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Lesotho

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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]

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Research

Geographical distribution of universities in Lesotho by total students

Distribution of universities in Lesotho per foundation year

Universities in Lesotho

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In literature

There are 51 books written about Lesotho in the database

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This dashboard is based on data from: SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders

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