Lesotho Analytics

LANGUAGES

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

Mother Tongue : Sotho

Literacy Rate (%) : 79.40

Country Capital	:	Maseru
GDP Per capita	:	3,355
GDP Per Capita Rank	:	166^th/195
Life Expectancy	:	58
Unemployment Rate	:	0
Number of Internet Users	:	1,093,420
Internet Users Rank	:	149^th/195
Area	:	30,360
Area Rank	:	135^th/195
Total Population	:	2,363
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 1^st highest ranked in Xhosa out of 195 countries in the world. This implies that this country has significantly more people speaking Xhosa when compared to other countries.
2. The average Zulu of 195 countries in the world is 1,744. Lesotho is the 1^st highest ranked country out of 195 countries. This implies that this country has significantly more people speaking Zulu when compared to other countries.
3. Out of the 195 countries in the world, Lesotho is the 2^nd highest ranked in Sotho . This implies that this country has significantly more people speaking Sotho when compared to other countries.

Worse than World Average-

1. Lesotho is the 28^th worst ranked in Total No. of Doctors 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 GDP Per Capita (USD) of the countries in the world is 30,070. Lesotho is the 30^th worst-ranked country out of 195 countries. This implies that this country is a developing country.
3. Out of the 195 countries in the world, Lesotho is the 37^th worst ranked in Total Military Force . This may indicate that the country is facing lesser threats compared to other countries.

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	1125
2	Zulu	# People	1,744	1	1128
3	Xhosa as a % of total Xhosa speakers	% People	0	1	1129
4	Sotho	# People	33,988	2	1128
5	Zulu as a % of total Zulu speakers	% People	0	2	1129
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	Tree density.	Density	9	1	1125
2	Tree density .	Density	8	1	1129
Below than World Average-
1	Chicken Meat Production (in tonnes)	Weight	588,164	170	1231
2	Forest Area.	Area	21,142,892	165	1235
3	Cow Beef Production (in tonnes)	Weight	320,761	155	1234
4	Number of Cows	Count	8,697,624	129	1233
5	Cows (% of Total Cows)	Percent	0	129	1233
6	Goat Meat Production (in tonnes)	Weight	46,111	124	1233
7	Number of Trees	Count	15,642,617,148	118	1231
8	Cow Milk Production (in tonnes)	Weight	3,855,383	115	1232
9	Cow Milk Production (% of Total Cow Milk Production)	Percent	0	106	1235
10	Wheat prod.	Tons	6,698,590	102	1232
11	Potatoes Produced /Total Potatoes Produced %	Weight	0	96	1235
12	Potatoes prod.	Tons	2,538,925	98	1233
13	Barley prod.	Tons	1,576,534	97	1235
14	Coal Production (in 1000 metric tons)	Weight	121,850	61	1230
15	Diamond prod.	Tons	10	9	1231
16	Diamond Produced/Total Diamond Produced %	Weight	10	9	1233

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Imports /Total GDP of the Country %.		53	9	1127
2	Corporate Tax Rates in %	Rate	23	74	1129
Below than World Average-
1	FDI (millions USD)	Amount	3,115	172	1232
2	GDP (Billions USD) 2025	$ Billions	613	166	1232
3	GDP Per Capita (USD)	$	30,070	166	1234
4	Imports/Total Imports of the World %.		0	138	1232
5	Export of Goods and Services (in Million $)	Amount	186,399	146	1233
6	Import of Goods and Services (in Million $)	Amount	183,299	144	1235
7	Exports/Total GDP of the Country %.		46	67	1230

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Rural Pop. /Total Pop. %	% People	40	28	1130
2	Pop. without Electricity Access / Total Pop.%	% People	14	25	1126
Below than World Average-
1	Pop. with access to Electricity (%)	% People	86	171	1233
2	Urban Population / Total Population % .	% People	60	168	1232
3	# Cities>100000	# Cities	23	141	1235
4	# Cities>100000	# Cities	21	132	1231
5	Urban Population (2021)	# People	23,726,053	153	1230
6	# Cities>300000	# Cities	8	94	1234
7	# Cities>300000	# Cities	7	86	1234
8	# Cities>500000	# Cities	5	73	1233
9	Rural Pop.	# People	18,013,759	115	1235

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Female % of Total Pop.	% People	50	33	1125
2	Population Growth Rate (%)	% People	0	86	1130
Below than World Average-
1	Male % of Total Pop.	% People	50	114	1231
2	Total Population (2025)	# People (In Thousands)	42,003	144	1231
3	Male Population (2025)	# People (In Thousands)	21,226	144	1230
4	Female Population (2025)	# People (In Thousands)	20,993	143	1235
5	Births	# People (In Thousands)	681	129	1232

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Christian Pop./Total Pop.%	% People	42	58	1128
Below than World Average-
1	World Heritage Sites	Count	7	135	1232
2	Islamic Pop./Total Pop.%	% People	22	167	1234
3	Islamic Population	# People	9,936,734	150	1231
4	Christian Pop./Total Christian Pop.%	% People	0	97	1231
5	Christian Population	# People	11,885,917	98	1235

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Employment in Agri. / Total Labour Force % .	% People	23	61	1128
2	Employment in Agriculture/Total Labour force %.	% People	23	61	1130
3	Employment in Agriculture /Total Pop. %.	% People	9	61	1126
4	Wage & Salaried Workers / Total Labour Force %	% People	58	92	1125
Below than World Average-
1	Employment in Services / Total Labour Force %.	% People	56	152	1235
2	Employment in services/Total Labour force %.	% People	56	152	1230
3	Employment in Services	# People	10,251,634	150	1231
4	Employment in Services /Total pop.%.	% People	25	146	1233
5	Non-Agricultural Labour Force	# People	15,067,127	144	1233
6	Total Labour Force (2021)	# People	20,409,734	142	1234
7	Formal Jobs	# People	10,605,934	139	1230
8	Total Labour Force/Total Pop.	% People	43	133	1233
9	Non-Agri Labour force/Total Labour force %.	% People	76	117	1231
10	Employment in Agriculture	# People	5,314,003	108	1235

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	# Phone Numbers /Total Pop. %	Percent	101	94	1125
Below than World Average-
1	# Mobile phone numbers	Count	40,393,496	141	1231

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	No. of people HIV infected/Total pop.	# People	5,202	27	1130
Below than World Average-
1	Life Expectancy at Birth, both sexes	Age	73	191	1232
2	Dentist (per 10,000)	People per 10000	31	166	1234
3	Total No. of Doctors	# People	78,648	168	1232
4	Total No. of Pharmacists	# People	19,528	139	1232

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Below than World Average-
1	FB Users / Total Int. Users %.	% People	31	171	1232
2	LinkedIn Users as a % of Total LinkedIn Users	% People	0	142	1234
3	FB Users / Total Pop. %.	% People	25	162	1234
4	Facebook users	# People	6,757,917	161	1231
5	Twitter users	# People	3,173,740	154	1234
6	LinkedIn users	# People	6,388,891	151	1230
7	Internet Users	# People	28,408,774	149	1232
8	Int. Users / Total Pop.%	% People	70	147	1234
9	Twitter Users as a % of Total Internet Users	% People	14	144	1230
10	Twitter Users as a % of Total Population	% People	13	143	1231
11	LinkedIn Users as a % of Total Population	% People	31	140	1234
12	LinkedIn Users as a % of Total Internet Users	% People	35	136	1232
13	Facebook CPC in Rs.	Absolute	5	109	1231

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Below than World Average-
1	Total Military Force	# People	358,465	159	1233
2	Military Force/Total Pop. %	% People	1	157	1235
3	Military Budget (in Billion $)	$ Billion	15	140	1233
4	Police Officers	# People	138,224	98	1233

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	1232
4	Total Literate Pop.	# People	34,678,001	145	1231
5	# Students per teacher in secondary edu.	Ratio	31	1	1231
6	Enrolment in Secondary Edu./Total Literate Pop.	% People	28	135	1235
7	Enrolment in tertiary edu.(all programmes)	# People	4,618,191	131	1232
8	Enrolment in Tertiary Edu/Total Literate Pop. %.	% People	9	130	1233
9	Enrolment in Tertiary Edu./ Total Pop. %.	% People	9	129	1231
10	# Total Students (Primary+Secondary+Tertiary)	# People	38,831,325	126	1230
11	Teachers in tertiary edu.	# People	297,976	121	1234
12	# Total Teachers (Primary+Secondary+Tertiary)	# People	2,858,694	113	1233
13	Teachers as a % of Enrolment	% People	41	104	1234
14	# Students per teacher in tertiary edu.	Ratio	32	1	1232
15	# Students per teacher in Primary edu.	Ratio	260	71	1231
16	Enrolment in Primary Edu./ Total Literate Pop %.	% People	36	45	1231
17	Enrolment in Primary Edu./Total Pop %.	% People	27	42	1235

Lesotho Language Details

Sr.	Language	% of people speaking the language in country.

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