Country
Lesotho
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Income group
- lower middle income
- Capital
- Maseru
- ISO code
- LS · LSO
73 indicators. Each shows the value, the rank among the world’s countries and the change over time – click to see the map.
- Population
- 2.4M
- GDP per capita (PPP)
- 2,721 int-$ (PPP, 2021 prices)
- Life expectancy
- 57.8 years
- CO₂ emissions per person
- 0.4 t CO₂
Population
- Population 2.4M 2025 144th of 214
- Population density 77 people/km² 2024 126th of 212
- Population growth 1.10 % per year 2025 95th of 214
- Natural increase 13.5 per 1,000 people 2023 78th of 228
- Net migration -2.2 per 1,000 people 2025 160th of 214
- Fertility rate 2.66 births per woman 2024 67th of 214
- Urban population 44.7 % 2025 160th of 214
- Median age 21.4 years 2023 176th of 228
- Population aged 65+ 3.9 % 2025 166th of 214
- Old-age dependency ratio 6.3 per 100 people aged 15–64 2025 169th of 214
- Children under 15 34.1 % 2025 54th of 214
Health
- Life expectancy 57.8 years 2024 210th of 214
- Life expectancy, women 60.4 years 2024 211th of 214
- Life expectancy, men 55.0 years 2024 211th of 214
- Life expectancy gap, women vs men 5.4 years 2024 85th of 214
- Infant mortality 56.3 per 1,000 births 2024 10th of 195
- Under-5 mortality 60.0 per 1,000 births 2024 21st of 195
- Maternal mortality 478 per 100,000 births 2023 11th of 193
- Health spending per person 123 USD 2023 137th of 190
- Health spending (PPP) 386 $ (PPP) 2023 135th of 191
- Physicians 0.24 per 1,000 people 2022 146th of 179
- Hospital beds 1.3 per 1,000 people 2006 not ranked – no value for 2023
- Measles immunization 90 % 2024 91st of 191
- Tobacco use 28.0 % 2024 37th of 165
- Calorie supply 1,873 kcal per day 2023 174th of 175
- Meat supply 18.8 kg per person per year 2023 145th of 175
Economy
- GDP 2.6B USD 2025 165th of 185
- GDP per capita 1,089 USD 2025 172nd of 185
- GDP per capita (PPP) 2,721 int-$ (PPP, 2021 prices) 2025 170th of 184
- GDP per capita since 1820 2,313 int-$ (2011 prices) 2022 140th of 165
- GDP growth 2.0 % 2025 135th of 185
- GDP per capita growth 0.9 % 2025 140th of 185
- Inflation 4.3 % 2025 45th of 169
- Unemployment 16.3 % 2025 13th of 181
- Youth unemployment 24.7 % 2025 31st of 181
- Youth not in education, employment or training 38.0 % 2024 11th of 150
- Trade 152 % of GDP 2024 18th of 172
- Income inequality (Gini) 44.9 2017 16th of 151
- Extreme poverty 41.9 % 2017 16th of 151
- Agriculture in the economy 6.6 % of GDP 2024 93rd of 187
- Women in the labour force 48.1 % 2025 122nd of 181
Education and society
- Human Development Index (HDI) 0.550 2023 166th of 192
- Literacy rate 90.4 % 2024 65th of 122
- Education spending 6.6 % of GDP 2024 not ranked – no value for 2022
- Secondary school enrolment 59 % 2017 not ranked – no value for 2023
- Tertiary enrolment 10 % 2018 not ranked – no value for 2023
- Primary completion rate 67 % 2023 125th of 135
- Women in parliament 25.0 % 2025 98th of 183
- Homicide rate 38.2 per 100,000 people 2008 not ranked – no value for 2020
Technology and infrastructure
- Internet use 52 % 2024 144th of 182
- Mobile phone subscriptions 69 per 100 people 2023 156th of 172
- Fixed broadband 0.4 per 100 people 2023 151st of 169
- Access to electricity 60.6 % 2024 184th of 212
- Safe drinking water 31 % 2024 123rd of 146
- Safely managed sanitation 44 % 2024 91st of 140
- Research and development 0.09 % of GDP 2023 80th of 84
Environment and energy
- CO₂ emissions 1.0 Mt CO₂ 2024 160th of 201
- CO₂ emissions per person 0.4 t CO₂ 2024 165th of 201
- CO₂ emissions per person since 1850 1.10 t CO₂ 2024 156th of 212
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 0.1 Gt CO₂ 2024 155th of 212
- Greenhouse gases per person 1.3 t CO₂e 2024 172nd of 201
- Forest area 1.1 % of land 2024 193rd of 208
- Water stress 3 % 2022 141st of 176
- Arable land 19.0 % of land 2024 58th of 205
- Renewable energy 33.6 % of final energy 2021 74th of 210
- Renewable electricity 100.0 % of electricity 2022 not ranked – no value for 2024
- Nuclear electricity 0.0 % of electricity 2022 not ranked – no value for 2024
- Electricity from coal 0.0 % of electricity 2022 not ranked – no value for 2024
- Electricity from wind 0.0 % of electricity 2022 not ranked – no value for 2024
- Electricity from solar 0.0 % of electricity 2022 not ranked – no value for 2024
- Carbon intensity of electricity 23 g CO₂e/kWh 2022 not ranked – no value for 2024
- Electricity generation per person 210 kWh 2022 not ranked – no value for 2024
- PM2.5 air pollution 26.4 µg/m³ 2023 58th of 199
Lesotho on other Ominuvo maps
- Languages of the worldSouthern Sotho, English · official languagesSource: Unicode CLDR (Unicode License v3)
- Prices around the worldLesotho loti (LSL), South African rand (ZAR)Source: ISO 4217
- Time zones mapUTC+2Source: IANA tz database (public domain)
- Plugs and sockets of the worldType M · 220 V · 50 Hz
- National dishes of the world2 national dishes
- Plants of the world5 characteristic plants