International Rankings of Lesotho 2022, country comparisons

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	58	0.2	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	174	5060	2020
Internet users - percent of population	56	43 %	2020
Internet users - total	144	921168	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	54	1	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	171	11574	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	100	73	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	153	1.563 million	2020
Economy
Budget - expenditures	161	1.255 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	161	1.090 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	79	6 % of GDP	0
Exports	65	N/A US Dollars	2022
GDP (official exchange rate)	175	2.462 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	77	40.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	15	26.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	67	69.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	112	54.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	21	31.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	72	13.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	98	5.8 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	27	39.2 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	114	54.9 % of GDP	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	20	39.4 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2003
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	41	1 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	6	12.5 %	2017
Labor force	139	930800 US Dollars	2017
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	4	86 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	127	N/A %	2022
Labor force - by occupation - services	152	N/A %	2022
Population below poverty line	19	49.7	2017
Public debt	58	N/A % of GDP	2022
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	165	4.880 billion US Dollars	2020
Real GDP per capita	140	2300 US Dollars	2020
Taxes and other revenues	39	39.7 % of GDP	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	21	38.1	2019
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	54	18.6	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	34	25.6	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	123	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	122	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	171	736000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	117	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	58	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	108	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	72	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	71	0 metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	156	912.800 million kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	94	0 kWh	2019
Electricity - imports	79	541.700 million kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	177	74000 kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	149	129.900 million kWh	2019
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	57	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	151	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	16	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	2	99.8 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	64	0.2 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	5	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	70	0 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	158	7.823 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	119	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - exports	55	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	86	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - production	94	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - proven reserves	90	0 cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	70	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	80	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	87	0 bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	163	5100 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	101	0 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	122	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	160	5118 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	108	0 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	135	2.51 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	136	2.56 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	59	27.78 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	8	76.1	2018
Land use - arable land	90	10.1	2018
Land use - forest	160	1.5	2018
Land use - other	100	22.4	2018
Land use - permanent crops	78	0.1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	10	65.9	2018
Revenue from coal	29	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	20	3.34 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	146	3.022 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	157	3.800 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	137	20.000 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	152	20.000 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	45	2.77	2025
Urbanization - urban population	151	30.4	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	118	N/A tons	2022
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	118	N/A tons	2022
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	86	N/A %	2022
Geography
Area - land	135	30355 sq km	0
Area - total	136	30355 sq km	0
Area - water	188	0141 sq km	0
Coastline	159	0 km	0
Elevation - highest point	42	3482 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	1	1400 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	5	2161 meters	0
Irrigated land	143	12 sq km	2013
Land boundaries - total	113	1106 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	8	76.1	2018
Land use - arable land	90	10.1	2018
Land use - forest	160	1.5	2018
Land use - other	100	22.4	2018
Land use - permanent crops	78	0.1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	10	65.9	2018
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	49	19.26	7452
Age structure - 25-54 years	118	38.86	1901
Age structure - 55-64 years	155	4.98	5726
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	76	1.98 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	24	0.82 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	108	0.31 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	91	3.56 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	62	0.44 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	47	23.15 births/1,000 population	2022
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	47	10.5 %	2018
Contraceptive prevalence rate	41	64.9 %	2018
Current health expenditure	7	11.3 % of GDP	2019
Death rate	18	11.05 deaths/1,000 population	2022
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	119	6.8 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	43	14.7 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	58	62.1 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	52	55.3 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	35	95.7 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	37	22.8 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	27	17.4 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	27	4.3 % of population	0
Education expenditures	8	8.7 % of GDP	2021
Hospital bed density	70	N/A beds/1,000 population	2022
Infant mortality rate - female	22	42.72 deaths/1,000 live births	2022
Infant mortality rate - male	20	54 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	21	48.44 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	183	61.64 years	2022
Life expectancy at birth - male	185	57.57 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	184	59.57 years	0
Literacy - female	58	88.3 %	2015
Literacy - male	82	70.1 %	0
Literacy - total population	72	79.4 %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	13	544 deaths/100,000 live births	2017
Median age - female	115	24.7 years	2020
Median age - male	105	24.7 years	0
Median age - total	107	24.7 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	66	20.9	2014
Net migration rate	151	4.55 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	84	16.6 %	2016
Physicians density	128	0.47 physicians/1,000 population	2018
Population	143	2.194 million	2022
Population growth rate	93	0.76 %	2022
Sanitation facility access - improved	40	93.6 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	47	37.6 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	43	28.6 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	53	6.4 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	10	13 years	2017
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	8	12 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	10	12 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	14	1.01 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	22	1.01	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	19	1.02	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	47	0.74	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	49	0.48 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	10	1.03 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	19	0.98 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	69	5.4 %	2020
Tobacco use - male	25	43.1 %	2020
Tobacco use - total	45	24.3 %	2020
Total fertility rate	44	2.92 children born/woman	2022
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	45	2.77	2025
Urbanization - urban population	151	30.4	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	21	38.1	2019
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	54	18.6	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	34	25.6	0
Transportation
Airports	100	24	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	44	N/A	2022
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	38	N/A	2022
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	42	1	0
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	25	1	0
Airports - with paved runways - total	73	3	0
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	34	1	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	30	N/A	2022
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	53	5	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	76	21	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	52	16	2021
Heliports	23	N/A	2022
Merchant marine - total	134	N/A	2022
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	133	N/A	2022
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	153	N/A	2022
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	100	N/A	2022
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	28	N/A	2022
Railways - standard gauge	71	N/A	2022
Railways - total	128	N/A km	2022
Roadways - paved	118	1069 km	2011
Roadways - total	114	5940 km	2011
Waterways	105	N/A km	2022

*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 2022 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Lesotho 2022 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Lesotho 2022 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.