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Lesotho AI Report

Date: June 6, 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.

Xhosa

Zulu

Sotho

Lesotho is the 1^st highest ranked in Xhosa out of all the 195 countries.This implies that this country has significantly more people speaking Xhosa when compared to other countries.

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.

The Average Sotho of 195 countries in the world is 33,988. Lesotho is the 2^nd highest ranked country out of 195 countries. This implies that this country has significantly more people speaking Sotho when compared to other countries.

Total Military Force

The Average Total No. of Doctors of 195 countries in the world is 78,648. Lesotho is the 28^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 GDP Per Capita (USD) of 195 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.

The Average Total Military Force of 195 countries in the world is 358,465. Lesotho is the 37^th worst ranked country out of 195 countries. 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 than World Average-
1	Xhosa	# People	12,820	1	1129
2	Zulu	# People	1,744	1	1127
3	Xhosa as a % of total Xhosa speakers	% People	0	1	1127
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	1128

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Tree density.	Density	9	1	1126
2	Tree density .	Density	8	1	1126
Below than World Average-
1	Chicken Meat Production (in tonnes)	Weight	588,164	170	1232
2	Forest Area.	Area	21,142,892	165	1233
3	Cow Beef Production (in tonnes)	Weight	320,761	155	1231
4	Number of Cows	Count	8,697,624	129	1233
5	Cows (% of Total Cows)	Percent	0	129	1235
6	Goat Meat Production (in tonnes)	Weight	46,111	124	1232
7	Number of Trees	Count	15,642,617,148	118	1231
8	Cow Milk Production (in tonnes)	Weight	3,855,383	115	1234
9	Cow Milk Production (% of Total Cow Milk Production)	Percent	0	106	1232
10	Wheat prod.	Tons	6,698,590	102	1235
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	1232
14	Coal Production (in 1000 metric tons)	Weight	121,850	61	1234
15	Diamond prod.	Tons	10	9	1235
16	Diamond Produced/Total Diamond Produced %	Weight	10	9	1230

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Imports /Total GDP of the Country %.		53	9	1125
2	Corporate Tax Rates in %	Rate	23	74	1126
Below than World Average-
1	FDI (millions USD)	Amount	3,115	172	1233
2	GDP (Billions USD) 2025	$ Billions	613	166	1231
3	GDP Per Capita (USD)	$	30,070	166	1230
4	Imports/Total Imports of the World %.		0	138	1231
5	Export of Goods and Services (in Million $)	Amount	186,399	146	1232
6	Import of Goods and Services (in Million $)	Amount	183,299	144	1233
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	1128
2	Pop. without Electricity Access / Total Pop.%	% People	14	25	1129
Below than World Average-
1	Pop. with access to Electricity (%)	% People	86	171	1233
2	Urban Population / Total Population % .	% People	60	168	1233
3	# Cities>100000	# Cities	23	141	1232
4	# Cities>100000	# Cities	21	132	1233
5	Urban Population (2021)	# People	23,726,053	153	1234
6	# Cities>300000	# Cities	8	94	1234
7	# Cities>300000	# Cities	7	86	1230
8	# Cities>500000	# Cities	5	73	1235
9	Rural Pop.	# People	18,013,759	115	1230

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Female % of Total Pop.	% People	50	33	1128
2	Population Growth Rate (%)	% People	0	86	1129
Below than World Average-
1	Male % of Total Pop.	% People	50	114	1234
2	Total Population (2025)	# People (In Thousands)	42,003	144	1230
3	Male Population (2025)	# People (In Thousands)	21,226	144	1235
4	Female Population (2025)	# People (In Thousands)	20,993	143	1230
5	Births	# People (In Thousands)	681	129	1234

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Christian Pop./Total Pop.%	% People	42	58	1130
Below than 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	1230
4	Christian Pop./Total Christian Pop.%	% People	0	97	1233
5	Christian Population	# People	11,885,917	98	1233

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	1126
3	Employment in Agriculture /Total Pop. %.	% People	9	61	1126
4	Wage & Salaried Workers / Total Labour Force %	% People	58	92	1130
Below than World Average-
1	Employment in Services / Total Labour Force %.	% People	56	152	1233
2	Employment in services/Total Labour force %.	% People	56	152	1233
3	Employment in Services	# People	10,251,634	150	1230
4	Employment in Services /Total pop.%.	% People	25	146	1230
5	Non-Agricultural Labour Force	# People	15,067,127	144	1230
6	Total Labour Force (2021)	# People	20,409,734	142	1230
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	1234
10	Employment in Agriculture	# People	5,314,003	108	1232

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	# Phone Numbers /Total Pop. %	Percent	101	94	1130
Below than World Average-
1	# Mobile phone numbers	Count	40,393,496	141	1235

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	1128
Below than World Average-
1	Life Expectancy at Birth, both sexes	Age	73	191	1230
2	Dentist (per 10,000)	People per 10000	31	166	1231
3	Total No. of Doctors	# People	78,648	168	1231
4	Total No. of Pharmacists	# People	19,528	139	1233

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Below than World Average-
1	FB Users / Total Int. Users %.	% People	31	171	1235
2	LinkedIn Users as a % of Total LinkedIn Users	% People	0	142	1230
3	FB Users / Total Pop. %.	% People	25	162	1232
4	Facebook users	# People	6,757,917	161	1235
5	Twitter users	# People	3,173,740	154	1231
6	LinkedIn users	# People	6,388,891	151	1234
7	Internet Users	# People	28,408,774	149	1235
8	Int. Users / Total Pop.%	% People	70	147	1230
9	Twitter Users as a % of Total Internet Users	% People	14	144	1233
10	Twitter Users as a % of Total Population	% People	13	143	1235
11	LinkedIn Users as a % of Total Population	% People	31	140	1232
12	LinkedIn Users as a % of Total Internet Users	% People	35	136	1230
13	Facebook CPC in Rs.	Absolute	5	109	1235

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Below than World Average-
1	Total Military Force	# People	358,465	159	1235
2	Military Force/Total Pop. %	% People	1	157	1233
3	Military Budget (in Billion $)	$ Billion	15	140	1230
4	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	1235
2	Teachers in secondary edu.	# People	659,923	150	1230
3	Literacy Rate (%)	% People	86	149	1234
4	Total Literate Pop.	# People	34,678,001	145	1234
5	# Students per teacher in secondary edu.	Ratio	31	1	1235
6	Enrolment in Secondary Edu./Total Literate Pop.	% People	28	135	1231
7	Enrolment in tertiary edu.(all programmes)	# People	4,618,191	131	1232
8	Enrolment in Tertiary Edu/Total Literate Pop. %.	% People	9	130	1235
9	Enrolment in Tertiary Edu./ Total Pop. %.	% People	9	129	1232
10	# Total Students (Primary+Secondary+Tertiary)	# People	38,831,325	126	1231
11	Teachers in tertiary edu.	# People	297,976	121	1232
12	# Total Teachers (Primary+Secondary+Tertiary)	# People	2,858,694	113	1230
13	Teachers as a % of Enrolment	% People	41	104	1234
14	# Students per teacher in tertiary edu.	Ratio	32	1	1234
15	# Students per teacher in Primary edu.	Ratio	260	71	1230
16	Enrolment in Primary Edu./ Total Literate Pop %.	% People	36	45	1231
17	Enrolment in Primary Edu./Total Pop %.	% People	27	42	1234

LANGUAGES

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

Mother Tongue : Sotho

Literacy Rate (%) : 79.40

Details

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

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