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Poverty rate at the national poverty line in Lesotho

Poverty rate at the national poverty line in Lesotho was 49.7% in 2017, according to the World Bank.

201749.7%
Series high66.61994
Series low46.81986

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Poverty rate at the national poverty line in Lesotho, 1986 to 2017

455055606570198619931994200220171986: 46.8 %1993: 49.2 %1994: 66.6 %2002: 56.6 %2017: 49.7 %4550556065701986199420171986: 46.8 %1993: 49.2 %1994: 66.6 %2002: 56.6 %2017: 49.7 %
%. Source: World Bank, Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines, % of population (SI.POV.NAHC). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-10-08.
All 5 values
Period%
201749.7
200256.6
199466.6
199349.2
198646.8

Lesotho compared with nearby places

Albania: 23.4 %Armenia: 25.7 %Argentina: 25.7 %Austria: 14.3 %Bulgaria: 22 %Bolivia: 42.8 %Belarus: 5.9 %Switzerland: 14.6 %Chile: 8.5 %China: 3.1 %Colombia: 35.9 %Costa Rica: 22.1 %Cyprus: 15.4 %Czechia: 9.6 %Djibouti: 21.1 %Dominican Republic: 31.2 %Ecuador: 21.5 %Estonia: 21.9 %Spain: 21.5 %Finland: 12 %Gabon: 33.4 %United Kingdom: 18.6 %Georgia: 21.9 %Greece: 18.5 %Hungary: 12.8 %Indonesia: 10.6 %Iceland: 8.8 %Italy: 20.3 %Jamaica: 19.3 %Lesotho: 49.7 %Lithuania: 22.9 %Latvia: 23.3 %Montenegro: 23.8 %North Macedonia: 21.9 %Myanmar: 24.8 %Mauritius: 10.4 %Netherlands: 13.3 %Panama: 20.7 %Peru: 21.7 %Portugal: 17.3 %Romania: 23.5 %Serbia: 24.3 %Russia: 13 %Sweden: 16.4 %Slovenia: 13.3 %Slovakia: 12.2 %Thailand: 7.9 %Türkiye: 13.9 %Ukraine: 34.9 %Vietnam: 7.9 %Zimbabwe: 30.4 %
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Poverty rate at the national poverty line, 2017, %. Lesotho is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: World Bank. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

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Definition

Share of the population living below the national poverty line that each country sets. World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform, compiled from official government sources or computed by World Bank staff with the national line.

Each country sets its own line, so rates cannot be compared between countries; compare years within one country, and check for method changes, which can move the rate by many points. There is no World value. For the United States see poverty_rate, and for the EU at_risk_of_poverty_rate.

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World Bank, World Development Indicators. Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines, % of population (SI.POV.NAHC). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SI.POV.NAHC. Retrieved 2026-10-12. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

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APA 7

World Bank. (2026). Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines, % of population (SI.POV.NAHC) (Poverty rate at the national poverty line, Lesotho, 1986 to 2017) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SI.POV.NAHC

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Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines, % of population (SI.POV.NAHC), Poverty rate at the national poverty line, Lesotho, 1986 to 2017. World Bank, 8 Oct. 2026, https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SI.POV.NAHC. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/poverty-rate-national-line/lesotho. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

World Bank. 2026. Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines, % of population (SI.POV.NAHC). Poverty rate at the national poverty line, Lesotho, 1986 to 2017. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SI.POV.NAHC. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/poverty-rate-national-line/lesotho.

Harvard

World Bank (2026) Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines, % of population (SI.POV.NAHC), Poverty rate at the national poverty line, Lesotho, 1986 to 2017 [Dataset]. Available at: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SI.POV.NAHC, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/poverty-rate-national-line/lesotho (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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@misc{world_poverty_rate_at_the_2017,
  author = {{World Bank}},
  title = {{Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines, \% of population (SI.POV.NAHC): Poverty rate at the national poverty line, Lesotho, 1986 to 2017}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SI.POV.NAHC},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/poverty-rate-national-line/lesotho. Publisher attribution: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines, \% of population (SI.POV.NAHC). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SI.POV.NAHC. Retrieved 2026-10-12. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.},
}
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What is the poverty rate at the national poverty line in Lesotho?

Poverty rate at the national poverty line in Lesotho was 49.7% in 2017, according to the World Bank.

Where does this figure come from?

World Bank. Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines, % of population (SI.POV.NAHC). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest poverty rate at the national poverty line in Lesotho?

66.6% in 1994, the highest value since 1986 in this series.

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