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Lesotho
Kingdom of Lesotho
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Population
2.12M
Capital
Maseru
Area
30,355 km²
Currency
LSL
Lesotho loti
Statistics
Latest values from the World Bank. Click any metric for the full trend.
GDP (current US$)
$2.27B
as of 2024
GDP per capita
$972
as of 2024
Population
2.34M
as of 2024
Population growth (annual %)
1.1%
as of 2024
Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)
6.1%
as of 2024
Unemployment (% of labor force)
16.3%
as of 2024
Internet users (% of population)
51.8%
as of 2024
Life expectancy at birth
57.80
as of 2024
Healthcare spending (% of GDP)
12.6%
as of 2023
Education spending (% of GDP)
6.6%
as of 2024
Urban population (% of total)
43.7%
as of 2024
Fertility rate
2.66
as of 2024
CO₂ emissions per capita
—
no data
Trade (% of GDP)
141.5%
as of 2023
Land area (km²)
30,360
as of 2023
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About Lesotho
- Languages
- English, Sotho
- Currencies
- Lesotho loti (LSL), South African rand (ZAR)
- Timezones
- UTC+02:00
- Demonym
- Mosotho
- UN member
- Yes
- Independent
- Yes
- ISO codes
- LS · LSO
- Map
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