Lesotho Analytics

Lesotho is a mid-size country with 0.03% of the world's population. Lesotho is a democratic monarchy country. It has 1 world heritage site.

LANGUAGES

Official Language:
1. Sotho : 1,981,000
2. Xhosa : 1,100,000

Mother Tongue : Sotho

Literacy Rate (%) : 79.4

Details

Country Capital	:	Maseru
GDP Per capita	:	992
GDP Per Capita Rank	:	161^st/195
Life Expectancy	:	53
Unemployment Rate	:	18
Number of Internet Users	:	1,104,000
Internet Users Rank	:	141^st/195
Area	:	99
Area Rank	:	135^th/195
Total Population	:	2,281
Total Population Rank	:	144^th/195

Continent: Africa

Cities with > 100K popln: 1

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Lesotho Highlights

Lesotho is the 144^th ranked country in population and 135^th ranked in area out of 195 countries in the world.Please keep the country rank in perspective, for the highlights below.

Better than World Average-

1. Lesotho is the 13^th highest ranked in HIV Infections (Per 1000) out of 195 countries in the world. This implies a poorer healthcare infrastructure in the country or lesser health awareness among people compared to other countries.

Worse than World Average-

1. Lesotho is the 9^th worst ranked in #Dentists out of 195 countries in the world. This may indicate worse healthcare infrastructure investment by the country or may indicate lower population
2. The average Total No. of Pharmacists of the countries in the world is 14,339. Lesotho is the 14^th worst-ranked country out of 195 countries. This may indicate worse healthcare infrastructure investment by the country or may indicate lower population
3. Out of the 195 countries in the world, Lesotho is the 30^th worst ranked in Doctors (Per 10,000) . This may indicate worse healthcare infrastructure investment by the country or may indicate lower population.

Lesotho Metrics

Culture

Nature

Internet

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Xhosa	# People	12,820	1	1128
2	Zulu	# People	1,744	1	1128
3	Xhosa as a % of total Xhosa speakers	% People	0	1	1128
4	Sotho	# People	33,988	2	1130
5	Zulu as a % of total Zulu speakers	% People	0	2	1125
6	Sotho as a % of total Sotho speakers	% People	0	3	1129

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Nurses to doctor ratio	Ratio	2	3	1130
2	HIV Infections (Per 1000)	People Per 1,000	0	13	1128
Below than World Average-
1	Life Expectancy at Birth, both sexes	Age	71	192	1234
2	#Dentists	# People	13,328	187	1231
3	Total No. of Pharmacists	# People	14,339	182	1235
4	Dentist (per 10,000)	People per 10000	31	166	1230
5	Doctors (Per 10,000)	People Per 10,000	20	166	1234
6	Total No. of Doctors	# People	73,975	156	1232
7	Pharmacists (Per 10,000)	People Per 10,000	4	123	1231
8	Total Nursing	# People	163,061	115	1230
9	Nurses(per 10000)	People per 10000	44	87	1231

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Unemployment Rate.	% People	13	14	1128
2	Employment in Agriculture /Total Pop. %.	% People	9	57	1129
3	Employment in Agri. / Total Labour Force % .	% People	24	59	1130
4	Employment in Agriculture/Total Labour force %.	% People	24	59	1130
5	Wage & Salaried Workers / Total Labour Force %	% People	58	95	1125
Below than World Average-
1	Employment in Services	# People	9,747,273	151	1230
2	Employment in Services / Total Labour Force %.	% People	55	149	1233
3	Employment in services/Total Labour force %.	% People	55	149	1235
4	Non-Agricultural Labour Force	# People	14,402,736	142	1232
5	Employment in Services /Total pop.%.	% People	24	142	1230
6	Total Labour Force (2021)	# People	19,636,200	141	1232
7	Formal Jobs	# People	10,227,722	136	1234
8	Teachers in primary edu.	# People	357,113	120	1234
9	Non-Agri Labour force/Total Labour force %.	% People	75	120	1231
10	Employment in Agriculture	# People	5,233,463	112	1232
11	Total Labour Force/Total Pop.	% People	43	109	1234

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Imports /Total GDP of the Country %.		52	15	1128
2	Corporate Tax Rates in %	Rate	23	73	1127
Below than World Average-
1	GDP (Billions USD) 2022	$ Billions	531	162	1232
2	GDP Per Capita (USD)	$	18,253	161	1232
3	Export of Goods and Services (in Million $)	Amount	184,833	140	1233
4	Imports/Total Imports of the World %.		0	130	1235
5	Import of Goods and Services (in Million $)	Amount	182,282	137	1231
6	Exports/Total GDP of the Country %.		45	65	1232

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Rural Pop. /Total Pop. %	% People	41	29	1129
2	Pop. without Electricity Access / Total Pop.%	% People	15	30	1126
Below than World Average-
1	Urban Population / Total Population % .	% People	59	168	1232
2	Pop. with access to Electricity (%)	% People	85	166	1232
3	# Cities>100000	# Cities	23	141	1234
4	# Cities>100000	# Cities	21	132	1233
5	Urban Population (2021)	# People	22,563,215	152	1235
6	# Cities>300000	# Cities	8	94	1232
7	# Cities>300000	# Cities	7	86	1235
8	# Cities>500000	# Cities	5	73	1235
9	Rural Pop.	# People	18,013,759	115	1233

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Female % of Total Pop.	% People	49	56	1130
2	Gender Ratio	Ratio of female per male, Country total female/ Country total male	0	57	1125
3	Population Growth Rate (%)	% People	1	84	1126
Below than World Average-
1	Total Population (2021)	# People (In Thousands)	40,345	144	1232
2	Male Population	# People (In Thousands)	20,393	144	1232
3	Female Population	# People (In Thousands)	20,160	142	1233
4	Male % of Total Pop.	% People	50	135	1232
5	Births	# People (In Thousands)	688	128	1232
6	Density ( Pop/Land Area Ratio)	Density	342	112	1231

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Christian Pop./Total Pop.%	% People	42	60	1127
Below than World Average-
1	Islamic Pop./Total Pop.%	% People	22	168	1233
2	Christian Pop./Total Christian Pop.%	% People	0	98	1234

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	# Phone Numbers /Total Pop. %	Percent	101	94	1129
Below than World Average-
1	# Mobile phone numbers	Count	40,393,496	141	1231

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Below than World Average-
1	World Heritage Sites	Count	7	134	1230
2	Islamic Population	# People	9,744,062	151	1233
3	Christian Population	# People	11,763,461	100	1231

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Below than World Average-
1	Forest Area.	Area	21,142,892	165	1230
2	Number of Trees	Count	15,642,617,148	118	1230
3	Potatoes Produced /Total Potatoes Produced %	Weight	0	98	1232
4	Wheat prod.	Weight	6,681,335	102	1233
5	Potatoes prod.	Weight	2,516,782	98	1235
6	Barley prod.	Weight	1,558,004	95	1231
7	Tree density.	Density	22,685	93	1233
8	Tree density .	Density	828	76	1234
9	Diamond prod.	Weight	10	9	1230
10	Diamond Produced/Total Diamond Produced %	Weight	10	9	1233

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Below than World Average-
1	LinkedIn Users as a % of Total LinkedIn Users	# People	0	143	1232
2	Twitter users	# People	3,240,046	155	1232
3	LinkedIn users	# People	5,792,754	150	1232
4	Twitter Users as a % of Total Internet Users	# People	16	147	1232
5	FB Users / Total Int. Users %.	% People	76	146	1232
6	Twitter Users as a % of Total Population	# People	14	143	1231
7	LinkedIn Users as a % of Total Internet Users	# People	34	143	1231
8	Int. Users / Total Pop.%	% People	66	142	1231
9	Internet Users	# People	25,030,008	141	1234
10	Facebook users	# People	17,943,893	141	1233
11	FB Users / Total Pop. %.	% People	60	141	1235
12	LinkedIn Users as a % of Total Population	# People	29	138	1233

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Below than World Average-
1	Military Force/Total World Military Force %.	% People	0	148	1232
2	Total Military Force	# People	122,909	151	1233
3	Military Force/Total Pop. %	% People	0	143	1233
4	Military Budget (in Billion $)	$ Billion	15	140	1230
5	Police Officers	# People	138,224	98	1235

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Below than World Average-
1	Enrolment in Secondary Edu./Total Pop %.	% People	23	152	1234
2	Teachers in secondary edu.	# People	659,923	150	1230
3	Literacy Rate (%)	% People	86	149	1233
4	Total Literate Pop.	# People	34,125,548	146	1235
5	Enrolment in secondary edu.	# People	9,727,510	144	1233
6	Enrolment in Secondary Edu./Total Literate Pop.	% People	28	135	1233
7	Enrolment in tertiary edu.(all programmes)	# People	4,618,191	131	1231
8	Enrolment in Tertiary Edu/Total Literate Pop. %.	% People	9	130	1233
9	Enrolment in Tertiary Edu./ Total Pop. %.	% People	9	129	1235
10	Enrolment in primary edu.	# People	9,629,078	127	1235
11	# Total Students (Primary+Secondary+Tertiary)	# People	38,831,325	126	1233
12	Teachers in tertiary edu.	# People	297,976	121	1230
13	# Total Teachers (Primary+Secondary+Tertiary)	# People	2,895,876	113	1234
14	Teachers as a % of Enrolment	% People	41	104	1233
15	# Students per teacher in Primary edu.	Ratio	260	71	1234
16	Enrolment in Primary Edu./ Total Literate Pop %.	% People	36	45	1234
17	Enrolment in Primary Edu./Total Pop %.	% People	27	42	1234
18	# Students per teacher in secondary edu.	Ratio	57	37	1232
19	# Students per teacher in tertiary edu.	Ratio	58	37	1231

Lesotho Language Details

Sr.	Language	% of people speaking the language in country.
1	Sotho	86.85 %
2	Xhosa	48.22 %
3	Zulu	9.61 %

Sr.	City	Total City Population (2023)
1	Maseru	530,321