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International Rankings of Lesotho - 2021


SOURCE: 2021 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

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This table lists the international rankings of Lesotho, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Lesotho, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data Rank Value Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 147 1.00 2018
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total 176 6329 N/A
Internet users - percent of population 170 29.00 % 2018
Internet users - total 147 569114 N/A
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 184 1.00 2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions 182 13426 N/A
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 173 73.74 2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions 155 1.583 million N/A
Economy
Budget - expenditures 166 1.255 billion US Dollars 2017
Budget - revenues 165 1.090 billion US Dollars 2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-) 83 6.00 % of GDP N/A
Current account balance 82 102.000 million US Dollars 2017
Debt - external 164 868.000 million US Dollars 2019
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score 75 57 2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score 95 59 2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score 51 88 2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score 24 92 2020
Exports 156 1.106 billion US Dollars 2019
GDP (official exchange rate) 180 2.462 billion US Dollars 2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services 81 40.80 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption 20 26.40 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption 69 69.20 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services 117 54.40 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital 22 31.40 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories 72 13.40 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture 102 5.80 % of GDP 2016
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry 30 39.20 % of GDP 2016
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services 118 54.90 % of GDP 2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income 26 45 % 2017
Gross national saving 53 26 2019
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10% 20 39.40 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population 2003
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10% 41 1.00 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population N/A
Imports 156 2.613 billion US Dollars 2019
Industrial production growth rate 6 12.50 % 2017
Inflation rate (consumer prices) 37 5.30 % 2019
Labor force 141 930800 US Dollars 2017
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture 4 86 % N/A
Population below poverty line 20 50 % 2017
Public debt 131 33.70 % of GDP 2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 169 5.747 billion US Dollars 2019
Real GDP growth rate 132 1.60 % 2017
Real GDP per capita 193 2704 US Dollars 2019
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 141 657.700 million US Dollars 2017
Taxes and other revenues 41 39.70 % of GDP N/A
Unemployment rate 13 28.10 % 2014
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy 172 711100 2017
Electricity - consumption 158 847.300 million kWh 2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants 1 100 2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources 40 1 2017
Electricity - imports 83 373.000 million kWh 2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity 182 80400 kWh 2016
Electricity - production 158 510.000 million 2016
Refined petroleum products - consumption 141 5000 2016
Refined petroleum products - imports 164 5118 bbl/day 2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions 137 3 megatons 2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions 139 3 megatons 2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions 60 28 micrograms per cubic meter 2016
Land use - agricultural land 9 76 2018
Land use - arable land 93 10 2018
Land use - forest 169 2 2018
Land use - other 107 22 2018
Land use - permanent pasture 12 66 2018
Revenue from forest resources 21 3 % of GDP 2018
Total renewable water resources 150 3.022 billion 2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural 161 3.800 million cubic meters 2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial 139 20.000 million cubic meters 2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal 156 20.000 million cubic meters 2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization 47 2.77 N/A
Urbanization - urban population 163 30 2021
Geography
Area - land 138 30355 sq km N/A
Area - total 140 30355 sq km N/A
Elevation - highest point 40 3482 meters N/A
Elevation - lowest point 1 1400 meters N/A
Elevation - mean elevation 6 2161 meters N/A
Irrigated land 137 30 sq km 2012
Land boundaries - total 116 1106 km N/A
Land use - agricultural land 9 76 2018
Land use - arable land 93 10 2018
Land use - forest 169 2 2018
Land use - other 107 22 2018
Land use - permanent pasture 12 66 2018
Total renewable water resources 149 3.022 billion 2017
Population Density 134 71.74 Persons per sq km N/A
Military
Military expenditures 47 2 % of GDP 2019
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years 50 19.26 N/A
Age structure - 25-54 years 125 38.86 1901
Age structure - 55-64 years 165 4.98 N/A
Birth rate 47 23.30 births/1,000 population 2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate 45 64.90 % 2018
Current Health Expenditure 20 9 % of GDP 2018
Death rate 19 11.41 deaths/1,000 population 2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio 97 7.90 % N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio 58 12.70 % 2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio 63 59.20 % N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio 58 51.30 % N/A
Drinking water source - improved 46 93 % of population N/A
Drinking water source - rural 34 28 % of population N/A
Drinking water source - total 27 22 % of population 2017
Drinking water source - unimproved 22 7 % of population N/A
Education expenditures 11 7 % of GDP 2018
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate 2 21.10 2020
HIV/AIDS - deaths 19 4700 2020
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS 20 280000 2020
Infant mortality rate - female 23 44.37 deaths/1,000 live births 2021
Infant mortality rate - male 20 55.92 deaths/1,000 live births N/A
Infant mortality rate - total 22 50.23 deaths/1,000 live births N/A
Life expectancy at birth - female 191 61 years 2021
Life expectancy at birth - male 196 57 years N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population 193 59 years N/A
Maternal mortality rate 14 544.00 2017
Median age - female 119 25 years 2020
Median age - male 107 25 years N/A
Median age - total 112 25 years N/A
Mother's mean age at first birth 64 21 2014
Net migration rate 154 4.59 migrant(s)/1,000 population N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate 88 16.60 % 2016
Physicians density 149 0.07 physicians/1,000 population N/A
Population 145 2.178 million 2021
Population growth rate 105 0.73 % 2021
Sanitation facility access - improved 57 89 % of population N/A
Sanitation facility access - rural 45 48 % of population N/A
Sanitation facility access - total 33 38 % of population 2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved 50 11 % of population N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female 9 13 years 2017
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male 9 12 years N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total 10 12 years N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years 14 1.01 male(s)/female N/A
Sex ratio - 15-24 years 31 0.92 N/A
Sex ratio - 25-54 years 30 0.95 N/A
Sex ratio - 55-64 years 9 1.15 N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over 8 1.07 male(s)/female N/A
Sex ratio - at birth 11 1.03 male(s)/female N/A
Sex ratio - total population 19 0.98 male(s)/female N/A
Total fertility rate 46 2.95 children born/woman 2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total 20 34 N/A
Urbanization - rate of urbanization 47 2.77 N/A
Urbanization - urban population 163 30 2021
Transportation
Airports 100 24 2013
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m 43 1 N/A
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m 26 1 N/A
Airports - with paved runways - total 75 3 2019
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m 34 1 N/A
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m 53 5 2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total 76 21 2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m 52 16 2013
Roadways - paved 120 1069 km 2011
Roadways - total 116 5940 km 2011

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

NOTE: The information regarding Lesotho on this page is re-published from the 2021 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Lesotho 2021 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Lesotho 2021 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.

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