Lesotho vs Niger: GDP per capita

Lesotho

2,316 international-$ in 2021 prices

in 2023

Niger

1,919 international-$ in 2021 prices

in 2023

Lesotho rank

172nd

Niger rank

174th

GDP per capita over time

Lesotho
Niger

How they compare

Lesotho currently reports 2,316 international-$ in 2021 prices against 1,919 international-$ in 2021 prices in Niger, a difference of 397.14 international-$ in 2021 prices.

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

The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Niger ahead.

Globally, Lesotho ranks 172nd and Niger ranks 174th of 184 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: GDP per capita
Unit: international-$ in 2021 prices
Source: Feenstra et al. - Penn World Table (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 184 places, 10,907 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Average economic output per person in a country or region per year. This data is adjusted for inflation and differences in living costs between countries.