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Lesotho

Region Sub-Saharan AfricaIncome Lower middle incomeCapital MaseruISO3 LSO
Human development
0.55
HDI, 0–1 scale
GDP per capita
2,721PPP $
2021 international $
Life expectancy
57.8yrs
At birth
Governance
48.9/100
Avg. of six WGI

Governance

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Control of Corruption

Economy

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GDP

Health

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Life expectancy

Education

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Secondary enrollment

Demography

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Population

Climate

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Electricity access

Risk

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Deaths in armed conflicts

Society

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Gini index

agriculture

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< 1 ha

No time series available

energy

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12.c.1 - Fossil-fuel subsidies (consumption and production) as a proportion of total GDP (%) - ER_FFS_CMPT_GDP

environment

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17.7.1 - Amount of tracked imported Environmentally Sound Technologies (current United States dollars) - DC_ENVTECH_IMP

other

Actual Progress

technology

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10 Mbits/s and over

trade

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Agricultural raw materials exports (% of merchandise exports)