Price level index in Lesotho

Lesotho: Price level index was 34.2 GDP in 2025. ▼ Falling

Latest (2025)
34.2 GDP
Change on year
up 2.7%
World rank
151st
of 203 countries
All-time high
56.21 GDP
in 2011
All-time low
28.08 GDP
in 2002
Years of data
36
1990–2025

Price level index in Lesotho, 1990–2025

02040601990200720251990: 43.1 GDP1991: 46.1 GDP1992: 49.7 GDP1993: 47.1 GDP1994: 45.8 GDP1995: 49.5 GDP1996: 43.5 GDP1997: 43.5 GDP1998: 39.4 GDP1999: 38 GDP2000: 34.8 GDP2001: 30.6 GDP2002: 28.1 GDP2003: 39.3 GDP2004: 49.1 GDP2005: 51.2 GDP2006: 51 GDP2007: 44.6 GDP2008: 43.5 GDP2009: 43.2 GDP2010: 52 GDP2011: 56.2 GDP2012: 53.1 GDP2013: 45.3 GDP2014: 42.3 GDP2015: 36.9 GDP2016: 33.7 GDP2017: 40.8 GDP2018: 44.5 GDP2019: 42.1 GDP2020: 35.9 GDP2021: 41.9 GDP2022: 37.3 GDP2023: 32 GDP2024: 33.3 GDP2025: 34.2 GDP

Source: World Development Indicators, World Bank (WB). Measured in GDP.

Analysis

The most recent figure for price level index in Lesotho is 34.2 GDP, measured in 2025.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.7% on the previous year and down 7.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, price level index in Lesotho peaked at 56.21 GDP in 2011 and was at its lowest, 28.08 GDP, in 2002.

That places Lesotho 151st out of 203 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 36 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 44.57 GDP 38.01 GDP 49.68 GDP 10
2000s 41.54 GDP 28.08 GDP 51.25 GDP 10
2010s 44.72 GDP 33.73 GDP 56.21 GDP 10
2020s 35.77 GDP 32 GDP 41.91 GDP 6

Countries ranked near Lesotho

  1. 148 Congo 34.69 GDP compare
  2. 149 Uganda 34.59 GDP compare
  3. 150 Benin 34.43 GDP compare
  4. 152 Nicaragua 34.18 GDP compare
  5. 153 Mongolia 34.18 GDP compare
  6. 154 Guinea-Bissau 34.12 GDP compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is price level index in Lesotho?
Price level index in Lesotho was 34.2 GDP in 2025, according to World Development Indicators, World Bank (WB).
What is the highest price level index recorded in Lesotho?
The highest recorded value was 56.21 GDP in 2011.
What is the lowest price level index recorded in Lesotho?
The lowest recorded value was 28.08 GDP in 2002.
How does Lesotho rank for price level index?
Lesotho ranks 151st out of 203 countries with data for 2025.
Is price level index rising or falling in Lesotho?
Over the last ten years it is down 7.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Lesotho data come from?
The figures come from World Development Indicators, World Bank (WB), published as part of Price level index (GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Price level index (GDP)
Unit
GDP
Source
World Development Indicators, World Bank (WB)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
203 places, 7,022 data points, 1990–2025
Last refreshed

The price level index (PLI) is the ratio of a purchasing power parity (PPP) conversion factor to the corresponding market exchange rate between two countries, expressed relative to a base country that is set equal to 100. For this series the base country is the United States. It provides a measure of the differences in price level between the country and the United States by indicating the number of units of the common currency (US dollars) needed to buy the same volume of the aggregation level in each country. At the level of GDP, the price level ratio provides a measure of the differences in the general price levels of countries.