* Data from the 2021 triennial review
Lesotho Snapshot in PDF
LDC status
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Inclusion: 1971 |
Reports and resolutions
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Inclusion |
CDP report: 1971 | |
GA resolution: A/RES/2768(XXVI) |
Gross national income (GNI) per capita*
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Value: |
$ 1,295 |
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Thresholds |
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Inclusion: | $ 1,018 | |||||
Graduation: | $ 1,222 | |||||
Income-only graduation: | $ 2,444 |
Human assets index (HAI)*
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Index: |
62.6 |
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Thresholds |
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Inclusion: | 60 or below | |||||
Graduation: | 66 or above |
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HAI indicators |
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Under-five mortality rate |
Gross secondary school enrolment ratio |
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Value: | 86.4 | ![]() |
Value: | 62.0 | |
Index: | 53.7 | Index: | 57.8 | |||
Source: | UN IAG for Child Mortality Estimation | Source: | UNESCO | |||
Prevalence of stunting |
Adult literacy rate |
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Value: | 32.4 | ![]() |
Value: | 76.6 | |
Index: | 40.1 | Index: | 68.8 | |||
Source: | UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Joint Child Malnutrition Estimates | Source: | UNESCO | |||
Maternal Mortality Rate |
Gender parity index for gross secondary school enrolment |
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Value: | 544 | ![]() |
Value: | 1.35 | |
Index: | 54.9 | Index: | 100.0 | |||
Source: | UN IAG for Maternal Mortality | Source: | UNESCO |
Economic and environmental vulnerability index (EVI)*
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Index: |
43.4 |
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Thresholds |
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Inclusion: | 36 or above | |||||
Graduation: | 32 or below |
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EVI indicators |
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Share of agriculture, forestry and fishing in GDP |
Share of population in low elevated coastal zones |
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Value: | 5.3 | ![]() |
Value: | 0.0 | |
Index: | 7.4 | Index: | 0.0 | |||
Source: | UN/DESA, Statistics Division | Source: | CIESIN | |||
Remoteness and landlockedness |
Share of population living in drylands |
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Value: | 89.2 | ![]() |
Value: | 72.1 | |
Index: | 98.9 | Index: | 72.1 | |||
Source: | CDP | Source: | CDP | |||
Merchandise export concentration |
Instability of agricultural production |
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Value: | 0.31 | ![]() |
Value: | 5.9 | |
Index: | 25.0 | Index: | 23.7 | |||
Source: | UNCTAD | Source: | FAO | |||
Instability of exports of goods and services |
Victims of disasters |
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Value: | 11.9 | ![]() |
Value: | 7.65 | |
Index: | 23.7 | Index: | 96.5 | |||
Source: | UN/DESA, Statistics Division | Source: | EM-DAT |