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.