International Rankings of Lesotho 2015, country comparisons

Communications
Ranked Data	Value	Rank	Date of Info
Internet hosts	11,030	131	2012
Internet users	76,800	161	2009
Telephones - main lines in use	43,100	164	2012
Telephones - mobile cellular	1,312,000	150	2012
Economy
Budget expenditures	$1,483,000,000	155	2013 est.
Budget revenues	$1,462,000,000	153	2013 est.
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-) % of GDP	-0.90	44	2013 est.
Central bank discount rate(%)	9.36	18	31 Dec 2012 est
Commercial bank prime lending rate (%)	10.12	75	31 Dec 2012 est.
Current account balance	-$518,400,000	102	2013 est.
Debt - external	$794,000,000	162	31 Dec 2013 est.
Distribution of family income - Gini index	63.2	1	1995
Exports	$941,200,000	163	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - exports of goods and services (%)	47.90	65	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - government consumption (%)	39.40	2	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - household consumption (%)	86.00	23	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - imports of goods and services (%)	-108.20	162	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - investment in fixed capital (%)	33.70	19	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - investment in inventories (%)	1.20	30	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - agriculture(%)	7.40	91	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - industry(%)	34.50	46	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - services(%)	58.20	102	2013 est.
GDP - official exchange rate	$2,457,000,000	178	2013 est.
GDP - per capita (PPP)	$2,200	154	2013 est.
GDP - purchasing power parity	$4,265,000,000	175	2013 est.
GDP - real growth rate (%)	4.10	39	2013 est.
Gross national saving (% of GPD)	11.40	104	2013 est.
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	39.40	21	2003
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10% (%)	1.00	38	2003
Imports	$2,148,000,000	160	2013 est.
Industrial production growth rate (%)	4.30	38	2013 est.
Inflation rate(consumer prices) (%)	5.00	46	2013 est.
Labor force	874,200	148	2013 est.
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture (%)	86.00	4	2002 est.
Labor force - by occupation - services (%)	14.00	137	2002 est.
Population below poverty line (%)	49.00	17	1999
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	$857,900,000	138	31 Dec 2013 est.
Stock of broad money	$ 903,400,000	170	31 Dec 2013 est.
Stock of direct foreign investment - at home	$635,700,000	104	31 Dec 2013 est.
Stock of domestic credit	$85,420	175	31 Dec 2013 est.
Stock of narrow money	$ 425,100,000	161	31 Dec 2013 est.
Taxes and other revenues	59.5	4	2013 est.
Unemployment rate (%)	25.00	24	2008 est.
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	445,600	180	2011 est.
Crude Oil - exports	0	75	2010 est.
Crude Oil - imports	0	82	2010 est.
Crude Oil - production	0	128	2012 est.
Crude Oil - proved reserves	0	93	1 Jan 2013 est.
Electricity - consumption(kWh)	307,000,000	174	2010 est.
Electricity - exports (kWh)	0	91	2012 est.
Electricity - from fossil fuels	0.0	149	2010 est.
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	100.0	1	2010 est.
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	0.0	31	2010 est.
Electricity - from other renewable sources	0.0	72	2010 est.
Electricity - imports (kWh)	247,000,000	84	2011 est.
Electricity - installed generating capacity	76,000	178	2010 est.
Electricity - production (kWh)	200,000,000	182	2010 est.
Electricity Consumption per capita (kWh)	158.08	181	NA
Natural gas - consumption (cu m)	0	110	2010 est.
Natural gas - exports (cu m)	0	54	2011 est.
Natural gas - imports (cu m)	0	76	2011 est.
Natural gas - production (cu m)	0	95	2011 est.
Natural gas - proved reserves (cu m)	0	99	1 Jan 2013 est.
Refined petroleum products - consumption	1,777	189	2011 est.
Refined petroleum products - exports	0	125	2010 est.
Refined petroleum products - imports	3,711	162	2010 est.
Refined petroleum products - production	0	116	2010 est.
Geography
Coastline(km)	0	193	NA
Elevation extremes - highest point (m)	3482	52	NA
Elevation extremes - lowest point (m)	1,400	1	NA
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural) - per capita (cu km/yr)	21.79	158	2000
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural) - total (cu km/yr)	0.04	145	2000
Irrigated land (sq km)	26	153	2003
Land Area - sq km	30,355.00	139	NA
Land boundaries - km	909	122	NA
Land use - arable land (%)	10.14	102	2011
Land use - other (%)	89.72	79	2011
Land use - permanent crops (%)	0.13	163	2011
Population density - Persons per sq km*	63.98	142	Jul 2014 est.
Total Area - sq km	30,355.00	142	NA
Total renewable water resources (cu km)	3.02	148	2011
Water Area - sq km	0	142	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	1.94	39	2012
Population
Age structure 0-14 years - female	318,265	144	2014 est.
Age structure 0-14 years - male	321,017	146	2014 est.
Age structure 0-14 years (%)	32.90	52	2014 est.
Age structure 15-24 years - female	203,336	146	2014 est.
Age structure 15-24 years - male	184,006	149	2014 est.
Age structure 15-24 years(%)	19.90	25	2014 est.
Age structure 25-54 years - female	364,970	150	2014 est.
Age structure 25-54 years - male	349,365	152	2014 est.
Age structure 25-54 years(%)	36.80	93	2014 est.
Age structure 55-64 years - female	44,847	154	2014 est.
Age structure 55-64 years - male	51,274	153	2014 est.
Age structure 55-64 years(%)	4.90	88	2014 est.
Age structure 65 years and over - female	51,973	152	2014 est.
Age structure 65 years and over - male	52,955	146	2014 est.
Age structure 65 years and over (%)	5.40	90	2014 est.
Birth Rate(births/1,000 population)	25.92	48	2014 est.
Child labor - children ages 5-14 - percentage (%)	23.00	24	2000 e
Child labor - children ages 5-14 - total number	103,020	70	2000 e
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	13.50	50	2010
Contraceptive prevalence rate (%)	47.00	86	2009/10
Death Rate(deaths/1,000 population)	14.91	3	2014 est.
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio (%)	7.00	91	2014 est.
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	14.30	54	2014 est.
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio (%)	67.10	50	2014 est.
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio (%)	60.10	50	2014 est.
Drinking water source - Improved - rural	76.7	75	2012 est.
Drinking water source - Improved - total	81.3	82	2012 est.
Drinking water source - Improved - urban	93.2	53	2012 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved - rural	23.3	58	2012 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved - total	18.7	43	2012 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved - urban	6.8	45	2012 est.
Education expenditures - percent of GDP	13.00	1	2008
Health expenditures	12.80	8	2011
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate (%)	23.10	2	2012 est.
HIV/AIDS - deaths	15,500	20	2012 est.
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	358,700	20	2012 est.
Hospital bed density	1.30	62	2006
Infant mortality rate - female (deaths/1,000 live births)	46.45	35	2014 est.
Infant mortality rate - male (deaths/1,000 live births)	54.38	39	2014 est.
Infant mortality rate - total (deaths/1,000 live births)	50.48	37	2014 est.
Life expectancy at birth - female (years)	52.75	210	2014 est.
Life expectancy at birth - male (years)	52.55	202	2014 est.
Life expectancy at birth - total (years)	52.65	198	2014 est.
Literacy - female (%)	95.60	31	2010 est.
Literacy - male (%)	83.30	74	2010 est.
Literacy - total (%)	89.60	59	2010 est.
Maternal mortality rate	620.00	11	2010
Median age - female (years)	23.60	114	2014 est.
Median age - male (years)	23.60	116	2014 est.
Median age - total (years)	23.60	108	2014 est.
Mother's mean age at first birth (years)	21.20	56	2009 est.
Net migration rate (migrant(s)/1,000 population)	-7.62	160	2014 est.
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	14.60	94	2008
Physicians density	0.05	141	2003
Population	1,942,008	149	Jul 2014 est.
Population growth rate (%)	0.34	132	2014 est.
Sanitation facility access - Rural Improved (% of population)	26.7	119	2012 est.
Sanitation facility access - Rural UnImproved (% of population)	73.3	36	NA
Sanitation facility access - Total Improved (% of population)	29.6	121	2012 est.
Sanitation facility access - Total UnImproved (% of population)	70.4	27	NA
Sanitation facility access - Urban Improved (% of population)	37	117	2012 est.
Sanitation facility access - Urban UnImproved (% of population)	63	22	NA
School life expectancy - female (years)	12	10	2012
School life expectancy - male (years)	11	10	2012
School life expectancy - total (years)	11	10	2012
Sex ratio - 0-14 years(male(s)/female)	1.01	16	2014 est
Sex ratio - 15-24 years(male(s)/female)	0.91	30	2014 est
Sex ratio - 25-54 years(male(s)/female)	0.96	30	2014 est
Sex ratio - 55-64 years(male(s)/female)	0.98	20	2014 est
Sex ratio - 65 years and over (male(s)/female)	0.99	14	2014 est
Sex ratio - at birth (male(s)/female)	1.03	13	2014 est
Sex ratio - total population (male(s)/female)	0.97	25	2014 est
Suffrage	18.00	4	NA
Total fertility rate (children born/woman)	2.78	61	2014 est.
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 - female (%)	42	17	2008
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 - male(%)	29	20	2008
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 - total (%)	34	17	2008
Urbanization - rate of urbanization (%)	3.57	29	2011
Urbanization - urban population (%)	27.6	159	2010-15 est.
Transportation
Airports	24	98	2013
Airports - with paved runways - total	3	76	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	21	80	2013
Roadways (km)	5,940	150	2011

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