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Lesotho AI Report

Date: May 25, 2026

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 GDP Per Capita (USD) . This implies that this country is a developing country.

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

The Average Total Military Force of 195 countries in the world is 362,682. 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.

Lesotho is the 43^rd worst ranked in Urban Population (2021) out of all the 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	Zulu	# People	85,042	1	1128
2	Xhosa as a % of total Xhosa speakers	% People	0	1	1125
3	Sotho	# People	1,656,925	2	1130
4	Zulu as a % of total Zulu speakers	% People	0	2	1127
5	Xhosa	# People	633,335	3	1127
6	Sotho as a % of total Sotho speakers	% People	0	3	1130

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	FTAs in India for Education (%)	% People	5	2	1126
2	Exports/Total GDP of the Country %.		48	8	1129
3	INDs via Ahmedabad Airport (%)	% People	1	8	1128
4	FTAs in India via Mumbai (%)	% People	23	13	1126
5	INDs - Indian Diaspora (%)	% People	22	29	1126
6	INDs via Mumbai Airport (%)	% People	33	31	1128
7	FTAs in India - Indian Diaspora (%)	% People	14	39	1128
8	INDs for Business (%)	% People	25	67	1126
9	Corporate Tax Rates in %	Rate	23	73	1125
Below World Average
1	INDs from India	# People	158,494	176	1233
2	FTAs in India for Business (%)	% People	18	167	1232
3	FDI (millions USD)	Amount	3,288	171	1234
4	GDP Per Capita at PPP (USD)	$	30,199	170	1234
5	GDP Per Capita (USD)	$	18,044	168	1233
6	FTAs in India for Leisure (%)	% People	42	165	1234
7	GDP (Billions USD)	$ Billions	600	161	1233
8	FTAs in India via Chennai (%)	% People	5	134	1234
9	FTAs in India via Hyderabad (%)	% People	3	120	1232
10	Imports/Total Imports of the World %.		0	143	1233
11	Import Ban(Number of products)	Count	12	134	1234
12	INDs via Kolkata Airport (%)	% People	2	96	1230
13	FTAs in India via Bengaluru (%)	% People	6	136	1230
14	INDs via Bengaluru Airport (%)	% People	5	123	1232
15	INDs via Delhi Airport (%)	% People	38	146	1233
16	Export of Goods and Services (in Million $)	Amount	180,704	147	1234
17	Import of Goods and Services (in Million $)	Amount	173,515	145	1235
18	FTAs in India	# People	51,254	140	1231
19	FTAs in India via Delhi (%)	% People	46	137	1231
20	INDs via Hyderabad Airport (%)	% People	3	110	1235
21	INDs for Leisure (%)	% People	46	138	1234
22	INDs via Chennai Airport (%)	% People	5	88	1235
23	FTAs in India for Medical (%)	% People	12	83	1235
24	INDs via Cochin Airport (%)	% People	3	58	1231
25	Imports /Total GDP of the Country %.		51	82	1231
26	FTAs in India via Cochin (%)	% People	3	54	1231

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	1128
Below World Average
1	Pop. with access to Electricity (%)	% People	86	171	1231
2	Urban Population / Total Population % .	% People	60	168	1235
3	# Cities>100000	# Cities	27	141	1230
4	# Cities>100000	# Cities	21	132	1235
5	Urban Population (2021)	# People	23,603,754	153	1233
6	# Cities>300000	# Cities	11	94	1235
7	# Cities>300000	# Cities	7	86	1230
8	# Cities>500000	# Cities	7	73	1230
9	Rural Pop.	# People	18,013,759	115	1234

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Female % of Total Pop.	% People	50	43	1125
2	Population Growth Rate (%)	% People	0	83	1129
Below World Average
1	Male % of Total Pop.	% People	50	153	1235
2	Total Population	# People	42,357,833	144	1233
3	Male Population	# People	21,291,067	144	1230
4	Female Population	# People	21,066,765	143	1233
5	Total Births	# People	677,551	129	1234

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Christian Pop./Total Pop.%	% People	42	58	1125
Below World Average
1	World Heritage Sites	Count	7	135	1234
2	Islamic Pop./Total Pop.%	% People	22	167	1231
3	Islamic Population	# People	10,091,996	150	1235
4	Christian Pop./Total Christian Pop.%	% People	0	97	1232
5	Christian Population	# People	16,917,912	98	1234

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	1126
3	Employment in Agriculture /Total Pop. %.	% People	9	61	1129
4	Wage & Salaried Workers / Total Labour Force %	% People	59	93	1128
Below World Average
1	Employment in Services / Total Labour Force %.	% People	57	152	1233
2	Employment in services/Total Labour force %.	% People	56	152	1234
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	1233
6	Total Labour Force (2021)	# People	20,641,663	142	1231
7	Formal Jobs	# People	10,605,934	139	1231
8	Total Labour Force/Total Pop.	% People	43	133	1232
9	Non-Agri Labour force/Total Labour force %.	% People	76	117	1233
10	Employment in Agriculture	# People	5,314,003	108	1234

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	1231

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	1129
Below World Average
1	Life Expectancy at Birth, both sexes	Age	73	191	1234
2	Dentist (per 10,000)	People per 10000	31	166	1230
3	Total No. of Doctors	# People	78,648	168	1233
4	Total No. of Pharmacists	# People	19,528	139	1234

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Below World Average
1	Diamond Produced/Total Diamond Produced %	Weight	10	9	1230
2	Chicken Meat Production (in tonnes)	Weight	588,164	170	1233
3	Forest Area.	Area	21,595,147	165	1233
4	Cow Beef Production (in tonnes)	Weight	320,761	155	1232
5	Number of Cows	Count	8,697,624	129	1231
6	Cows (% of Total Cows)	Percent	0	122	1230
7	Goat Meat Production (in tonnes)	Weight	46,111	124	1232
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	6,811,171	102	1230
11	Potatoes Produced /Total Potatoes Produced %	Weight	0	96	1234
12	Potatoes prod.	Tons	2,504,846	98	1231
13	Barley prod.	Tons	1,545,003	97	1234
14	Tree density.	Density	22,685	93	1230
15	Tree density .	Density	828	76	1232
16	Coal Production (in 1000 metric tons)	Weight	121,850	61	1233
17	Number of Trees	Count	15,642,617,148	29	1231
18	Diamond prod.	Tons	11	9	1232

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Below World Average
1	FB Users / Total Int. Users %.	% People	34	171	1231
2	Instagram Users as a % of Total Internet Users	% People	36	171	1232
3	Instagram Users	Absolute	10,458,072	167	1232
4	Instagram Users as a % of Total Population	% People	29	164	1230
5	FB Users / Total Pop. %.	% People	27	162	1235
6	LinkedIn Users as a % of Total LinkedIn Users	% People	0	144	1231
7	LinkedIn users	# People	7,145,162	150	1233
8	X (Twitter) Users as a % of Total X (Twitter) Users	% People	0	134	1232
9	Internet Users	# People	28,543,790	149	1235
10	X (Twitter) users	# People	1,789,045	148	1231
11	Int. Users / Total Pop.%	% People	69	147	1230
12	X (Twitter) Users as a % of Total Internet Users	% People	12	145	1233
13	X (Twitter) Users as a % of Total Population	% People	13	144	1235
14	Facebook Users as a % of Total facebook Users	% People	0	137	1230
15	Facebook users	# People	11,706,915	141	1232
16	LinkedIn Users as a % of Total Population	% People	34	139	1235
17	LinkedIn Users as a % of Total Internet Users	% People	37	136	1232
18	Facebook CPC in Rs.	Absolute	5	109	1233

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Below World Average
1	# Total Teachers (Primary+Secondary+Tertiary)	# People	2,895,876	113	1235
2	Enrolment in Tertiary Edu/Total Literate Pop. %.	% People	9	130	1233
3	Enrolment in Tertiary Edu./ Total Pop. %.	% People	9	129	1231
4	Teachers as a % of Enrolment	% People	41	104	1231
5	# Total Students (Primary+Secondary+Tertiary)	# People	38,831,325	126	1235
6	Enrolment in Secondary Edu./Total Pop %.	% People	23	152	1230
7	Teachers in secondary edu.	# People	201,153	150	1234
8	Literacy Rate (%)	% People	86	149	1234
9	Total Literate Pop.	# People	34,678,001	145	1235
10	Enrolment in secondary edu.	# People	3,225,437	144	1231
11	Enrolment in Secondary Edu./Total Literate Pop.	% People	28	135	1233
12	Enrolment in tertiary edu.(all programmes)	# People	1,420,982	131	1230
13	Enrolment in primary edu.	# People	3,831,465	127	1234
14	Teachers in tertiary edu.	# People	80,879	121	1234
15	Teachers in primary edu.	# People	112,672	120	1231
16	# Students per teacher in tertiary edu.	Ratio	58	37	1232
17	# Students per teacher in Primary edu.	Ratio	260	71	1232
18	# Students per teacher in secondary edu.	Ratio	57	37	1232
19	Enrolment in Primary Edu./ Total Literate Pop %.	% People	36	45	1234
20	Enrolment in Primary Edu./Total Pop %.	% People	27	42	1232

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Below World Average
1	Total Military Force	# People	362,682	159	1235
2	Military Force/Total Pop. %	% People	1	157	1232
3	Military Budget (in Billion $)	$ Billion	17	140	1235
4	Police Officers	# People	138,224	98	1230

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	:	1,098
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

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