Poverty & Inequality in Lesotho 30 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Lesotho. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 1 surveys 2025 — 103rd Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person 2025 — 63rd Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP 2025 — 14th Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 2.69 live births per woman 2023 down 17.9% 72nd Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 804.1 kg per hectare 2023 up 4.6% 168th Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 up 16.2% 22nd Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 10.32 % change on previous year 2023 down 40.4% 29th Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 30.43 2022 down 39.6% 40th Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 30.4% 2022 down 39.6% 40th Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2022 down 36.4% 17th Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate -3.46 % change on previous year 2022 down 109.4% 146th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 % change on previous year 2025 up 100.0% 1st Gender Inequality Index 0.534 2023 down 7.1% 27th Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 31.2% 2023 up 1.4% 16th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.225 2023 down 14.8% 7th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.225 2023 down 14.8% 7th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.24 2023 down 11.7% 7th Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.5143 2023 down 18.4% 12th Population living in slums 25.6% 2022 down 39.3% 74th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index 0.357 2023 up 24.0% 141st Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. Human Development Index 0.357 2023 up 24.0% 141st Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. GDP per capita 0.357 2023 up 24.0% 141st Out-of-pocket expenditure (OOP) per capita in US$ 16.18 2023 down 11.6% 166th Official development assistance grants for poverty reduction, by 1.69 2024 up 209.1% 18th Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants 1.7% 2024 up 207.3% 17th Use of interpolation and extrapolation on original Gini coefficient data 2,721 2017 up 35.1% 132nd Share of children who are underweight vs. share in extreme poverty 12.5% 2024 up 19.0% 37th Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines 49.7% 2017 down 12.2% 4th Share of population living below national poverty lines 49.7% 2017 down 12.2% 4th Proportion of population living below the national poverty line 49.7% 2017 down 12.2% 4th