2012 2,034,354 29,553,826
2013 2,056,504 29,912,198
2014 2,080,089 30,254,079
2015 2,104,611 30,573,972
2016 2,130,422 30,765,720
2017 2,157,110 30,565,323
2018 2,183,603 29,807,592
2019 2,209,405 28,938,098
2020 2,235,727 28,444,077
2021 2,261,542 28,237,826
2022 2,286,110 28,213,017
2023 2,311,472 28,300,854
2024 2,337,423 28,405,543

Fertility rates in Lesotho and Venezuela

Fertility rate
Lesotho

Venezuela
Year Fertility rate
Lesotho Venezuela
1960 5.78 6.38
1961 5.79 6.3
1962 5.79 6.23
1963 5.78 6.16
1964 5.77 6.07
1965 5.77 5.98
1966 5.76 5.87
1967 5.75 5.75
1968 5.73 5.61
1969 5.7 5.47
1970 5.7 5.32
1971 5.7 5.17
1972 5.69 5.04
1973 5.69 4.91
1974 5.75 4.79
1975 5.83 4.69
1976 5.87 4.59
1977 5.85 4.49
1978 5.82 4.4
1979 5.79 4.3
1980 5.75 4.2
1981 5.69 4.1
1982 5.63 4.01
1983 5.56 3.93
1984 5.48 3.86
1985 5.4 3.79
1986 5.32 3.73
1987 5.22 3.67
1988 5.1 3.6
1989 4.96 3.52
1990 4.81 3.45
1991 4.68 3.37
1992 4.54 3.29
1993 4.37 3.22
1994 4.21 3.15
1995 4.13 3.08
1996 4.06 3.02
1997 3.98 2.97
1998 3.82 2.91
1999 3.67 2.86
2000 3.61 2.79
2001 3.63 2.78
2002 3.68 2.74
2003 3.62 2.7
2004 3.51 2.64
2005 3.43 2.63
2006 3.41 2.6
2007 3.44 2.52
2008 3.39 2.48
2009 3.31 2.42
2010 3.25 2.4
2011 3.34 2.4
2012 3.3 2.38
2013 3.28 2.33
2014 3.24 2.3
2015 3.22 2.25
2016 3.18 2.22
2017 3.11 2.18
2018 3.02 2.15
2019 2.92 2.13
2020 2.85 2.12
2021 2.77 2.11
2022 2.72 2.09
2023 2.69 2.08

Lesotho and Venezuela demographics compared

Median age
Lesotho

Venezuela
Year Median age, years
Lesotho Venezuela
1960 17.5 16.6
1961 17.4 16.6
1962 17.4 16.5
1963 17.4 16.5
1964 17.5 16.5
1965 17.5 16.5
1966 17.5 16.6
1967 17.6 16.6
1968 17.8 16.7
1969 18 16.9
1970 18.2 17
1971 18.3 17.2
1972 18.5 17.3
1973 18.6 17.5
1974 18.8 17.7
1975 18.9 17.9
1976 19 18.1
1977 19 18.3
1978 18.9 18.5
1979 18.8 18.7
1980 18.8 18.8
1981 18.7 19
1982 18.6 19.2
1983 18.6 19.4
1984 18.5 19.6
1985 18.4 19.8
1986 18.6 20
1987 18.7 20.2
1988 18.6 20.4
1989 18.5 20.6
1990 18.4 20.8
1991 18.4 21
1992 18.4 21.2
1993 18.4 21.4
1994 18.5 21.6
1995 18.6 21.9
1996 18.6 22.1
1997 18.8 22.3
1998 18.9 22.6
1999 19.1 22.8
2000 19.2 23.1
2001 19.4 23.4
2002 19.5 23.6
2003 19.7 23.9
2004 19.8 24.1
2005 19.9 24.4
2006 20 24.7
2007 20.2 24.9
2008 20.4 25.2
2009 20.6 25.5
2010 20.7 25.8
2011 20.9 26.1
2012 21 26.5
2013 21.1 26.8
2014 21.2 27.1
2015 21.3 27.4
2016 21.4 27.7
2017 21.6 28
2018 21.7 28.4
2019 21.8 28.9
2020 22 29.2
2021 22.1 29.6
2022 22.3 29.8
2023 22.5 30
2024 22.7 30.2

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Lesotho Venezuela
GNI, Atlas method
$2.75B
2024
$393B
2014
Government expenditure, % of GDP
52.4%
2025
15.7%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
6.62%
2024
0.003%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP
1.54%
2023
0.5%
2023
Armed forces personnel
2,000
2020
343,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
+6.05%
2025
-5.51%
2025
Unemployment rate
18.7%
2024
7.53%
2020
Services, % of GDP
48%
2024
51.7%
2014
Industry, % of GDP
31%
2024
37.2%
2014
Economic freedom index
54.1
2025
27.6
2025
Income share by richest 10%
32.9%
2017
33.2%
2006
Income share by poorest 10%
1.7%
2017
1.2%
2006
Number of billionaires n/a
1
2025
Percentage of billionaires n/a
0.000005%
2025
Listed domestic companies n/a
37
2014
Market capitalization of domestic companies n/a
$3.98B
2002
Total reserves including gold
$1.01B
2024
$9.79B
2017
Personal remittances received
$476M
2024
$0
2023
International tourist arrivals
1,142,000
2019
429,000
2017
International tourism as share of exports
10.1%
1999
1.9%
2016
Banked people share
61.6%
2024
87.3%
2024

Energy

Lesotho Venezuela
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
9.73 kg
2007
1,478 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$198.7
2007
$7.51
2011
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
0.88 megatons
2023
84.6 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
0.38 tons
2023
2.99 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
2007
85.9%
2022
Renewable energy use share
34.9%
2022
33.7%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share n/a
13.3%
2022
Net energy imports use share n/a
-73.9%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita n/a
1,989 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
99.8%
2021
75.4%
2021
Hydroelectric share
99.6%
2021
78.3%
2022
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
57.3%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Lesotho Venezuela
% of world population
0.03%
2024
0.35%
2024
Annual migration change
-5,107
2024
-105,297
2024
Urban population
30.9%
2024
88.5%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.51 ft
2025
5.69 ft
2025
Average female height
5.14 ft
2025
5.25 ft
2025
Quality of life index
20.5
2025
28.7
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
37
2024
10
2024
Higher education index
26
2025
62
2025
Homicides per 100K people
37.7
2008
12.6
2022
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
31.9
2019
39
2019
Visa free countries
82
2025
125
2025
Adult literacy rate
90.4%
2024
97.6%
2022
English speaking
27.9%
2023
1%
2025
People using the Internet
48%
2023
61.6%
2017

Health

Lesotho Venezuela
Government health expenditure per capita
$133.7
2022
$208.6
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$16.9
2022
$51.9
2022
Life expectancy
58.2 years
2025
72.8 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
36.3%
2022
0.71%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
0.15
2022
1.66
2017
Age at first childbirth
20.9 years
2025
n/a
Maternal mortality per 100K births
478
2023
227
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
58.9
2023
24.3
2023
Obesity rate
21.7%
2022
23.3%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
6.2%
2024
8.6%
2024
Air quality index
28
2025
73
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
24.3%
2022
n/a
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
4.3 liters
2020
1.99 liters
2020

Territory

Lesotho Venezuela
% of world land
0.02%
2025
0.59%
2025
Land area per capita
5,015 sq mi
2024
11,989 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
9,115 sq mi
2025
83,012 sq mi
2025
Forest area
133.3 sq mi
2025
177,888 sq mi
2025
Roads length
3,691 mi
2011
59,769 mi
2014

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