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Human development index — Lesotho

Human development index in Lesotho in 2023 — 0.55 index. Ranked 167 in the world out of 193. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 13.9%.

2023 0.55 index +0.55% vs 2022
World rank 167of 193
Period maximum 0.55 index2023
Period minimum 0.451 index2006

Trend over time

1990–2023 · index, 0–1

Human development index — Lesotho, 1990–20230.450.4750.50.5250.551990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0.483 index1991: 0.482 index1992: 0.481 index1993: 0.477 index1994: 0.478 index1995: 0.476 index1996: 0.473 index1997: 0.469 index1998: 0.469 index1999: 0.462 index2000: 0.462 index2001: 0.457 index2002: 0.455 index2003: 0.456 index2004: 0.454 index2005: 0.454 index2006: 0.451 index2007: 0.458 index2008: 0.463 index2009: 0.468 index2010: 0.478 index2011: 0.485 index2012: 0.496 index2013: 0.502 index2014: 0.509 index2015: 0.517 index2016: 0.526 index2017: 0.531 index2018: 0.538 index2019: 0.541 index2020: 0.537 index2021: 0.532 index2022: 0.547 index2023: 0.55 index
Change over the period: +0.067 (+13.87%) Average annual rate: 0.39 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Lesotho

Lesotho 0.55 index
World 0.756 index
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 0.547 index
Southern Africa computed 0.731 index
Lower-middle-income countries computed 0.664 index
Human development index — Lesotho, by year Lesotho All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.55 +0.003 +0.55%
2022 0.547 +0.015 +2.82%
2021 0.532 −0.005 −0.93%
2020 0.537 −0.004 −0.74%
2019 0.541 +0.003 +0.56%
2018 0.538 +0.007 +1.32%
2017 0.531 +0.005 +0.95%
2016 0.526 +0.009 +1.74%
2015 0.517 +0.008 +1.57%
2014 0.509 +0.007 +1.39%
2013 0.502 +0.006 +1.21%
2012 0.496 +0.011 +2.27%
2011 0.485 +0.007 +1.46%
2010 0.478 +0.01 +2.14%
2009 0.468 +0.005 +1.08%
2008 0.463 +0.005 +1.09%
2007 0.458 +0.007 +1.55%
2006 0.451 −0.003 −0.66%
2005 0.454 +0 +0%
2004 0.454 −0.002 −0.44%
2003 0.456 +0.001 +0.22%
2002 0.455 −0.002 −0.44%
2001 0.457 −0.005 −1.08%
2000 0.462 +0 +0%
1999 0.462 −0.007 −1.49%
1998 0.469 +0 +0%
1997 0.469 −0.004 −0.85%
1996 0.473 −0.003 −0.63%
1995 0.476 −0.002 −0.42%
1994 0.478 +0.001 +0.21%
1993 0.477 −0.004 −0.83%
1992 0.481 −0.001 −0.21%
1991 0.482 −0.001 −0.21%
1990 0.483 — —

Southern Africa, 2023

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

ZA South Africa 0.741 BW Botswana 0.731 SZ Eswatini 0.695 NA Namibia 0.665 LS Lesotho 0.55
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About the indicator

The UNDP Human Development Index is the geometric mean of three components: life expectancy, years of schooling and national income per capita at PPP. The index was devised as an objection to the use of GDP alone as a measure of development, and its point is that the three components are multiplied rather than added: a failure on any one of them cannot be made up for by success on the other two. Values run from zero to one, and since 1990 the index has risen in almost every country in the world.

Important: The aggregate value for country groups is weighted by population, whereas UNDP computes group indexes from group components — the numbers may therefore differ slightly from the report.

Source: Human Development Report (UNDP), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.

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