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Lesotho vs Somalia: GDP per person employed

Lesotho
8,639 constant 2021 PPP $
in 2025
Somalia
9,575 constant 2021 PPP $
in 2025
Lesotho rank
160th
Somalia rank
157th

GDP per person employed over time

  • Lesotho
  • Somalia
02.5k5.0k7.5k10.0k199120082025

How they compare

Somalia currently reports 9,575 constant 2021 PPP $ against 8,639 constant 2021 PPP $ in Lesotho, a difference of 936.05 constant 2021 PPP $.

That makes Somalia's figure about 1.1 times Lesotho's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Somalia ahead.

Globally, Lesotho ranks 160th and Somalia ranks 157th of 177 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
GDP per person employed (constant 2021 PPP $)
Unit
constant 2021 PPP $
Source
Staff estimates, World Bank (WB), note: Estimates are based on employment, population, GDP, and PPP data obtained from International Labour Organization, United Nations Population Division, Eurostat,
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
224 places, 7,764 data points, 1991–2025
Last refreshed

GDP per person employed is gross domestic product (GDP) divided by total employment in the economy. Purchasing power parity (PPP) GDP is GDP converted to 2021 constant international dollars using PPP rates. An international dollar has the same purchasing power over GDP that a U.S. dollar has in the United States.