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IndicatorLSOLesothoSub-Saharan Africa
Governance
Civil liberties index (V-Dem)0-10.84rank #48
Control of Corruption0-100 percentile41.7rank #111
Deliberative democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.48rank #52
Egalitarian democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.49rank #51
Freedom of expression index (V-Dem)0-10.73rank #71
Government Effectiveness0-100 percentile38.8rank #151
Human rights index (V-Dem)0-10.84rank #48
Military spending% GDP1.6%rank #77
Participatory democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.4rank #57
Political Stability & Absence of Violence0-100 percentile61.5rank #125
Regulatory Quality0-100 percentile47.2rank #131
Rule of Law0-100 percentile50rank #128
Rule of law index (V-Dem)0-10.72rank #58
V-Dem electoral democracy0-10.66rank #49
V-Dem liberal democracy0-10.51rank #58
Voice & Accountability0-100 percentile54.1rank #112
Women in parliament% seats25%rank #93
Women's political empowerment index (V-Dem)0-10.81rank #57
Economy
Agricultural employment% employment30.9%rank #55
Agriculture value added% GDP6.5%rank #80
Capital stock per worker2017 US$ per worker40,199.2rank #136
Current account balance% GDP-0.15%rank #39
Employment-to-population ratio%47.3%rank #152
External debt stocks% GNI65.4%rank #80
FDI net inflows% GDP-0.22%rank #86
GDPcurrent US$2.57Brank #165
GDP growth%2%rank #135
GDP per capita (nominal)current US$1,089rank #173
GDP per capita, PPP2021 intl $2,721rank #171
GNI per capita (PPP)2021 intl $3,029.4rank #167
Government expenditure% GDP40.2%rank #14
Gross capital formation% GDP31.2%rank #19
Gross savings% GDP13.6%rank #64
High-technology exports% manuf. exports0.09%rank #120
Human capital indexindex1.7rank #131
Industry value added% GDP25.2%rank #74
Inflation%4.3%rank #122
Labour force participation rate%56.6%rank #127
Personal remittances received% GDP20.7%rank #5
R&D expenditure% GDP0.09%rank #80
Researchers in R&Dper million32.2rank #73
Tax revenue% GDP35.4%rank #1
Total factor productivity (current PPPs, USA=1)index (USA=1)0.32rank #107
Trade openness% GDP154%rank #13
Unemployment% labor force16.3%rank #169
Unemployment rate (ILO modelled)%16.5%rank #170
Vulnerable employment% employment32.6%rank #99
Youth unemployment% ages 15-2424.7%rank #151
Youth unemployment rate (ILO modelled)% ages 15-2425.1%rank #152
Health
Basic drinking water access% pop78.1%rank #139
Basic sanitation access% pop47.9%rank #146
Child mortalityper 1006rank #137
Daily caloric supply per capitakcal1,872.7rank #175
DTP3 immunization coverage%86%rank #14
Health spending% GDP12.6%rank #8
Infant mortalityper 1k births56.3rank #140
Life expectancyyears57.8rank #213
Maternal mortalityper 100k478rank #107
Measles immunization% children90%rank #10
Measles (MCV1) immunization coverage%90%rank #10
Physiciansper 1k0.24rank #93
PM2.5 air pollution exposureug/m326.4rank #143
Road traffic deathsper 100k31.9rank #125
Smoking prevalence% adults28%rank #103
Suicide mortality rateper 100k28.7rank #178
Tuberculosis incidenceper 100k548rank #148
Under-5 mortality rateper 1k births60rank #176
Education
Adult literacy%90.4%rank #20
Education spending% GDP6.6%rank #6
Expected years of schoolingyears11rank #158
Mean years of schoolingyears7.7rank #127
Primary completion rate% relevant age67%rank #127
Primary enrollment% gross80.2%rank #129
Secondary enrollment% gross59.4%rank #118
Tertiary enrollment% gross9.9%rank #124
Demography
Crude birth rateper 1,00023.8rank #56
Fertility ratebirths/woman2.7rank #68
Median age of populationyears21.4rank #165
Net migration rateper 1,000-2.2rank #160
Populationpeople2.36Mrank #144
Population growth%1.1%rank #96
Projected life expectancy in 2050 (medium)years66rank #203
Projected population in 2050 (medium)thousands2,993.1rank #142
Total age dependency ratioper 100 working-age63.3rank #61
Urban population%44.7%rank #151
Climate
CO₂ emissionst2.57Mrank #152
CO₂ per capitat1.1rank #149
Electricity access% pop60.6%rank #54
Electricity from coal% generation0%rank #1
Electricity from hydro% generation100%rank #1
Electricity from solar% generation0%rank #152
Electricity from wind% generation0%rank #102
Forest area% land1.1%rank #193
GHG emissions per capitatCO2e per capita1.8rank #30
Power-sector CO2 intensitygCO2/kWh20.8rank #2
Renewable electricity%100%rank #1
Renewable energy share%34.9%rank #25
Total GHG emissions incl. LULUCFMtCO2e4.1rank #35
Society
Asylum seekerspeople31rank #12
Extreme poverty% pop41.9%rank #42
Female labor participation%48.1%rank #123
Fixed broadband subscriptionsper 1000.38rank #138
Gender Development Indexratio1rank #20
Gender Inequality Index0-10.53rank #127
Gini indexindex44.9rank #64
Homicide rateper 100k38.2rank #144
Human Development Index0-10.55rank #134
Inequality-adjusted HDI0-10.36rank #122
Internet users% pop51.8%rank #142
Life satisfaction0-104.4rank #123
Poverty gap at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0.11rank #175
Poverty headcount at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0.31rank #140
Poverty headcount at $3.65/dayproportion (0-1)0.53rank #163
Poverty headcount at $6.85/dayproportion (0-1)0.8rank #174
Refugees hosted (by country of asylum)people478rank #130
Refugees originating (by country of origin)people27rank #13
Youth NEET rate%38.3%rank #173
Risk
Battle-related deaths (state-based)deaths/year78rank #17
Deaths in armed conflictsdeaths0rank #1
Hazard & exposure0-102.2rank #17
Human hazard & exposure0-102.3rank #22
INFORM risk score0-104.2rank #31
Lack of coping capacity0-106.2rank #52
Lack of infrastructure coping capacity0-105.8rank #51
Lack of institutional coping capacity0-106.6rank #45
Natural hazard & exposure0-102rank #8
Organized-violence deaths (total)deaths/year78rank #21
Socio-economic vulnerability0-106.7rank #64
Vulnerability0-105.5rank #44
Vulnerable groups0-103.9rank #34
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