International Rankings of Lesotho 2014, country comparisons

Communications
Ranked Data	Value	Rank	Date of Info
Internet hosts	11,030	131	2012
Internet users	76,800	168	2009
Telephones - main lines in use	43,100	168	2012
Telephones - mobile cellular	1,312,000	153	2012
Economy
Budget expenditures	$1,536,000,000	153	2013 est.
Budget revenues	$1,658,000,000	150	2013 est.
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-) % of GDP	5.00	12	2013 est.
Central bank discount rate(%)	9.36	25	31 Dec 2012 est
Commercial bank prime lending rate (%)	10.43	85	31 Dec 2012 est.
Current account balance	-$587,400,000	107	2013 est.
Debt - external	$779,800,000	166	31 Dec 2013 est.
Distribution of family income - Gini index	63.2	1	1995
Exports	$972,400,000	158	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - exports of goods and services (%)	46.50	77	2012 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - government consumption (%)	38.10	2	2012 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - household consumption (%)	90.80	15	2012 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - imports of goods and services (%)	-108.10	187	2012 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - investment in fixed capital (%)	31.80	22	2012 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - investment in inventories (%)	0.80	66	2012 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - agriculture(%)	7.40	108	2012 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - industry(%)	34.60	56	2012 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - services(%)	58.00	128	2012 est.
GDP - official exchange rate	$2,428,000,000	179	2013 est.
GDP - per capita (PPP)	$2,100	190	2013 est.
GDP - purchasing power parity	$4,041,000,000	176	2013 est.
GDP - real growth rate (%)	4.50	78	2013 est.
Gross national saving (% of GPD)	7.80	136	2012 est.
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	39.40	25	2003
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10% (%)	1.00	139	2003
Imports	$2,239,000,000	159	2013 est.
Industrial production growth rate (%)	9.30	18	2013 est.
Inflation rate(consumer prices) (%)	6.10	60	2013 est.
Labor force	855,600	149	2013 est.
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture (%)	86.00	7	2002 est.
Labor force - by occupation - services (%)	14.00	179	2002 est.
Population below poverty line (%)	49.00	27	1999
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	$749,400,000	142	31 Dec 2013 est.
Stock of broad money	$ 897,000,000	171	31 Dec 2013 est.
Stock of direct foreign investment - at home	$398,000,000	103	31 Dec 2013 est.
Stock of domestic credit	$75,280	180	31 Dec 2013 est.
Stock of narrow money	$ 408,900,000	162	31 Dec 2013 est.
Taxes and other revenues	68.3	3	2013 est.
Unemployment rate (%)	25.00	30	2008 est.
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	445,600	181	2011 est.
Crude Oil - exports	0	117	2010 est.
Crude Oil - imports	0	124	2010 est.
Crude Oil - production	0	154	2012 est.
Crude Oil - proved reserves	0	132	1 Jan 2013 est.
Electricity - consumption(kWh)	307,000,000	174	2010 est.
Electricity - exports (kWh)	0	124	2012 est.
Electricity - from fossil fuels	0.0	209	2010 est.
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	100.0	1	2010 est.
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	0.0	79	2010 est.
Electricity - from other renewable sources	0.0	141	2010 est.
Electricity - imports (kWh)	247,000,000	83	2011 est.
Electricity - installed generating capacity	76,000	178	2010 est.
Electricity - production (kWh)	200,000,000	183	2010 est.
Electricity Consumption per capita (kWh)	158.56	180	NA
Natural gas - consumption (cu m)	0	145	2010 est.
Natural gas - exports (cu m)	0	101	2011 est.
Natural gas - imports (cu m)	0	113	2011 est.
Natural gas - production (cu m)	0	132	2011 est.
Natural gas - proved reserves (cu m)	0	135	1 Jan 2013 est.
Refined petroleum products - consumption	1,777	191	2011 est.
Refined petroleum products - exports	0	152	2010 est.
Refined petroleum products - imports	3,711	164	2010 est.
Refined petroleum products - production	0	146	2010 est.
Geography
Coastline(km)	0	234	NA
Elevation extremes - highest point (m)	3482	56	NA
Elevation extremes - lowest point (m)	1,400	1	NA
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural) - per capita (cu km/yr)	21.79	160	2000
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural) - total (cu km/yr)	0.04	159	2000
Irrigated land (sq km)	26	157	2003
Land Area - sq km	30,355.00	139	NA
Land boundaries - km	909	123	NA
Land use - arable land (%)	10.14	104	2011
Land use - other (%)	89.72	116	2011
Land use - permanent crops (%)	0.13	179	2011
Population density - Persons per sq km*	63.78	143	Jul 2014 est.
Total Area - sq km	30,355.00	142	NA
Total renewable water resources (cu km)	3.02	151	2011
Water Area - sq km	0	181	NA
Military
Manpower available for military service - female	508,953	132	2010 est.
Manpower available for military service - male	472,456	144	2010 est.
Manpower fit for military service - female	275,734	150	2010 est.
Manpower fit for military service - male	270,184	153	2010 est.
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually - female	20,037	142	2010 est.
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually - male	19,110	143	2010 est.
Military expenditures - percent of GDP	1.90	70	2012
Population
Age structure 0-14 years - female	319,618	144	2014 est.
Age structure 0-14 years - male	322,189	146	2014 est.
Age structure 0-14 years (%)	33.10	69	2014 est.
Age structure 15-24 years - female	205,643	145	2013 est.
Age structure 15-24 years - male	185,931	149	2013 est.
Age structure 15-24 years(%)	20.20	48	2014 est.
Age structure 25-54 years - female	359,370	149	2013 est.
Age structure 25-54 years - male	344,120	152	2013 est.
Age structure 25-54 years(%)	36.30	163	2014 est.
Age structure 55-64 years - female	44,399	154	2013 est.
Age structure 55-64 years - male	50,781	153	2013 est.
Age structure 55-64 years(%)	4.90	163	2014 est.
Age structure 65 years and over - female	51,889	151	2013 est.
Age structure 65 years and over - male	52,241	144	2013 est.
Age structure 65 years and over (%)	5.40	134	2014 est.
Birth Rate(births/1,000 population)	26.31	51	2014 est.
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	13.50	56	2010
Contraceptive prevalence rate (%)	47.00	105	2009/10
Death Rate(deaths/1,000 population)	15.02	3	2014 est.
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio (number of working-age people (ages 15-64) per one elderly person (ages 65+))	0	64	201
Drinking water source - Improved - rural	72.7	144	NA
Drinking water source - Improved - total	77.7	159	NA
Drinking water source - Improved - urban	90.8	166	NA
Drinking water source - UnImproved - rural	27.3	56	2011 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved - total	22.3	45	2011 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved - urban	9.2	40	2011 est.
Education expenditures - percent of GDP	13.00	1	2008
Health expenditures	12.80	8	2011
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate (%)	23.60	3	2012 est.
HIV/AIDS - deaths	14,000	21	2012 est.
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	290,000	20	2012 est.
Hospital bed density	1.30	138	2006
Infant mortality rate - female (deaths/1,000 live births)	47.78	36	2014 est.
Infant mortality rate - male (deaths/1,000 live births)	55.96	39	2014 est.
Infant mortality rate - total (deaths/1,000 live births)	51.93	39	2014 est.
Life expectancy at birth - female (years)	52.39	217	2014 est.
Life expectancy at birth - male (years)	52.20	212	2014 est.
Life expectancy at birth - total (years)	52.30	212	2014 est.
Literacy - female (%)	95.60	85	2010 est.
Literacy - male (%)	83.30	153	2010 est.
Literacy - total (%)	89.60	138	2010 est.
Maternal mortality rate	620.00	12	2010
Median age - female (years)	23.40	163	2014 est.
Median age - male (years)	23.30	155	2014 est.
Median age - total (years)	23.40	157	2014 est.
Mother's mean age at first birth (years)	21.20	85	2009 est.
Net migration rate (migrant(s)/1,000 population)	-7.89	203	2014 est.
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	14.60	120	2008
Physicians density	0.05	179	2003
Population	1,936,181	149	Jul 2014 est.
Population growth rate (%)	0.34	162	2014 est.
Sanitation facility access - Rural Improved (% of population)	24.2	166	NA
Sanitation facility access - Rural UnImproved (% of population)	75.8	33	NA
Sanitation facility access - Total Improved (% of population)	26.3	179	NA
Sanitation facility access - Total UnImproved (% of population)	73.7	24	NA
Sanitation facility access - Urban Improved (% of population)	32	188	NA
Sanitation facility access - Urban UnImproved (% of population)	68	14	NA
School life expectancy - female (years)	10	155	2012
School life expectancy - male (years)	10	165	2012
School life expectancy - total (years)	10	161	2012
Sex ratio - 0-14 years(male(s)/female)	1.01	195	2013 est
Sex ratio - 15-24 years(male(s)/female)	0.90	226	2013 est
Sex ratio - 25-54 years(male(s)/female)	0.96	170	2013 est
Sex ratio - 55-64 years(male(s)/female)	1.14	16	2013 est
Sex ratio - 65 years and over (male(s)/female)	0.99	18	2014 est
Sex ratio - at birth (male(s)/female)	1.03	187	2014 est
Sex ratio - total population (male(s)/female)	0.97	147	2014 est
Suffrage	18.00	67	NA
Total fertility rate (children born/woman)	2.83	69	2014 est.
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 - female (%)	42	18	2008
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 - male(%)	29	23	2008
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 - total (%)	34	17	2008
Urbanization - rate of urbanization (%)	3.57	32	2011
Urbanization - urban population (%)	27.6	198	2011
Transportation
Airports	24	131	2013
Airports - with paved runways - total	3	168	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	21	101	2013
Roadways (km)	5,940	150	2011

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