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Lesotho AI Report

Date: July 26, 2025

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.

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.

HIV Infections (Per 1000)

Lesotho is the 2^nd highest ranked in HIV Infections (Per 1000) out of all the 195 countries.This may indicate a better healthcare infrastructure in the country or better health awareness among the people compared to other countries.

#Dentists

Doctors (Per 10,000)

The Average #Dentists of 195 countries in the world is 13,328. Lesotho is the 9^th worst ranked country out of 195 countries. This may indicate worse healthcare infrastructure investment by the country or may indicate lower population

The Average Doctors (Per 10,000) of 195 countries in the world is 21. Lesotho is the 26^th worst ranked country out of 195 countries. This may indicate worse healthcare infrastructure investment by the country or may indicate lower population.

Out of 195 countries in the world, Lesotho is the 28^th worst ranked in Total No. of Doctors . This may indicate worse healthcare infrastructure investment by the country or may indicate lower population

Lesotho is the 30^th worst ranked in GDP Per Capita (USD) out of all the 195 countries.This implies that this country is a developing country.

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	1130
3	Xhosa as a % of total Xhosa speakers	% People	0	1	1126
4	Sotho	# People	33,988	2	1127
5	Zulu as a % of total Zulu speakers	% People	0	2	1128
6	Sotho as a % of total Sotho speakers	% People	0	3	1125

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	HIV Infections (Per 1000)	People Per 1,000	0	2	1127
2	No. of people HIV infected/Total pop.	# People	5,202	27	1127
Below than World Average-
1	Life Expectancy at Birth, both sexes	Age	73	191	1230
2	#Dentists	# People	13,328	187	1235
3	Dentist (per 10,000)	People per 10000	31	166	1235
4	Doctors (Per 10,000)	People Per 10,000	21	152	1231
5	Total No. of Doctors	# People	78,648	168	1232
6	Total No. of Pharmacists	# People	19,528	139	1234
7	Pharmacists (Per 10,000)	People Per 10,000	4	123	1232
8	Total Nursing	# People	163,061	115	1234
9	Nurses(per 10000)	People per 10000	164,032	115	1232
10	Nurses to doctor ratio	Ratio	46	87	1233

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Gender Ratio	Ratio of female per male, Country total female/ Country total male	1	5	1130
2	Female % of Total Pop.	% People	50	38	1128
3	Population Growth Rate (%)	% People	0	86	1128
Below than World Average-
1	Male % of Total Pop.	% People	50	149	1234
2	Total Population (2025)	# People (In Thousands)	42,003	144	1231
3	Male Population (2025)	# People (In Thousands)	21,226	144	1234
4	Female Population (2025)	# People (In Thousands)	20,993	143	1230
5	Births	# People (In Thousands)	681	129	1231
6	Density ( Pop/Land Area Ratio)	Density	312	107	1232

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Exports/Total GDP of the Country %.		53	9	1128
2	Corporate Tax Rates in %	Rate	23	74	1127
Below than World Average-
1	GDP (Billions USD) 2025	$ Billions	597	166	1232
2	FDI (millions USD)	Amount	3,115	172	1235
3	GDP Per Capita (USD)	$	18,051	166	1231
4	Imports/Total Imports of the World %.		0	138	1235
5	Export of Goods and Services (in Million $)	Amount	186,399	146	1235
6	Import of Goods and Services (in Million $)	Amount	183,299	144	1232
7	GDP Per Capita at PPP (USD)	$	30,228	98	1234
8	Imports /Total GDP of the Country %.		46	67	1235

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Rural Pop. /Total Pop. %	% People	40	28	1126
2	Pop. without Electricity Access / Total Pop.%	% People	14	25	1127
Below than World Average-
1	Pop. with access to Electricity (%)	% People	86	171	1230
2	Urban Population / Total Population % .	% People	60	168	1232
3	# Cities>100000	# Cities	23	141	1231
4	# Cities>100000	# Cities	21	132	1234
5	Urban Population (2021)	# People	23,726,053	153	1230
6	# Cities>300000	# Cities	8	94	1232
7	# Cities>300000	# Cities	7	86	1232
8	# Cities>500000	# Cities	5	73	1234
9	Rural Pop.	# People	18,013,759	115	1231

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Christian Pop./Total Pop.%	% People	42	58	1126
Below than World Average-
1	World Heritage Sites	Count	7	135	1234
2	Islamic Pop./Total Pop.%	% People	22	167	1234
3	Islamic Population	# People	9,936,734	150	1234
4	Christian Pop./Total Christian Pop.%	% People	0	97	1233
5	Christian Population	# People	11,885,917	98	1230

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Employment in Agri. / Total Labour Force % .	% People	23	61	1129
2	Employment in Agriculture/Total Labour force %.	% People	23	61	1130
3	Employment in Agriculture /Total Pop. %.	% People	9	61	1128
4	Wage & Salaried Workers / Total Labour Force %	% People	58	92	1125
Below than World Average-
1	Employment in Services / Total Labour Force %.	% People	56	150	1230
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	1232
5	Non-Agricultural Labour Force	# People	15,067,127	144	1235
6	Total Labour Force (2021)	# People	20,409,734	142	1232
7	Formal Jobs	# People	10,605,934	139	1233
8	Total Labour Force/Total Pop.	% People	43	133	1235
9	Non-Agri Labour force/Total Labour force %.	% People	76	117	1235
10	Employment in Agriculture	# People	5,314,003	108	1233

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	1233

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Below than World Average-
1	FB Users / Total Int. Users %.	% People	31	171	1231
2	LinkedIn Users as a % of Total LinkedIn Users	% People	0	142	1231
3	FB Users / Total Pop. %.	% People	25	162	1230
4	Facebook users	# People	6,757,917	161	1232
5	Twitter users	# People	3,173,740	154	1233
6	LinkedIn users	# People	6,388,891	151	1230
7	Internet Users	# People	28,408,774	149	1235
8	Int. Users / Total Pop.%	% People	70	147	1231
9	Twitter Users as a % of Total Internet Users	% People	14	144	1232
10	Twitter Users as a % of Total Population	% People	13	143	1233
11	LinkedIn Users as a % of Total Population	% People	31	140	1231
12	LinkedIn Users as a % of Total Internet Users	% People	35	136	1235
13	Facebook CPC in Rs.	Absolute	5	109	1233

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Below than World Average-
1	Chicken Meat Production (in tonnes)	Weight	588,164	170	1233
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	1232
5	Cows (% of Total Cows)	Percent	0	129	1232
6	Goat Meat Production (in tonnes)	Weight	46,111	124	1234
7	Number of Trees	Count	15,642,617,148	118	1232
8	Cow Milk Production (in tonnes)	Weight	3,855,383	115	1234
9	Cow Milk Production (% of Total Cow Milk Production)	Percent	0	106	1230
10	Wheat prod.	Tons	6,698,590	102	1234
11	Potatoes Produced /Total Potatoes Produced %	Weight	0	96	1235
12	Potatoes prod.	Tons	2,538,925	98	1234
13	Barley prod.	Tons	1,576,534	97	1232
14	Tree density.	Density	22,685	93	1232
15	Tree density .	Density	828	76	1234
16	Coal Production (in 1000 metric tons)	Weight	121,850	61	1233
17	Diamond prod.	Tons	10	9	1230
18	Diamond Produced/Total Diamond Produced %	Weight	10	9	1232

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Below than World Average-
1	Total Military Force	# People	358,465	159	1231
2	Military Force/Total Pop. %	% People	1	157	1235
3	Military Budget (in Billion $)	$ Billion	15	140	1232
4	Police Officers	# People	138,224	98	1230

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Below than World Average-
1	Enrolment in Secondary Edu./Total Pop %.	% People	23	152	1232
2	Teachers in secondary edu.	# People	659,923	150	1232
3	Literacy Rate (%)	% People	86	149	1231
4	Total Literate Pop.	# People	34,678,001	145	1230
5	Enrolment in secondary edu.	# People	9,727,510	144	1233
6	Enrolment in Secondary Edu./Total Literate Pop.	% People	28	135	1234
7	Enrolment in tertiary edu.(all programmes)	# People	4,618,191	131	1234
8	Enrolment in Tertiary Edu/Total Literate Pop. %.	% People	9	130	1233
9	Enrolment in Tertiary Edu./ Total Pop. %.	% People	9	129	1234
10	Enrolment in primary edu.	# People	9,629,078	127	1234
11	# Total Students (Primary+Secondary+Tertiary)	# People	38,831,325	126	1234
12	Teachers in tertiary edu.	# People	297,976	121	1231
13	Teachers in primary edu.	# People	357,113	120	1234
14	# Total Teachers (Primary+Secondary+Tertiary)	# People	2,895,876	113	1232
15	Teachers as a % of Enrolment	% People	41	104	1231
16	# Students per teacher in Primary edu.	Ratio	260	71	1235
17	Enrolment in Primary Edu./ Total Literate Pop %.	% People	36	45	1235
18	Enrolment in Primary Edu./Total Pop %.	% People	27	42	1235
19	# Students per teacher in secondary edu.	Ratio	57	37	1230
20	# Students per teacher in tertiary edu.	Ratio	58	37	1231

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	:	1,098
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

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