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Ghana vs Lesotho: Water productivity, GDP per cubic meter of freshwater withdrawal

Ghana
47.31 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal
in 2022
Lesotho
50.5 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal
in 2022
Ghana rank
68th
Lesotho rank
65th

Water productivity, GDP per cubic meter of freshwater withdrawal over time

  • Ghana
  • Lesotho
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How they compare

Lesotho currently reports 50.5 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal against 47.31 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal in Ghana, a difference of 3.19 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal.

That makes Lesotho's figure about 1.1 times Ghana's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 36 shared years of data; in 1987 it was Ghana ahead.

Ghana ranks 68th and Lesotho ranks 65th of 179 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Water productivity, GDP per cubic meter of freshwater withdrawal
Unit
constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization (AQUASTAT), World Bank, and OECD (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
179 places, 6,112 data points, 1962–2022
Last refreshed

Water productivity is calculated as total gross domestic product (GDP), measured in constant 2015 US$ divided by annual total water withdrawal.