GDP - per capita (PPP):
$2,200 (2013 est.)
GDP - composition, by end use:
household consumption: 86%
government consumption: 39.4%
investment in fixed capital: 33.7%
investment in inventories: 1.2%
exports of goods and services: 47.9%
imports of goods and services: -108.2%
(2013 est.)
Women as % of Nonfarm Wage Earners: 51%
Women as % of Parliament: 27%
CO2 Emissions Per Capita (metric tons): 0.0
Deaths Due to Non-Communicable Diseases: 29%
Births Attended by Skill Health Personnel (%): 55%
CPIA Gender Equality: 4
Big Mac Index: N/A
Cash Surplus/Deficit (% of GDP): 5.05%
Human Development Index: 0.497
Technology Index: N/A
Average Years of School for Adults: 4.2
Education Spending: 10.4%
Pupil-Teacher Ratio: 41.59
Teachers as % of Labor Force: N/A
Expenditure Per Capita: $49.4
Hospital Beds Per 1,000: 1.63 per 1,000
Physicians Per 1,000: 0.05 per 1,000
Televisions (total number): 54,000
Per Capita Televisions: 41.5
% of GDP as Industry: 34.5%
Total Labor Force: 874,000
% of Labor Force in Industry: 14%
Unemployment Rate: 25%
Public Debt % of GDP: $647 million (33% of
Industries:
food, beverages, textiles, apparel assembly, handicrafts, construction, tourism
Industrial production growth rate:
4.3% (2013 est.)
Labor force:
874,200 (2013 est.)
Unemployment rate:
25% (2008 est.)
Public debt:
NA
Current account balance:
-$518.4 million (2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 102-$587.4 million (2012 est.)
Exports:
$941.2 million (2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 161$972.4 million (2012 est.)
Exports - commodities:
manufactures (clothing, footwear), wool and mohair, food and live animals, electricity, water, diamonds
Imports:
$2.148 billion (2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 163$2.239 billion (2012 est.)
Imports - commodities:
food; building materials, vehicles, machinery, medicines, petroleum products
Electricity - production:
200 million kWh (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 183
Electricity - consumption:
307 million kWh (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 174
Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 95
Electricity - imports:
247 million kWh (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 83
Electricity - installed generating capacity:
76,000 kW (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 179
Electricity - from fossil fuels:
0% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 210
Electricity - from nuclear fuels:
0% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 127
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants:
100% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 1
Electricity - from other renewable sources:
0% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 194
Refined petroleum products - production:
0 bbl/day (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 165
Refined petroleum products - consumption:
1,777 bbl/day (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 191
Refined petroleum products - exports:
0 bbl/day (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 192
Refined petroleum products - imports:
3,711 bbl/day (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 164
Natural gas - production:
0 cu m (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 156
Natural gas - consumption:
0 cu m (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 164
Natural gas - exports:
0 cu m (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 137
Natural gas - imports:
0 cu m (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 88
Natural gas - proved reserves:
0 cu m (1 January 2013 es)
country comparison to the world: 161
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy:
445,600 Mt (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 181
Telephones - main lines in use:
43,100 (2012)
country comparison to the world: 168
Telephones - mobile cellular:
1.312 million (2012)
country comparison to the world: 153
Telephone system:
general assessment: rudimentary system consisting of a modest number of landlines, a small microwave radio relay system, and a small radiotelephone communication system; mobile-cellular telephone system is expanding
domestic: privatized in 2001, Telecom Lesotho was tasked with providing an additional 50,000 fixed-line connections within five years, a target not met; mobile-cellular service dominates the market and is expanding with a subscribership roughly 65 per 100 persons in 2011; rural services are scant
international: country code - 266; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2011)
Broadcast media:
1 state-owned TV station and 2 state-owned radio stations; government controls most private broadcast media; satellite TV subscription service available; transmissions of multiple international broadcasters obtainable (2008)
Internet country code:
.ls
Internet hosts:
11,030 (2012)
country comparison to the world: 131
Internet users:
76,800 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 168
Airports:
24 (2013)
country comparison to the world: 132
Airports - with paved runways:
total: 3
over 3,047 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 1
under 914 m: 1 (2013)
Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 21
914 to 1,523 m: 5
under 914 m:
16 (2013)
Roadways:
total: 5,940 km
country comparison to the world: 150paved: 1,069 km
unpaved: 4,871 km (2011)
$2,200 (2013 est.)
GDP - composition, by end use:
household consumption: 86%
government consumption: 39.4%
investment in fixed capital: 33.7%
investment in inventories: 1.2%
exports of goods and services: 47.9%
imports of goods and services: -108.2%
(2013 est.)
Women as % of Nonfarm Wage Earners: 51%
Women as % of Parliament: 27%
CO2 Emissions Per Capita (metric tons): 0.0
Deaths Due to Non-Communicable Diseases: 29%
Births Attended by Skill Health Personnel (%): 55%
CPIA Gender Equality: 4
Big Mac Index: N/A
Cash Surplus/Deficit (% of GDP): 5.05%
Human Development Index: 0.497
Technology Index: N/A
Average Years of School for Adults: 4.2
Education Spending: 10.4%
Pupil-Teacher Ratio: 41.59
Teachers as % of Labor Force: N/A
Expenditure Per Capita: $49.4
Hospital Beds Per 1,000: 1.63 per 1,000
Physicians Per 1,000: 0.05 per 1,000
Televisions (total number): 54,000
Per Capita Televisions: 41.5
% of GDP as Industry: 34.5%
Total Labor Force: 874,000
% of Labor Force in Industry: 14%
Unemployment Rate: 25%
Public Debt % of GDP: $647 million (33% of
Industries:
food, beverages, textiles, apparel assembly, handicrafts, construction, tourism
Industrial production growth rate:
4.3% (2013 est.)
Labor force:
874,200 (2013 est.)
Unemployment rate:
25% (2008 est.)
Public debt:
NA
Current account balance:
-$518.4 million (2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 102-$587.4 million (2012 est.)
Exports:
$941.2 million (2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 161$972.4 million (2012 est.)
Exports - commodities:
manufactures (clothing, footwear), wool and mohair, food and live animals, electricity, water, diamonds
Imports:
$2.148 billion (2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 163$2.239 billion (2012 est.)
Imports - commodities:
food; building materials, vehicles, machinery, medicines, petroleum products
Electricity - production:
200 million kWh (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 183
Electricity - consumption:
307 million kWh (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 174
Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 95
Electricity - imports:
247 million kWh (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 83
Electricity - installed generating capacity:
76,000 kW (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 179
Electricity - from fossil fuels:
0% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 210
Electricity - from nuclear fuels:
0% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 127
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants:
100% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 1
Electricity - from other renewable sources:
0% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 194
Refined petroleum products - production:
0 bbl/day (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 165
Refined petroleum products - consumption:
1,777 bbl/day (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 191
Refined petroleum products - exports:
0 bbl/day (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 192
Refined petroleum products - imports:
3,711 bbl/day (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 164
Natural gas - production:
0 cu m (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 156
Natural gas - consumption:
0 cu m (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 164
Natural gas - exports:
0 cu m (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 137
Natural gas - imports:
0 cu m (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 88
Natural gas - proved reserves:
0 cu m (1 January 2013 es)
country comparison to the world: 161
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy:
445,600 Mt (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 181
Telephones - main lines in use:
43,100 (2012)
country comparison to the world: 168
Telephones - mobile cellular:
1.312 million (2012)
country comparison to the world: 153
Telephone system:
general assessment: rudimentary system consisting of a modest number of landlines, a small microwave radio relay system, and a small radiotelephone communication system; mobile-cellular telephone system is expanding
domestic: privatized in 2001, Telecom Lesotho was tasked with providing an additional 50,000 fixed-line connections within five years, a target not met; mobile-cellular service dominates the market and is expanding with a subscribership roughly 65 per 100 persons in 2011; rural services are scant
international: country code - 266; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2011)
Broadcast media:
1 state-owned TV station and 2 state-owned radio stations; government controls most private broadcast media; satellite TV subscription service available; transmissions of multiple international broadcasters obtainable (2008)
Internet country code:
.ls
Internet hosts:
11,030 (2012)
country comparison to the world: 131
Internet users:
76,800 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 168
Airports:
24 (2013)
country comparison to the world: 132
Airports - with paved runways:
total: 3
over 3,047 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 1
under 914 m: 1 (2013)
Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 21
914 to 1,523 m: 5
under 914 m:
16 (2013)
Roadways:
total: 5,940 km
country comparison to the world: 150paved: 1,069 km
unpaved: 4,871 km (2011)