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Lesotho AI Report

Date: December 19, 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.

GDP Per Capita (USD)

Total Military Force

Urban Population (2021)

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

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

Out of 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.

The Average Urban Population (2021) of 195 countries in the world is 23,726,053. Lesotho is the 43^rd worst ranked country out of 195 countries. This may indicate that there is poor economic development or may imply that the formal economy of the country is less compared to other countries.

Culture

Nature

Internet

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Xhosa	# People	12,820	1	1127
2	Zulu	# People	1,744	1	1129
3	Xhosa as a % of total Xhosa speakers	% People	0	1	1129
4	Sotho	# People	33,988	2	1126
5	Zulu as a % of total Zulu speakers	% People	0	2	1127
6	Sotho as a % of total Sotho speakers	% People	0	3	1126

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Exports/Total GDP of the Country %.		53	9	1130
2	Corporate Tax Rates in %	Rate	23	74	1127
Below World Average
1	FDI (millions USD)	Amount	3,115	172	1235
2	GDP Per Capita at PPP (USD)	$	30,228	167	1232
3	GDP (Billions USD) 2025	$ Billions	597	166	1231
4	GDP Per Capita (USD)	$	6,447	166	1235
5	Imports/Total Imports of the World %.		0	138	1231
6	Export of Goods and Services (in Million $)	Amount	186,399	146	1233
7	Import of Goods and Services (in Million $)	Amount	183,299	144	1232
8	Imports /Total GDP of the Country %.		46	67	1233

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Rural Pop. /Total Pop. %	% People	40	28	1128
2	Pop. without Electricity Access / Total Pop.%	% People	14	25	1129
Below World Average
1	Pop. with access to Electricity (%)	% People	86	171	1233
2	Urban Population / Total Population % .	% People	60	168	1234
3	# Cities>100000	# Cities	23	141	1235
4	# Cities>100000	# Cities	21	132	1233
5	Urban Population (2021)	# People	23,726,053	153	1233
6	# Cities>300000	# Cities	8	94	1233
7	# Cities>300000	# Cities	7	86	1231
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 World Average
1	Female % of Total Pop.	% People	50	42	1125
2	Population Growth Rate (%)	% People	0	86	1128
Below World Average
1	Male % of Total Pop.	% People	50	154	1230
2	Total Population (2025)	# People (In Thousands)	42,003	144	1231
3	Male Population (2025)	# People (In Thousands)	21,226	144	1233
4	Female Population (2025)	# People (In Thousands)	20,993	143	1230
5	Births	# People (In Thousands)	681	129	1235

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Christian Pop./Total Pop.%	% People	42	58	1127
Below World Average
1	World Heritage Sites	Count	7	135	1231
2	Islamic Pop./Total Pop.%	% People	22	167	1235
3	Islamic Population	# People	9,936,734	150	1232
4	Christian Pop./Total Christian Pop.%	% People	0	97	1230
5	Christian Population	# People	11,885,917	98	1231

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Employment in Agri. / Total Labour Force % .	% People	23	61	1128
2	Employment in Agriculture/Total Labour force %.	% People	23	61	1129
3	Employment in Agriculture /Total Pop. %.	% People	9	61	1125
4	Wage & Salaried Workers / Total Labour Force %	% People	58	93	1127
Below World Average
1	Employment in Services / Total Labour Force %.	% People	56	152	1234
2	Employment in services/Total Labour force %.	% People	56	152	1231
3	Employment in Services	# People	10,251,634	150	1232
4	Employment in Services /Total pop.%.	% People	25	146	1232
5	Non-Agricultural Labour Force	# People	15,067,127	144	1232
6	Total Labour Force (2021)	# People	20,409,734	142	1234
7	Formal Jobs	# People	10,605,934	139	1232
8	Total Labour Force/Total Pop.	% People	43	133	1233
9	Non-Agri Labour force/Total Labour force %.	% People	76	117	1230
10	Employment in Agriculture	# People	5,314,003	108	1235

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	# Phone Numbers /Total Pop. %	Percent	101	94	1128
Below World Average
1	# Mobile phone numbers	Count	40,393,496	141	1235

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	No. of people HIV infected/Total pop.	# People	5,202	27	1126
Below World Average
1	Life Expectancy at Birth, both sexes	Age	73	191	1232
2	Dentist (per 10,000)	People per 10000	31	166	1233
3	Total No. of Doctors	# People	78,648	168	1233
4	Total No. of Pharmacists	# People	19,528	139	1232

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Below World Average
1	FB Users / Total Int. Users %.	% People	31	171	1235
2	Facebook Users as a % of Total facebook Users	% People	31	171	1230
3	Instagram Users as a % of Total Internet Users	% People	16	170	1231
4	Instagram Users	Absolute	3,609,530	167	1231
5	FB Users / Total Pop. %.	% People	24	163	1235
6	LinkedIn Users as a % of Total LinkedIn Users	% People	0	146	1231
7	Instagram Users as a % of Total Population	% People	13	163	1235
8	Facebook users	# People	6,739,260	162	1230
9	LinkedIn users	# People	6,652,451	150	1233
10	Twitter users	# People	2,908,615	153	1234
11	Internet Users	# People	28,115,900	149	1235
12	Int. Users / Total Pop.%	% People	69	147	1234
13	Twitter Users as a % of Total Internet Users	% People	14	147	1233
14	Twitter Users as a % of Total Population	% People	12	144	1233
15	LinkedIn Users as a % of Total Population	% People	32	140	1235
16	LinkedIn Users as a % of Total Internet Users	% People	36	133	1232
17	Facebook CPC in Rs.	Absolute	5	109	1234

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Below World Average
1	Chicken Meat Production (in tonnes)	Weight	588,164	170	1233
2	Forest Area.	Area	21,142,892	165	1234
3	Cow Beef Production (in tonnes)	Weight	320,761	155	1231
4	Number of Cows	Count	8,697,624	129	1235
5	Cows (% of Total Cows)	Percent	0	122	1233
6	Goat Meat Production (in tonnes)	Weight	46,111	124	1233
7	Number of Trees	Count	15,642,617,148	118	1235
8	Cow Milk Production (in tonnes)	Weight	3,855,383	115	1232
9	Cow Milk Production (% of Total Cow Milk Production)	Percent	0	106	1231
10	Wheat prod.	Tons	6,698,590	102	1234
11	Potatoes Produced /Total Potatoes Produced %	Weight	0	96	1230
12	Potatoes prod.	Tons	2,538,925	98	1235
13	Barley prod.	Tons	1,576,534	97	1230
14	Tree density.	Density	22,685	93	1231
15	Tree density .	Density	828	76	1234
16	Coal Production (in 1000 metric tons)	Weight	121,850	61	1232
17	Diamond prod.	Tons	10	9	1235
18	Diamond Produced/Total Diamond Produced %	Weight	10	9	1233

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

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Below World Average
1	Enrolment in Secondary Edu./Total Pop %.	% People	23	152	1235
2	Teachers in secondary edu.	# People	659,923	150	1234
3	Literacy Rate (%)	% People	86	149	1233
4	Total Literate Pop.	# People	34,678,001	145	1233
5	Enrolment in Secondary Edu./Total Literate Pop.	% People	28	135	1232
6	Enrolment in tertiary edu.(all programmes)	# People	4,618,191	131	1232
7	Enrolment in Tertiary Edu/Total Literate Pop. %.	% People	9	130	1231
8	Enrolment in Tertiary Edu./ Total Pop. %.	% People	9	129	1235
9	# Total Students (Primary+Secondary+Tertiary)	# People	38,831,325	126	1232
10	Teachers in tertiary edu.	# People	297,976	121	1230
11	# Total Teachers (Primary+Secondary+Tertiary)	# People	2,858,694	113	1232
12	Teachers as a % of Enrolment	% People	41	104	1231
13	# Students per teacher in Primary edu.	Ratio	260	71	1232
14	Enrolment in Primary Edu./ Total Literate Pop %.	% People	36	45	1235
15	Enrolment in Primary Edu./Total Pop %.	% People	27	42	1230
16	# Students per teacher in secondary edu.	Ratio	57	37	1231
17	# Students per teacher in tertiary edu.	Ratio	58	37	1231

Language

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

Mother Tongue : Sotho

Literacy Rate (%) : 79.40

Basic Details

Country Capital	:	Maseru
GDP Per Capita	:	1,097
GDP Per Capita Rank	:	166^th/195
Life Expectancy	:	57
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

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