Lesotho poverty rate for 2017 was 83.80%, a 12.1% decline from 2002.
Lesotho poverty rate for 2002 was 95.90%, a 11.2% increase from 1994.
Lesotho poverty rate for 1994 was 84.70%, a 5.8% decline from 1986.
Lesotho poverty rate for 1986 was 90.50%, a 90.5% increase from .
Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $5.50 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. The full historical dataset is available for download here: Lesotho Poverty Rate | Historical Data | 1986 - 2017.