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Lesotho — statistics

All indicators in the section for Lesotho — the latest available values with the year shown. Click an indicator to see the trend over time and the world rank.

316 indicators Region: Sub-Saharan Africa Subregion: Southern Africa Income group: Lower middle income ISO: LSO
Indicator Value Year Source
Population people 2.36M 2025 UN DESA
Life expectancy at birth years 57.8 2024 UN DESA
Total fertility rate births 2.66 2024 UN DESA
Crude birth rate per 1,000 23.8 2024 UN DESA
Crude death rate per 1,000 10.5 2024 UN DESA
Population growth % 1.1 2025 UN DESA
Urban population share % 44.7 2025 UN DESA
Urban population people 1.06M 2025 UN DESA
Rural population share % 55.3 2025 UN DESA
Population density per km² 76.1 2023 World Bank
Share of population aged 65 and over % 3.9 2025 UN DESA
Share of population under 15 % 34.1 2025 UN DESA
Age dependency ratio per 100 61.2 2025 UN DESA
Net migration people -5,192 2025 UN DESA
Share of women in the population % 51.25 2025 UN DESA
Male population people 1.15M 2025 UN DESA
Female population people 1.21M 2025 UN DESA
Children under 15 people 805,943 2025 UN DESA
Population aged 15–64 people 1.47M 2025 UN DESA
Population aged 65 and over people 91,708 2025 UN DESA
Male life expectancy years 55.03 2024 UN DESA
Female life expectancy years 60.44 2024 UN DESA
Adolescent fertility rate per 1,000 69.6 2024 UN DESA
Contraceptive use % 67.4 2024 UN DESA
Rural population people 1.31M 2025 UN DESA
Indicator Value Year Source
Tuberculosis incidence per 100k 548 2024 WHO
HIV prevalence % 17.1 2024 WHO
People living with HIV people 260,000 2024 WHO
New HIV infections per 1,000 3.1 2024 WHO
HIV-related deaths people 4,000 2024 WHO
Tuberculosis cases people 13,000 2024 WHO
Tuberculosis deaths people 1,300 2024 WHO
Malaria death rate per 100k 0 2021 WHO
Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases % 36.3 2021 WHO
Indicator Value Year Source
Infant mortality rate per 1,000 56.3 2024 WHO
Under-five mortality rate per 1,000 60 2024 WHO
Maternal mortality ratio per 100k 478 2023 WHO
Suicide mortality rate per 100k 28.7 2021 WHO
Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases % 34.1 2021 WHO
Share of deaths from infections % 54.1 2021 WHO
Share of deaths from injuries % 9.1 2021 WHO
Road traffic death rate per 100k 31.9 2019 WHO
Road traffic deaths people 492 2021 WHO
Air pollution death rate per 100k 288.3 2019 WHO
Death rate from unsafe water and sanitation per 100k 108.1 2019 WHO
Poisoning death rate per 100k 3.49 2021 WHO
Healthy life expectancy years 44.6 2021 WHO
Adult mortality rate, male per 1,000 464.1 2024 UN DESA
Adult mortality rate, female per 1,000 355.4 2024 UN DESA
Indicator Value Year Source
GDP US$ 2.57B 2025 World Bank
GDP per capita US$ 1,089 2025 World Bank
GDP growth % 1.98 2025 World Bank
GDP at purchasing power parity int$ 7.53B 2025 World Bank
GDP per capita at PPP int$ 3,184 2025 World Bank
GNI per capita US$ 1,280 2025 World Bank
Consumer price inflation % 4.27 2025 World Bank
GDP deflator % 3 2025 World Bank
Industry share of GDP % 25.2 2025 World Bank
Manufacturing share of GDP % 12.1 2024 World Bank
Agriculture share of GDP % 6.5 2025 World Bank
Services share of GDP % 55.6 2025 World Bank
Household consumption (% of GDP) % 96.8 2025 World Bank
Government consumption (% of GDP) % 36.4 2025 World Bank
Gross capital formation (% of GDP) % 31.2 2025 World Bank
GDP (IMF) bn US$ 3.7 2031 IMF
Real GDP growth (IMF) % 1.5 2031 IMF
GDP per capita at PPP (IMF) int$ 3,642 2031 IMF
Inflation, average consumer prices (IMF) % 4 2031 IMF
GDP in constant prices US$ 2015 2.41B 2025 World Bank
GDP per capita in constant prices US$ 2015 1,021 2025 World Bank
GDP per capita growth % 0.86 2025 World Bank
Share of world GDP % 0.003 2031 IMF
Gross national income US$ 3.15B 2025 World Bank
Industry value added US$ 647M 2025 World Bank
Manufacturing value added US$ 289M 2024 World Bank
Agriculture value added US$ 167M 2025 World Bank
Services value added US$ 1.43B 2025 World Bank
Household consumption US$ 2.49B 2025 World Bank
Government consumption in US dollars US$ 938M 2025 World Bank
Gross capital formation in US dollars US$ 804M 2025 World Bank
Gross national savings % 13.6 2025 World Bank
Consumer price index index 221.03 2025 World Bank
End-of-period inflation % 4 2031 IMF
GDP per capita (IMF) US$ 1,472 2031 IMF
GNI at purchasing power parity int$ 9.22B 2025 World Bank
PPP conversion factor per int$ 6.118 2025 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Government debt % 50 2031 IMF
Tax revenue (% of GDP) % 35.42 2024 World Bank
Government revenue % 42.03 2024 World Bank
Government expense % 40.23 2022 World Bank
Budget balance % 3.4 2031 IMF
External debt US$ 1.77B 2024 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Foreign direct investment inflows US$ -5.77M 2025 UNCTAD
Foreign direct investment outflows US$ 0 1989 UNCTAD
FDI inflows (% of GDP) % -0.22 2025 UNCTAD
New business density per 1,000 1.47 2020 World Bank
New businesses registered companies 1,981 2020 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Cereal production t 143,080 2023 FAO
Cereal yield kg/ha 804 2023 FAO
Food production index index 98.7 2022 FAO
Livestock production index index 93.8 2022 FAO
Agricultural land share % 77.76 2023 FAO
Arable land share % 11.75 2023 FAO
Arable land per capita ha/person 0.1543 2023 FAO
Fertilizer use kg/ha 8.7 2023 FAO
Irrigated land % 0.05 2013 FAO
Agricultural land km² 23,607 2023 FAO
Arable land ha 356,748 2023 FAO
Land under cereal production ha 177,933 2023 FAO
Crop production index index 107.6 2022 FAO
Indicator Value Year Source
Forest cover % 1.14 2023 FAO
Forest area km² 345 2023 FAO
Protected areas % 23.4 2025 World Bank
Freshwater withdrawal as a share of resources % 0.84 2022 FAO
PM2.5 air pollution µg/m³ 26.4 2023 WHO
Land area km² 30,360 2023 FAO
Surface area km² 30,360 2023 FAO
Renewable water resources km³ 5 2022 FAO
Water resources per capita m³/person 2,288 2022 FAO
Freshwater withdrawal km³ 0 2022 FAO
Population living in slums % 25.6 2022 World Bank
Population below five meters above sea level % 0 2015 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Renewables share of final energy consumption % 34.9 2022 World Bank
Primary energy consumption quad Btu 0.013 2024 EIA
Energy consumption per capita MMBtu 5.7 2024 EIA
Primary energy production quad Btu 0 2024 EIA
Coal production Mtoe 0 2024 EIA
Natural gas production bn m³ 0 2024 EIA
Oil production kb/d 0 2025 EIA
Indicator Value Year Source
Air passengers carried people 1,300 1999 World Bank
Aircraft departures departures 200 1999 World Bank
Air freight traffic M t-km 0.1 1993 World Bank
Logistics performance index score 2.28 2018 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Internet users % 51.8 2024 ITU
Mobile cellular subscriptions per 100 70.3 2024 ITU
Fixed broadband internet per 100 0.38 2024 ITU
Fixed telephone lines per 100 0.34 2024 ITU
Secure internet servers per 1M 86 2024 World Bank
ICT service exports % 0.1 2025 UNCTAD
ICT service exports, US$ US$ 15,667 2025 World Bank
Number of mobile subscriptions subs 1.64M 2024 ITU
Number of fixed broadband subscriptions subs 8,869 2024 ITU
Indicator Value Year Source
Intentional homicides per 100k 38.24 2008 World Bank
Number of intentional homicides people 752 2008 UNODC
Prison population per 100,000 per 100k 117 2025 UNODC
Capacity of prisons and detention facilities people 71 2025 UNODC
Battle-related deaths people 78 1998 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Human development index index 0.55 2023 UNDP
Gender development index ratio 1.006 2023 UNDP
Gender inequality index index 0.534 2023 UNDP
Corruption perceptions index score 37 2024 Transparency Intl
Human capital index index 0.4 2020 World Bank

Values are given for the most recent year for which the source publishes data on this territory, so the years differ from indicator to indicator. Units of measurement are shown next to the indicator name.

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