Lesotho
Lesotho in numbers — 19 World Bank indicators, each linking to its complete year-by-year history.
Lesotho recorded GDP per capita: 1,089 (2025), ranking 195 of 212 worldwide; Population: 2.36 million (2025), ranking 144 of 217 worldwide; Life expectancy: 57.8 (2024), ranking 213 of 217 worldwide; Inflation: 4.27% (2025), ranking 54 of 187 worldwide. The year in brackets is the reference year for that figure.
Measured across each series' full span, GDP shows the largest increase (+7342%) and Inflation the largest decrease (-68%). Every indicator below links to its complete year-by-year series.
Across the measures below it sits below the world median on slightly more than half. Measured against the median of every economy covered here, 6 of 19 comparable series are higher and 13 are lower.
Its population of 2.36 million (2025) makes it a smaller population by the standards of this dataset.
All 19 series on this page carry a value for 2023 or later.
Indicators
| Indicator | Latest | Year | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| GDP | 2,573,572,920.05 | 2025 | +7342.4% |
| GDP per capita | 1,088.96 | 2025 | +2219.3% |
| GDP growth | 1.98% | 2025 | +6.3% |
| Population | 2,363,325 | 2025 | +220.9% |
| Population growth | 1.1% | 2025 | -63.1% |
| Urban population | 44.67% | 2025 | +1121.0% |
| Inflation | 4.27% | 2025 | -68.2% |
| Life expectancy | 57.8 | 2024 | +15.2% |
| Infant mortality | 56.3 | 2024 | -59.3% |
| CO2 per capita | 0.43 | 2024 | +492.8% |
| GDP (PPP) | 7,525,103,904.46 | 2025 | +444.2% |
| GDP per capita (PPP) | 3,184.12 | 2025 | +316.7% |
| Labor participation | 57.12% | 2025 | -22.5% |
| Unemployment | 16.32% | 2025 | +5.3% |
| Internet users | 51.8% | 2024 | — |
| Education spending | 6.62% | 2024 | +42.7% |
| Electricity access | 60.6% | 2024 | +1309.3% |
| Forest area | 1.14% | 2023 | 0.0% |
| Health spending | 12.61% | 2023 | +144.6% |