Sub-Saharan Africa · Lower middle income · LSO
Lesotho
20,734 datasets on Lesotho from ILO, World Bank, fao, UNESCO Institute for Statistics, WHO, IMF, Ember, Eurostat, OECD, IMF Financial Access Survey, UCDP, UNHCR, IATI, each with its publisher, unit and history.
Headline figures
GDP (current US$)
2.57B
current USD · 2025 · World Bank
GDP per capita (current US$)
1088.96
current USD · 2025 · World Bank
GDP growth (annual %)
1.98
percent · 2025 · World Bank
Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)
4.27
percent · 2025 · World Bank
Population, total
2.36M
people · 2025 · World Bank
Life expectancy at birth (years)
57.80
years · 2024 · World Bank
Mortality rate, under-5
60
per 1,000 live births · 2024 · World Bank
Unemployment, total (% of labor force)
16.32
percent · 2025 · World Bank
Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day
41.90
percent · 2017 · World Bank
Access to electricity
60.60
percent · 2024 · World Bank
Individuals using the Internet
51.80
percent · 2024 · World Bank
Primary completion rate, total
66.96
percent · 2023 · World Bank
Exports of goods and services (% of GDP)
49.53
percent · 2025 · World Bank
Central government debt, total (% of GDP)
2.99
percent · 2020 · World Bank
Current health expenditure
12.61
percent · 2023 · World Bank
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions excluding LULUCF per capita
0.43
t CO2e per capita · 2024 · World Bank
By topic
Sources
- ILO8,583 series
- World Bank5,175 series
- fao3,737 series
- UNESCO Institute for Statistics2,900 series
- WHO151 series
- IMF96 series
- Ember38 series
- Eurostat31 series
- OECD6 series
- IMF Financial Access Survey5 series
- UCDP5 series
- UNHCR4 series
- IATI3 series
The full brief for Lesotho, with rankings against its peers, publisher disagreements and development finance by funder and project, is on the Interva desk.