Lesotho-2019

Year
2019
Population
2225702
Population, Rural
71.42
Population, Female
50.67
Working age population
61.42
Working age population, Male
679906
Working age population, Female
687057
Age dependency ratio
62.82
Employment in Agriculture
29.83
GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$)
1033.37
Real GDP growth (inflation-adjusted)
-1.42
GDP at current market prices
2335.99
Inflation rate
5.21
Growth in broad money supply
2.32
External debt outstanding (% of GDP)
37.53
Fiscal balance (% of GDP)
-5.36
Unemployment rate
22.4
Remittances (% of GDP)
22.98
Adequacy of Digital skills in population
3.49
Access to electricity
44.6
Access to electricity, Urban
74.4
Access to electricity, Rural
32.6
Renewable energy share in the total final energy consumption
39.47
Mobile phone ownership
34.93
ATMs per 100,000 adults
13.77
ATMs
201
Handset affordability
35.5
Mobile connectivity index
46.44
Network coverage
92.65
Mobile Data Affordability
18.81
Volume of mobile money transactions per 1000 adults
39882.5
Value of mobile money transactions (% of GDP)
30.28
Mobile money regulatory index
91.83
Number of SMEs
1334
Number of SMEs, Female
28.90%
Number of micro enterprises
6492
Number of micro enterprises, Female
32.20%
MSME Finance Gap
165869803
SME Finance Gap
92224832
SME Finance Gap, Female
21484367
Microenterprises Finance Gap
73644971
Microenterprises Finance Gap, Female
14836331
Fully credit constrained SMEs
11.70%
Fully credit constrained micro enterprises
5.60%
Informal MSMEs
28.80%
Broad money (current LCU)
12 195 220 748
Consumer price index (2010 = 100)
156
Population ages 15 and above, female
744 618
Population ages 15 and above, male
715 537
Population ages 15 and above, total
1 460 156
Population, female (primary + secondary)
360487
Population, male
1 097 956
Population, male (primary + secondary)
357072
Population, youth (15-24)
444190
Urban population
636 217
Unemployment rate, Youth
35.5