Lesotho - Poverty headcount ratio at $3.2 a day based on purchasing-power-parity

49.9 (%) in 2017

In 2017, poverty ratio at $3.2 a day for Lesotho was 49.9 %. Though Lesotho poverty ratio at $3.2 a day fluctuated substantially in recent years, it tended to decrease through 1986 - 2017 period ending at 49.9 % in 2017.

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Poverty headcount ratio at $3.20 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $3.20 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.