History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale in Lesotho
Lesotho: History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale was 2,731 2011 US$ in 2018. ▲ Rising
Latest (2018)
2,731 2011 US$
Change on year
up 0.4%
World rank
119th
of 145 countries
All-time high
2,767 2011 US$
in 2016
All-time low
631 2011 US$
in 1950
Years of data
69
1950–2018
History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale in Lesotho, 1950–2018
Source: Maddison Project Database (2018) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in 2011 US$.
Analysis
The most recent figure for history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale in Lesotho is 2,731 2011 US$, measured in 2018.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 25.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale in Lesotho peaked at 2,767 2011 US$ in 2016 and was at its lowest, 631 2011 US$, in 1950.
That places Lesotho 119th out of 145 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 69 years of available data.
History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | 2011 US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 631 2011 US$ | — |
| 1951 | 657 2011 US$ | +4.1% |
| 1952 | 666 2011 US$ | +1.4% |
| 1953 | 682 2011 US$ | +2.4% |
| 1954 | 708 2011 US$ | +3.8% |
| 1955 | 719 2011 US$ | +1.6% |
| 1956 | 735 2011 US$ | +2.2% |
| 1957 | 749 2011 US$ | +1.9% |
| 1958 | 764 2011 US$ | +2.0% |
| 1959 | 773 2011 US$ | +1.2% |
| 1960 | 813 2011 US$ | +5.2% |
| 1961 | 813 2011 US$ | +0.0% |
| 1962 | 918 2011 US$ | +12.9% |
| 1963 | 995 2011 US$ | +8.4% |
| 1964 | 1,054 2011 US$ | +5.9% |
| 1965 | 1,054 2011 US$ | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 1,025 2011 US$ | -2.8% |
| 1967 | 1,113 2011 US$ | +8.6% |
| 1968 | 1,084 2011 US$ | -2.6% |
| 1969 | 1,074 2011 US$ | -0.9% |
| 1970 | 1,073 2011 US$ | -0.1% |
| 1971 | 952 2011 US$ | -11.3% |
| 1972 | 1,108 2011 US$ | +16.4% |
| 1973 | 1,364 2011 US$ | +23.1% |
| 1974 | 1,414 2011 US$ | +3.7% |
| 1975 | 1,270 2011 US$ | -10.2% |
| 1976 | 1,447 2011 US$ | +13.9% |
| 1977 | 1,658 2011 US$ | +14.6% |
| 1978 | 1,934 2011 US$ | +16.6% |
| 1979 | 1,678 2011 US$ | -13.2% |
| 1980 | 1,589 2011 US$ | -5.3% |
| 1981 | 1,564 2011 US$ | -1.6% |
| 1982 | 1,576 2011 US$ | +0.8% |
| 1983 | 1,561 2011 US$ | -1.0% |
| 1984 | 1,589 2011 US$ | +1.8% |
| 1985 | 1,600 2011 US$ | +0.7% |
| 1986 | 1,645 2011 US$ | +2.8% |
| 1987 | 1,621 2011 US$ | -1.5% |
| 1988 | 1,736 2011 US$ | +7.1% |
| 1989 | 1,804 2011 US$ | +3.9% |
| 1990 | 1,882 2011 US$ | +4.3% |
| 1991 | 1,854 2011 US$ | -1.5% |
| 1992 | 1,915 2011 US$ | +3.3% |
| 1993 | 1,904 2011 US$ | -0.6% |
| 1994 | 1,924 2011 US$ | +1.1% |
| 1995 | 1,889 2011 US$ | -1.8% |
| 1996 | 1,932 2011 US$ | +2.3% |
| 1997 | 1,940 2011 US$ | +0.4% |
| 1998 | 1,923 2011 US$ | -0.9% |
| 1999 | 1,924 2011 US$ | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 1,967 2011 US$ | +2.3% |
| 2001 | 1,997 2011 US$ | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 1,959 2011 US$ | -1.9% |
| 2003 | 2,003 2011 US$ | +2.2% |
| 2004 | 2,004 2011 US$ | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 2,014 2011 US$ | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 2,056 2011 US$ | +2.1% |
| 2007 | 2,107 2011 US$ | +2.5% |
| 2008 | 2,178 2011 US$ | +3.4% |
| 2009 | 2,199 2011 US$ | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 2,314 2011 US$ | +5.2% |
| 2011 | 2,346 2011 US$ | +1.4% |
| 2012 | 2,456 2011 US$ | +4.7% |
| 2013 | 2,559 2011 US$ | +4.2% |
| 2014 | 2,644 2011 US$ | +3.3% |
| 2015 | 2,710 2011 US$ | +2.5% |
| 2016 | 2,767 2011 US$ | +2.1% |
| 2017 | 2,721 2011 US$ | -1.7% |
| 2018 | 2,731 2011 US$ | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 708.4 2011 US$ | 631 2011 US$ | 773 2011 US$ | 10 |
| 1960s | 994.3 2011 US$ | 813 2011 US$ | 1,113 2011 US$ | 10 |
| 1970s | 1,390 2011 US$ | 952 2011 US$ | 1,934 2011 US$ | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,628 2011 US$ | 1,561 2011 US$ | 1,804 2011 US$ | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,909 2011 US$ | 1,854 2011 US$ | 1,940 2011 US$ | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,049 2011 US$ | 1,959 2011 US$ | 2,199 2011 US$ | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,583 2011 US$ | 2,314 2011 US$ | 2,767 2011 US$ | 9 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale in Lesotho?
- History’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale in Lesotho was 2,731 2011 US$ in 2018, according to Maddison Project Database (2018) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 2,767 2011 US$ in 2016.
- What is the lowest history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 631 2011 US$ in 1950.
- How does Lesotho rank for history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale?
- Lesotho ranks 119th out of 145 countries with data for 2018.
- Is history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Lesotho data come from?
- The figures come from Maddison Project Database (2018) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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]