In the news:
Turkiye hails growing Africa trade as Lesotho PM visits Ankara - Prince Harry visits the small mountain kingdom of Lesotho, where he's called 'the warrior' - Prince Harry 'the warrior' can't contain his joy as he tours Lesotho on latest solo trip - Prince Harry visits the small mountain kingdom of Lesotho, where he's called 'the warrior' - Prince Harry is visiting the small mountain kingdom of Lesotho, where he's called 'the warrior' - Prince Harry visits small mountain kingdom of Lesotho where he is known as 'the warrior' - Why boarding schools for toddlers are gaining popularity in Lesotho - Who benefits from Lesotho's 'white gold'? - Fossil algae show a lake once existed on Lesotho's Mafadi summit, but it vanished about 150 years ago - Lesotho urged to compensate villagers for water projects
Lesotho
Key facts
- currency: Lesotho loti
- capital city: Maseru
- region: Southern Africa
- continent: Africa
- land area: 30,360 km²
- population: 2,330,318 people
- political leader: Tom Thabane (Prime Minister)
Classified as: place
Location on a map: [-29°50′S, 28°50′E]
Make this Notebook Trusted to load map: File -> Trust Notebook
Summary
Lesotho is a country. The capital city is Maseru, located in the Southern Africa region of Africa. It has a land area of 30,360 km², a population of 2,330,318 people and uses the currency Lesotho loti. The Prime Minister is Tom Thabane.
Environment
Lesotho is one of the countries in Africa, countries in Southern Africa and 194 countries in our database.
- Agricultural land: 24,330.00 km²
- Carbon dioxide emissions (co2): 0.78 Mt of CO2 equivalent
- Fertility rate: 2.98 births per woman
- Forest area: 345 km²
- Fossil fuel energy consumption: 0.00 % of total
- Greenhouse gas emissions (co2, ch4, n2o, hfcs, pfcs, sf6): 3.02 Mt of CO2 equivalent
- Median age: 18.30
- Methane emissions: 1.77 Mt of CO2 equivalent
- Nitrous oxide emissions: 0.47 Mt of CO2 equivalent
- Female population: 1,181,093 people
- Male population: 1,149,224 people
- Renewable energy consumption: 34.90 % of total final energy consumption
- Rural land area: 30,172.34 km²
- Rural population: 1,621,552 people
- Urban land area: 249.94 km²
- Urban population: 708,766 people
- Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 0.00 % of total population
Geographical distribution of cities in Lesotho by population
Evolution of historical electricity production from oil sources in Lesotho
Evolution of historical electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric, in Lesotho
Evolution of historical net energy imports in Lesotho
Evolution of historical fertility rate in Lesotho
Lesotho relationship between life expectancy at birth and fertility rate over time
Lesotho relationship between median age and fertility rate over time
Evolution of historical forest area in Lesotho
Lesotho relationship between rural land area and forest area over time
Evolution of historical fossil fuel energy consumption in Lesotho
Lesotho relationship between renewable energy consumption and fossil fuel energy consumption over time
Evolution of historical other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Lesotho
Lesotho relationship between urban land area and greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) over time
Lesotho relationship between urban land area and nitrous oxide emissions over time
Lesotho relationship between urban population and greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) over time
Evolution of historical internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence in Lesotho
Evolution of historical individuals using the Internet in Lesotho
Evolution of historical land area in Lesotho
Evolution of historical median age in Lesotho
Evolution of historical methane emissions in Lesotho
Lesotho relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and methane emissions over time
Lesotho relationship between population and methane emissions over time
Lesotho relationship between rural population and methane emissions over time
Lesotho relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and methane emissions over time
Lesotho relationship between urban land area and methane emissions over time
Lesotho relationship between urban population and methane emissions over time
Evolution of historical net migration in Lesotho
Evolution of historical nitrous oxide emissions in Lesotho
Lesotho relationship between population and nitrous oxide emissions over time
Lesotho relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and nitrous oxide emissions over time
Lesotho relationship between urban population and nitrous oxide emissions over time
Evolution of historical population in Lesotho
Lesotho relationship between urban land area and population over time
Evolution of historical female population in Lesotho
Evolution of historical male population in Lesotho
Evolution of historical renewable energy consumption in Lesotho
Evolution of historical rural land area in Lesotho
Evolution of historical rural population in Lesotho
Lesotho relationship between urban land area and rural population over time
Evolution of historical urban land area in Lesotho
Lesotho relationship between urban population and urban land area over time
Evolution of historical urban population in Lesotho
Evolution of historical urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters in Lesotho
Lesotho relationship between date and population over time
Lesotho relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time
Evolution of historical agricultural land in Lesotho
Lesotho relationship between methane emissions and agricultural land over time
Lesotho relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and agricultural land over time
Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy in Lesotho
Evolution of historical carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in Lesotho
Lesotho relationship between GDP and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time
Lesotho relationship between methane emissions and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time
Lesotho relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time
Lesotho relationship between urban land area and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time
Lesotho relationship between urban population and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time
Evolution of historical access to electricity in Lesotho
Lesotho relationship between birth rate and access to electricity over time
Lesotho relationship between fertility rate and access to electricity over time
Lesotho relationship between life expectancy at birth and access to electricity over time
Lesotho relationship between renewable energy consumption and access to electricity over time
Lesotho relationship between self-employed workers and access to electricity over time
Lesotho relationship between vulnerable employment and access to electricity over time
Evolution of historical electricity production from coal sources in Lesotho
Evolution of historical electricity production from natural gas sources in Lesotho
Evolution of historical electricity production from hydroelectric sources in Lesotho
Evolution of historical electricity production from nuclear sources in Lesotho
Distribution of sites in Lesotho by inscription year
Geographical distribution of sites in Lesotho by area
Proportion of transboundary sites in Lesotho
Geographical distribution of wildfires in Lesotho by mean width
Relationship between width mean and length mean in Lesotho
Cities in Lesotho
Sites in Lesotho
Wildfires in Lesotho
Explore more on environment
Business
- Central government debt: 2.99 % of GDP
- Expense: 41.38 % of GDP
- Gdp: 2,046,039,024.46 current US$
- Inflation: 6.34 annual %
- Self-employed workers: 38.90 % of total employment
- Tax revenue: 31.31 % of GDP
- Unemployment: 16.46 % of total labor force
- Vulnerable employment: 33.03 % of total employment
Distribution of companies founded in Lesotho by year
Evolution of historical central government debt in Lesotho
Evolution of historical expense in Lesotho
Evolution of historical GDP in Lesotho
Lesotho relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and GDP over time
Evolution of historical median inflation in Lesotho
Evolution of historical proportion of self-employed workers in Lesotho
Lesotho relationship between vulnerable employment and self-employed workers over time
Evolution of historical tax revenue in Lesotho
Evolution of historical unemployment in Lesotho
Evolution of historical vulnerable employment in Lesotho
Proportion of shops per country in Lesotho
Companies from Lesotho
Exchanges in Lesotho
Shops in Lesotho
Explore more on business
Health
- Birth rate: 25.78 per 1,000 people
- Death rate: 14.07 per 1,000 people
- Health expenditure per capita: 114.71 current US$
- Health expenditure: 10.21 % of GDP
- Incidence of hiv: 3.03 per 1,000 uninfected population
- Hospital beds: 1.30 per 1,000 people
- Life expectancy at birth: 53
- Suicide mortality rate: 72.40 per 100,000 population
Evolution of historical birth rate in Lesotho
Lesotho relationship between fertility rate and birth rate over time
Lesotho relationship between life expectancy at birth and birth rate over time
Lesotho relationship between self-employed workers and birth rate over time
Lesotho relationship between vulnerable employment and birth rate over time
Lesotho relationship between median age and birth rate over time
Evolution of historical death rate in Lesotho
Lesotho relationship between life expectancy at birth and death rate over time
Evolution of historical health expenditure per capita in Lesotho
Evolution of historical health expenditure in Lesotho
Evolution of historical incidence of HIV in Lesotho
Evolution of historical hospital beds in Lesotho
Evolution of historical life expectancy at birth in Lesotho
Lesotho relationship between self-employed workers and life expectancy at birth over time
Lesotho relationship between vulnerable employment and life expectancy at birth over time
Evolution of historical suicide mortality rate in Lesotho
Distribution of diseases by first founded year in Lesotho
Proportion of diseases in Lesotho by mortality rate
Distribution of diseases in Lesotho by start date
Evolution of historical cases in Lesotho
Evolution of historical deaths in Lesotho
Relationship between deaths and cases over time in Lesotho
Diseases in Lesotho
Explore more on health
Politics
- Armed forces personnel: 2,000 people
- Democracy score: 6.64
- Democracy type: Flawed democracy
- Military expenditure: 1.47 % of GDP
- Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 26.45 %
Evolution of historical armed forces personnel in Lesotho
Lesotho relationship between methane emissions and armed forces personnel over time
Lesotho relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and armed forces personnel over time
Lesotho relationship between population and armed forces personnel over time
Lesotho relationship between rural population and armed forces personnel over time
Lesotho relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and armed forces personnel over time
Lesotho relationship between urban land area and armed forces personnel over time
Lesotho relationship between urban population and armed forces personnel over time
Evolution of historical military expenditure in Lesotho
Evolution of the historical proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Lesotho
Distribution of politicians from Lesotho by birth year
Proportion of politicians per gender in Lesotho
Political parties in Lesotho
Politicians from Lesotho
Explore more on politics
Sports
Distribution of athletes from Lesotho by birth year
Proportion of athletes per gender in Lesotho
Proportion of competitions per city in Lesotho
Proportion of competitions per country in Lesotho
Distribution of competitions in Lesotho by start date
Proportion of medals won by Lesotho in the Olympics
Athletes from Lesotho
Competitions in Lesotho
Explore more on sports
Culture
Distribution of artists from Lesotho by birth year
Proportion of artists per gender in Lesotho
Geographical distribution of museums in Lesotho by visitors
Artists from Lesotho
Museums in Lesotho
Explore more on culture
Research
Geographical distribution of universities in Lesotho by total students
Distribution of universities in Lesotho per foundation year
Universities in Lesotho
Explore more on research
In literature
There are 51 books written about Lesotho in the database
Related
Connected or similar:
Details
This dashboard is based on data from: SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders
This content can be used under the CC BY 4.0 license