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Lesotho LS

Sub-Saharan Africa · Lower middle income · capital Maseru

Population
2,363,325
2025
GDP
$2.6 billion
2025
Life expectancy
57.8 y
2024

In the live services

corpusrows for this country
legal1

Geospatial extent

Bounding box 27.00°–29.44° E, -30.66°–-28.57° N · centroid -29.61, 28.22 · source natural-earth-1:110m

Map © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Extent only; no cadastre or address data.

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Top research institutions

OpenAlex works counts; not a quality ranking.

Legal system

mixed system of English common law and Roman-Dutch law; High Court and Court of Appeal review legislative acts

CIA World Factbook (factbook.json)

Measured indicators

indicatorvalueyearsource
account_ownership61.62024World Bank FX.OWN.TOTL.ZS
Account ownership (% age 15+)61.62024World Bank
Agricultural land (% of land)92.92024World Bank
airline_routes_departures1.02026OpenFlights route database
airports_openflights3.02026OpenFlights airport database
armed_forces_pct0.22020World Bank MS.MIL.TOTL.TF.ZS
armed_forces_personnel2,000.02020World Bank MS.MIL.TOTL.P1
arrivals1,142,000.02019World Bank ST.INT.ARVL
atm_per_100k13.82024World Bank FB.ATM.TOTL.P5
bachelors_attainment_pct3.92018World Bank SE.TER.CUAT.BA.ZS
bank_branches_p53.52024World Bank FB.CBK.BRCH.P5
bank_capital_ratio_pct11.22024World Bank FB.BNK.CAPA.ZS
bank_capital_to_assets_pct11.22024World Bank FB.BNK.CAPA.ZS
basic_water_pct78.12024World Bank
B-READY business entry (0-100)75.22025World Bank Business Ready (B-READY) 2025, keyless public dataset
B-READY business insolvency (0-100)18.62025World Bank Business Ready (B-READY) 2025, keyless public dataset
B-READY business location (0-100)50.22025World Bank Business Ready (B-READY) 2025, keyless public dataset
B-READY dispute resolution (0-100)44.12025World Bank Business Ready (B-READY) 2025, keyless public dataset
B-READY financial services (0-100)64.82025World Bank Business Ready (B-READY) 2025, keyless public dataset
B-READY international trade (0-100)47.22025World Bank Business Ready (B-READY) 2025, keyless public dataset
B-READY labour (0-100)54.42025World Bank Business Ready (B-READY) 2025, keyless public dataset
B-READY market competition (0-100)27.82025World Bank Business Ready (B-READY) 2025, keyless public dataset
B-READY Pillar 3 operational efficiency (0-100)54.22025World Bank Business Ready (B-READY) 2025, keyless public dataset
B-READY Pillar 2 public services (0-100)39.32025World Bank Business Ready (B-READY) 2025, keyless public dataset
B-READY Pillar 1 regulatory framework (0-100)55.62025World Bank Business Ready (B-READY) 2025, keyless public dataset
B-READY taxation (0-100)48.22025World Bank Business Ready (B-READY) 2025, keyless public dataset
B-READY utility services (0-100)66.12025World Bank Business Ready (B-READY) 2025, keyless public dataset
broad_money_growth17.12020World Bank FM.LBL.BMNY.ZG
broad_money_pct42.32020World Bank FM.LBL.BMNY.GD.ZS
broad_money_pct_gdp42.32020World Bank FM.LBL.BMNY.GD.ZS
budget_debt_pct_gdp3.02020World Bank
budget_expense_pct_gdp40.22022World Bank
central_gov_debt_pct_gdp3.02020World Bank GC.DOD.TOTL.GD.ZS
cereal_tonnes67,526.92024World Bank AG.PRD.CREL.MT
che_gdp_pct12.62023WHO Global Health Observatory GHED_CHEGDP_SHA2011
che_per_capita_usd122.62023WHO Global Health Observatory GHED_CHE_pc_US_SHA2011
child_stunting_pct35.62024World Bank World Development Indicators (2026)
claims_on_central_gov-18.22024World Bank FS.AST.CGOV.GD.ZS
clean_fuels_cooking58.02024World Bank EG.CFT.ACCS.ZS
Clinical trials involving this country (ClinicalTrials.gov)42.02026ClinicalTrials.gov v2 (country from trial locations)
cpi221.02025World Bank FP.CPI.TOTL
CPIA business-regulatory rating (1-6, World Bank)3.52025World Bank IQ.CPA.BREG.XQ
CPIA financial-sector rating (1-6)2.52025World Bank IQ.CPA.FINQ.XQ
CPIA public-sector management rating (1-6)2.92025World Bank IQ.CPA.PUBS.XQ
CPIA trade rating (1-6)4.02025World Bank IQ.CPA.TRAD.XQ
crime_unodc_cts_assault7,332.02009https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/statistics/crime/CTS12_Assault.xls
crime_unodc_cts_assault_rate341.22009https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/statistics/crime/CTS12_Assault.xls
crime_unodc_cts_burglary_cts_2011_burglary4,690.02009https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/statistics/crime/CTS12_Burglary.xls
crime_unodc_cts_burglary_cts_2011_burglary_rate218.22009https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/statistics/crime/CTS12_Burglary.xls
crime_unodc_cts_drug_crimes_data_drug_possession_use312.02008https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/statistics/crime/Drug_related_crimes.xls
crime_unodc_cts_drug_crimes_data_drug_possession_use_rate15.22008https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/statistics/crime/Drug_related_crimes.xls
crime_unodc_cts_drug_crimes_data_drug_trafficking312.02008https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/statistics/crime/Drug_related_crimes.xls
crime_unodc_cts_drug_crimes_data_drug_trafficking_rate15.22008https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/statistics/crime/Drug_related_crimes.xls
crime_unodc_cts_drug_crimes_data_total_drug_related_crime312.02008https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/statistics/crime/Drug_related_crimes.xls
crime_unodc_cts_drug_crimes_data_total_drug_related_crime_rate15.22008https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/statistics/crime/Drug_related_crimes.xls
crime_unodc_cts_kidnapping62.02009https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/statistics/crime/CTS12_Kidnapping.xls
crime_unodc_cts_kidnapping_rate2.92009https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/statistics/crime/CTS12_Kidnapping.xls
crime_unodc_cts_robbery1,270.02009https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/statistics/crime/CTS12_Robbery.xls
crime_unodc_cts_robbery_rate59.12009https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/statistics/crime/CTS12_Robbery.xls
crime_unodc_cts_sexual_violence_cts_2011_rape1,777.02009https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/statistics/crime/CTS12_Sexual_violence.xls
crime_unodc_cts_sexual_violence_cts_2011_rape_rate82.72009https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/statistics/crime/CTS12_Sexual_violence.xls
crime_unodc_cts_theft4,497.02009https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/statistics/crime/CTS12_Theft.xls
crime_unodc_cts_theft_rate209.22009https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/statistics/crime/CTS12_Theft.xls
crime_unodc_intentional_homicide_victims41.22015https://data.humdata.org/dataset/dcfea0b9-3f1d-47d8-b118-5207bc6149b5/resource/da23d592-5bc9-4068-aaaf-844cf914faca/download/homicide_report_total_and_sex.xlsx
crop_production_idx98.22024World Bank AG.PRD.CROP.XD
cts_assault_count7,332.02009UNODC Crime Trends Survey (CTS) member-state responses, data.unodc.org bulk download (keyless)
cts_assault_rate370.12009UNODC Crime Trends Survey (CTS) member-state responses, data.unodc.org bulk download (keyless)
cts_homicide_count519.02024UNODC Crime Trends Survey (CTS) member-state responses, data.unodc.org bulk download (keyless)
cts_homicide_rate22.22024UNODC Crime Trends Survey (CTS) member-state responses, data.unodc.org bulk download (keyless)
cts_robbery_count1,270.02009UNODC Crime Trends Survey (CTS) member-state responses, data.unodc.org bulk download (keyless)
cts_robbery_rate64.12009UNODC Crime Trends Survey (CTS) member-state responses, data.unodc.org bulk download (keyless)
cts_sexual_violence_count1,777.02009UNODC Crime Trends Survey (CTS) member-state responses, data.unodc.org bulk download (keyless)
cts_sexual_violence_rate89.72009UNODC Crime Trends Survey (CTS) member-state responses, data.unodc.org bulk download (keyless)
Ease of doing business rank (archived DB2020)122.02020World Bank Doing Business archive (DB2020 revised, project discontinued 2021)
Ease of doing business score (archived DB2020)59.42020World Bank Doing Business archive (DB2020 revised, project discontinued 2021)
defense_spend_usd39,909,364.92025World Bank MS.MIL.XPND.CD
dentists_per_10k34.02024WHO Global Health Observatory HWF_0006
deposit_rate2.52024World Bank FR.INR.DPST
deposit_rate_pct2.52024World Bank FR.INR.DPST
Emigrants living abroad (UN DESA 2020)112,597.02020UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2020 (bulk xlsx)
showing 80 of 52,358 measured series — full list: CSV · JSON

Language

English canonical body. 273 name labels held (Wikidata). Missing languages are absent, not machine-translated.

Lane coverage

Measured, not promised
lanestatus what exists
patents · serviceYELLOW · partialstale data (2019) 2026-10-29 audit: demoted green->yellow (SERIES_ONLY). 0 of 1 patent-document corpus (0%); only patent-count series present. Missing: full national patent-office document corpus. source
legal · serviceYELLOW · partial1 primary-law documents, 0 with full text mirrored (newest 2025); corpus covers this jurisdiction's official texts, not every instrument ever made source
alerts · serviceGREEN · ingested0 alerts in current GDACS/USGS window (measured, not an all-clear). | 2026-10-29 audit: VERIFIED COMPLETE — full current GDACS (125) + USGS (284) window (409 alert rows) with per-record metadata. Kept green. source
defense · serviceGREEN · ingestedmilitary expenditure (% of GDP), SIPRI series via World Bank; not procurement, capabilities or intent source
space · serviceYELLOW · partialno orbital launch site in this country in the GCAT launch log (1942-2026) source
maps · serviceGREEN · ingestedNatural Earth 1:10m boundary + centroid + bbox area computed (5.1 deg2); no cadastre, address data or navigation map. GADM L0 fallback: ok (gadm41_LSO_0.json). | 2026-10-29 audit: VERIFIED COMPLETE — Natural Earth 1:10m boundary + GADM L0 fallback for every mapped country; complete geodata record set. Kept green. source
passport · serviceGLOBAL · service livepass.go-v.org is live; per-country identity documents are NOT ingested source
research · serviceGREEN · ingested1,264 scholarly works since 2021 with authoring institutions here (OpenAlex); a publication index, not a quality ranking source
economy · serviceGREEN · ingestedGDP per capita, current US$ (World Bank); not a cost-of-living or inequality measure source
health · serviceGREEN · ingestedlife expectancy at birth, World Bank; not a health system performance rating source
education · serviceYELLOW · partialprimary school enrolment (% gross), World Bank; tertiary data is shown when available source
energy · serviceGREEN · ingestedaccess to electricity (% of population), World Bank source
water · serviceYELLOW · partialat least basic drinking water (% of population), World Bank/WHO; safely managed data shown when available source
connectivity · serviceYELLOW · partialfixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people, World Bank/ITU; internet-user share shown when available source
crimeYELLOW · partialstale data (2021) 2026-10-29 audit: demoted green->yellow (SERIES_ONLY). 0 of 1 text corpus (0%); 56 numeric UNODC/OWID crime series rows only. Missing: full UNODC CTS offence/incident records. source
conflictYELLOW · partial2026-10-29 audit: demoted green->yellow (SERIES_ONLY). 0 of 1 text corpus (0%); 1 numeric series/indicator(s) only. Missing: full UCDP/GDELT event corpus. source
businessYELLOW · partialnewly registered limited-liability companies (World Bank/IC.BUS.NREG); not a company register source
scienceGREEN · ingestedstale data (2023) OpenAlex institutions snapshot 2026-10: 6 institutions, works counted per country; CC0 1.0. source
prisonYELLOW · partial2026-10-29 audit: demoted green->yellow (SERIES_ONLY). 0 of 1 text corpus (0%); 1 numeric series/indicator(s) only. Missing: full World Prison Brief prison corpus. source
interpolYELLOW · partial0 public Interpol Red Notices in the ingested snapshot list a national of this country (measured zero for this snapshot; not an absence of crime). source
armsYELLOW · partial2026-10-29 audit: demoted green->yellow (SERIES_ONLY). 0 of 1 text corpus (0%); 1 numeric series/indicator(s) only. Missing: full UNROCA/SIPRI arms-transfer register records. source
sanctionsGREEN · ingestedOFAC SDN 0 + UN consolidated 0 + EU 0 designation reference(s), snapshot 2026-10-26; counts are list references (text/code attribution), not convictions or proof of activity; 0 is a measured zero against these three ingested lists | 2026-10-29 audit: VERIFIED COMPLETE — full OFAC SDN (19,471), UN consolidated (1,001) and EU (11,154) designation lists with per-record metadata (snapshot 2026-10-26). Kept green. source
agricultureGREEN · ingestedagricultural land (% of land area), World Bank/FAO source
foodYELLOW · partial2026-10-29 audit: demoted green->yellow (SERIES_ONLY). 0 of 1 text corpus (0%); 1 numeric series/indicator(s) only. Missing: full FAOSTAT food-balance corpus. source
laborYELLOW · partialunemployment (% of labour force), ILO modelled estimate via World Bank source
financeYELLOW · partialaccount ownership (% age 15+), World Bank Findex source
environmentGREEN · ingestedforest area (% of land area), World Bank/FAO source
tradeGREEN · ingestedtrade (% of GDP), World Bank source
migrationYELLOW · partialnet migration (5-year estimate), World Bank/UN source
tourismYELLOW · partial2026-10-29 audit: demoted green->yellow (SERIES_ONLY). 0 of 1 text corpus (0%); 7 numeric series/indicator(s) only. Missing: full UNWTO tourism corpus. source
housingYELLOW · partialurban population (% of total), World Bank; not a housing-cost or tenure measure source
transportYELLOW · partial2026-10-29 audit: demoted green->yellow (SERIES_ONLY). 0 of 1 text corpus (0%); 4 numeric series/indicator(s) only. Missing: full transport-network corpus. source
investmentYELLOW · partial2026-10-29 audit: demoted green->yellow (SERIES_ONLY). 0 of 1 text corpus (0%); 1 numeric series/indicator(s) only. Missing: full FDI/investment corpus. source
remittancesYELLOW · partial2026-10-29 audit: demoted green->yellow (SERIES_ONLY). 0 of 1 text corpus (0%); 1 numeric series/indicator(s) only. Missing: full WB/IMF remittance corpus. source
health_financeYELLOW · partialstale data (2023) 2026-10-29 audit: demoted green->yellow (SERIES_ONLY). 0 of 1 text corpus (0%); 1 numeric series/indicator(s) only. Missing: full WHO GHED health-finance corpus. source
budgetYELLOW · partialstale data (2022) 2026-10-29 audit: demoted green->yellow (SERIES_ONLY). 0 of 1 text corpus (0%); 1 numeric series/indicator(s) only. Missing: full national budget/tender corpus. source
treatyYELLOW · partial2026-10-29 audit: demoted green->yellow (SERIES_ONLY). 0 of 1 text corpus (0%); 1 numeric series/indicator(s) only. Missing: full UNTC treaty-text corpus. source

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Backlinks

Department pages with measured records for Lesotho:

patents legal alerts defense space maps research economy health education energy water connectivity crime conflict business science prison interpol arms sanctions agriculture food labor finance environment trade migration tourism housing transport investment remittances health_finance budget treaty

patents recipes legal alerts defense space passport research

estate.json .well-known alias

Cite this page

Lesotho (LS). go-v.org estate, https://estate.116.202.234.183.nip.io/ls. Data: World Bank Open Data, OpenAlex, WIPO, Natural Earth, OpenStreetMap. Accessed 2026-11-08.