Lesotho, is a country located at Southern Africa, it has an area of 30,360 Km2 and it may be considered quite a small country.

Lesotho, with a population of 2,311,472 people, it is one of the least populous country in the world and it has a moderate population density, 76 people per km2.

It's capital is Maseru and its currency is Lesotho lotis

Lesotho is holding the 174 position by nominal GDP. Its national debt in 2023 was 1,258 millions of euros (1,360 millions of dollars), ( 61.53% debt-to-GDP ratio) and its public debt per capita is €544 euros per inhabitant$589 dollars per inhabitant.

In terms of the human development index (HDI) of Lesotho, which is the index used by the United Nations to measure the progress of a country, was 0.521 points in 2022, leaving it in 168th place in the table of 193 countries published.

If the reason to visit Lesotho are business, you must know it's in the 122th of the Doing Business ranking , which provides objective measures of business regulations for local firms.

In the tables at the bottom of the page, you can see more information about the economy and demography of Lesotho, if you want to see information about other countries click here

Lesotho Economy
Gouvernement
Annual GDP [+]2023€2,044M
Annual GDP [+]2023$2,211M
GDP per capita [+]2023€884
GDP per capita [+]2023$957
Debt (M.€.) [+]20231,258
Debt ($M) [+]20231,360
Debt (%GDP) [+]202361.53%
Debt Per Capita [+]2023€544
Debt Per Capita [+]2023$589
Deficit (M.€) [+]2023189
Deficit ($M) [+]2023204
Deficit (%GDP) [+]20239.24%
Expenditure (M.€) [+]2023959.8
Expenditure ($M) [+]20231,038.1
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]2023136.8
Education Expenditure ($M) [+]2023148.0
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]202311.26%
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]2022147.0
Gov. Health Exp.($M) [+]2022154.8
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]202213.12%
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]202331.4
Defence Expenditure ($M) [+]202334.0
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]20232.73%
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]202346.95%
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2023€415
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2023$449
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2023€59
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2023$64
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2022€64
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2022$68
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2023€14
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2023$15
Fitch Rating [+]08/19/2019B
Corruption Index [+]202339
Competitiveness Ranking [+]2019131º
Fragile States Index [+]202474.6
Innovation Ranking [+]2015118º
Labour
NMW [+]2023$102.0
Human Capital Ranking [+]2017124º
Business
Doing Business [+]2020122º
Taxes
Tax Revenue (%GDP) [+]202221.3%
Trade
Annual arrivals [+]20181,173,000
Exports [+]2023€762.8M
Exports [+]2023$824.8M
Exports % GDP [+]202337.31%
Imports [+]2023€1,594.7M
Imports [+]2023$1,724.3M
Imports % GDP [+]202378.01%
Trade balance [+]2023€-831.9M
Trade balance [+]2023$-978.1M
Trade balance % GDP [+]2023-40.70%
Socio-Demography
Density [+]202376
Global Peace Ranking [+]2024125º
Remittance received ($M) [+]2017414.9
% Immigrant [+]20200.58%
% Emigrant [+]20209.80%
Birth Rate [+]202225.78‰
Remittance sent ($M) [+]20171.8
Crude death rate [+]202214.07‰
Fertility Rate [+]20222.98
% risk of poverty [+]201749.7%
Population [+]20232,311,472
Immigrant stock [+]202012,060
Emigrant stock [+]2020202,164
HDI [+]20220.521
Gender Gap Ranking [+]202498º
Life expectancy [+]202253.04
Suicides [+]2015221
Suicide rate [+]201511.09
Number of homicides [+]2015897
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]201543.56
Energy and Environment
CO2 Tons per capita [+]20230.36
Consumption GWh [+]2023833
Generation GWh [+]2023482
Others
COVID-19 - Deaths [+]08/04/2024709
COVID-19 - Confirmed [+]08/04/202436,138
Fully vaccinated [+]03/19/2023938,088
COVID-19 - Deaths per million population [+]08/04/2024306.73
Doses administered [+]03/19/20231,339,097