Kenya vs Lesotho: History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale

Kenya
3,377 2011 US$
in 2018
Lesotho
2,731 2011 US$
in 2018
Kenya rank
116th
Lesotho rank
119th

History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale over time

  • Kenya
  • Lesotho
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How they compare

Kenya currently reports 3,377 2011 US$ against 2,731 2011 US$ in Lesotho, a difference of 646 2011 US$.

That makes Kenya's figure about 1.2 times Lesotho's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 69 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Kenya ahead.

Kenya ranks 116th and Lesotho ranks 119th of 145 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Kenya averaged higher in 6 and Lesotho in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Kenya Lesotho Difference Ahead
1950s 1,123 2011 US$ 708.4 2011 US$ 414.7 2011 US$ Kenya
1960s 1,228 2011 US$ 994.3 2011 US$ 233.5 2011 US$ Kenya
1970s 1,548 2011 US$ 1,390 2011 US$ 158.6 2011 US$ Kenya
1980s 1,668 2011 US$ 1,628 2011 US$ 40 2011 US$ Kenya
1990s 1,801 2011 US$ 1,909 2011 US$ 107.62 2011 US$ Lesotho
2000s 2,147 2011 US$ 2,049 2011 US$ 98.37 2011 US$ Kenya
2010s 2,966 2011 US$ 2,583 2011 US$ 382.99 2011 US$ Kenya

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale, Kenya or Lesotho?
Kenya, at 3,377 2011 US$ against 2,731 2011 US$ in Lesotho as of 2018.
What is the difference in history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale between Kenya and Lesotho?
646 2011 US$, with Kenya ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Lesotho?
69 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2018.
How do Kenya and Lesotho rank globally for history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale?
Kenya ranks 116th and Lesotho ranks 119th of 145 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Maddison Project Database (2018) – processed by Our World in Data, published as History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Kenya vs Lesotho: History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale. Statizoid, drawing on Maddison Project Database (2018) – processed by Our World in Data. Retrieved 03 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/historys-hockey-stick-gross-domestic-product-per-capita-using-the-ratio-scale-1990/kenya/lesotho/

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Indicator
History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale
Unit
2011 US$
Source
Maddison Project Database (2018) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
145 places, 17,704 data points, 1000–2018
Last refreshed

Unit 1 'The capitalist revolution’ Section 1.3 'History's Hockey Stick: Growth in income' in The CORE Team, The Economy. Available at: https://tinyco.re/28126370 [Figure 1.1b]