Kenya vs Lesotho: History’s hockey stick: Worldwide historical real gross domestic product per capita
Kenya
3,377 2011 US$
in 2018
Lesotho
2,731 2011 US$
in 2018
Kenya rank
116th
Lesotho rank
119th
History’s hockey stick: Worldwide historical real gross domestic product per capita over time
- Kenya
- Lesotho
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: worldwide historical real gross domestic product per capita, 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: worldwide historical real gross domestic product per capita 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: worldwide historical real gross domestic product per capita?
- 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: Worldwide historical real gross domestic product per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Unit 1 'The capitalist revolution: prosperity, inequality, and planetary limits’ in The CORE Team, The Economy 2.0 Microeconomics. Available at: https://tinyco.re/19274920 [Figure 1.1]