COUNTRY / INDICATOR
Lesotho Poverty Headcount
Lesotho poverty headcount: latest available value for 2017, historical series from 2017, ranking context and source documentation.
Series overview
SI.POV.NAHC| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 49,70 | — |
Source methodology
World Development IndicatorsIndicator note: National poverty headcount ratio is the percentage of the population living below the national poverty line(s). National estimates are based on population-weighted subgroup estimates from household surveys. For economies for which the data are from EU-SILC, the reported year is the income reference year, which is the year before the survey year.
Source organization: World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are compiled from official government sources or are computed by World Bank staff using national (i.e. country–specific) poverty lines., World Bank (WB), note: Data are compiled from official government sources or are computed by World Bank staff using national (i.e. country–specific) poverty lines.
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Country-specific interpretation
Automatically derived from the displayed seriesLesotho recorded 49,70 percent in 2017, the latest year available in this series.
Across 1 observations from 2017 to 2017, the average was 49,70; the minimum was 49,70 in 2017 and the maximum was 49,70 in 2017.
Lesotho ranks 139 out of 160 countries with a current value in the portal ranking.
The latest value is above the available average for Sub-Saharan Africa.
It is also above the available average for the Lower middle income group.
Extent of poverty under national definitions.