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Society profile

Lesotho

Lesotho: 43 indicators from open sources, newest value for each.

Demography

Population, total 2.4 MWorld Bank2025 Population aged 0-14 34.1%World Bank2025 Population aged 15-64 62.0%World Bank2025 Population aged 65+ 3.9%World Bank2025 Female share of population 51.2%World Bank2025 Urban population 44.7%World Bank2025 Fertility rate 2.7World Bank2024 Adolescent fertility rate 69.5World Bank2024 Life expectancy at birth 57.8yearsWorld Bank2024 Infant mortality 56.3‰World Bank2024 Net migration -5 192World Bank2025

Education

Adult literacy rate 90.4%World Bank2024 Secondary school enrolment 59.4%World Bank2017 Tertiary enrolment 9.9%World Bank2018 Education spending 6.6%World Bank2024

Income

GDP per capita, PPP $3 184$World Bank2025 GNI per capita, PPP $3 900$World Bank2025 Gini index 44.9World Bank2017 Poverty headcount at $2.15/day 41.9%World Bank2017 Income share held by richest 10% 32.9%World Bank2017

Health

Suicide rate 28.7per 100kWorld Bank2021 Health spending 12.6%World Bank2023

Connectivity

Individuals using the internet 51.8%World Bank2024 Mobile subscriptions 70.3per 100World Bank2024 Access to electricity 60.6%World Bank2024

Environment

CO2 emissions per capita 0.4tWorld Bank2024

Trust People

Most people can be trusted survey42.5%Afrobarometer2022

Trust Institutions

Confidence in the government survey20.7%Afrobarometer2022 Confidence in parliament survey18.4%Afrobarometer2022 Confidence in the police survey33.7%Afrobarometer2022 Confidence in the courts survey45.2%Afrobarometer2022

Gender Roles

Women in national parliament 25.0%World Bank2025

Democracy

It is important to live in a democracy survey50.6%Afrobarometer2022 Satisfied with how democracy works survey26.7%Afrobarometer2022

Immigration Attitudes

Would not want immigrants as neighbours survey28.6%Afrobarometer2022

Employment

Unemployment rate 16.3%World Bank2025 Youth unemployment rate 24.7%World Bank2025 Female labour force participation 48.1%World Bank2025 Male labour force participation 66.9%World Bank2025 Self-employed share 38.5%World Bank2025

Safety

Intentional homicides 38.2per 100kWorld Bank2008 Feels safe walking alone at night survey49.9%Afrobarometer2022

Tolerance

Homosexuality is justifiable survey30.4%Afrobarometer2022

Socially closest countries

Distance is computed on 9 value questions the two societies were both asked, standardised within each survey so that a different questionnaire does not pass for a different society. Similarity is relative to the widest distance in the world.

Every number carries its source and year. Where a country is missing, it is missing — we do not interpolate.