Extreme poverty rate in Lesotho
41.9% of people in Lesotho lived on less than $3.00 a day in 2017.
The latest value for Lesotho is for 2017. Most countries have figures for 2021.
Lesotho, 2017
41.9%
Change from 2002
−33.0percentage points
World, 2017
11.8%
Extreme poverty rate in Lesotho over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Lesotho | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | – | 10.1% |
| 2023 | – | 10.5% |
| 2022 | – | 10.9% |
| 2021 | – | 11.3% |
| 2020 | – | 11.4% |
| 2018 | – | 11.1% |
| 2017 | 41.9% | 11.8% |
| 2016 | – | 12.6% |
| 2015 | – | 13.4% |
| 2014 | – | 14.5% |
| 2013 | – | 15.5% |
| 2012 | – | 17.8% |
| 2011 | – | 19.1% |
| 2010 | – | 21.0% |
| 2009 | – | 23.1% |
| 2008 | – | 24.1% |
| 2007 | – | 25.3% |
| 2006 | – | 27.0% |
| 2005 | – | 28.3% |
| 2004 | – | 30.3% |
| 2003 | – | 32.2% |
| 2002 | 74.9% | 33.7% |
| 2001 | – | 35.3% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- The previous available figure was 74.9% in 2002, a change of −33.0 percentage points.
- Since 1986, when it was 63.2%, the figure has changed by −21.3 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2017 was 11.8%.