Lesotho-2021

Year
2021
Population
2281454
Population, Rural
70.52
Population, Female
50.66
Working age population
61.69
Working age population, Male
700511
Working age population, Female
707000
Age dependency ratio
62.09
Employment in Agriculture
29.96
GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$)
950.21
Real GDP growth (inflation-adjusted)
1.85
GDP at current market prices
2394.99
Inflation rate
6.1
Growth in broad money supply
1.84
External debt outstanding (% of GDP)
41.12
Fiscal balance (% of GDP)
-5.42
Access to electricity
50.4
Access to electricity, Urban
80.6
Access to electricity, Rural
37.7
Mobile phone ownership
36.4
ATMs per 100,000 adults
13.50
ATMs
203
Handset affordability
37.98
Mobile connectivity index
46.39
Network coverage
82.78
Mobile Data Affordability
21.34
Financial inclusion rate
91
Financial inclusion rate, Female
93
Financial inclusion rate, Male
89
Financial inclusion rate, Rural
88
Financial inclusion rate, Urban
96
Financial exclusion rate
9
Banked
39
Other formal (non-bank)
48
Informal only
4
Mobile money prevalence
Very high
Volume of mobile money transactions per 1000 adults
48359.71
Value of mobile money transactions (% of GDP)
38.68
Mobile money regulatory index
91.83
Digital ID
Yes
Innovation Facilitators
No
Data Protection
Yes
Cybersecurity regulation
Yes
Legislation on equity crowdfunding
No
Consumer price index (2010 = 100)
174
Population ages 15 and above, female
766 814
Population ages 15 and above, male
736 696
Population ages 15 and above, total
1 503 510
Population, female (primary + secondary)
367536
Population, male
1 125 698
Population, male (primary + secondary)
364293
Population, youth (15-24)
446097
Urban population
672 573