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Social protection, poverty, gender, and development indicators

Overview

Social protection, poverty, gender, health, and development indicators for Lesotho, sourced from the World Bank, OECD, and the United Nations.

SDG Indicators

Proportion of youth (15-24 years) not in education, employment or training
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UN SDG 8.6.1
Age-standardised prevalence of current tobacco use among persons 15+ years
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UN SDG 3.a.1
Under-five mortality rate
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UN SDG 3.2.1
Renewable energy share in the total final energy consumption
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UN SDG 7.2.1
Proportion of population with access to electricity
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UN SDG 7.1.1
Annual growth rate of real GDP per capita
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UN SDG 8.1.1
Proportion of businesses that had at least one contact with a public official and that paid a bribe or were asked to pay a bribe
7.3%
2023 · UN SDG 16.5.2
Maternal mortality ratio
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UN SDG 3.1.1
Satisfaction with public services
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UN SDG 16.6.2
Mortality rate attributed to cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes or chronic respiratory disease
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UN SDG 3.4.1
Number of deaths, missing persons and directly affected persons attributed to disasters per 100,000 population
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UN SDG 13.1.1
Participation rate in organised learning (one year before official primary entry age)
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UN SDG 4.2.2
Experience of discrimination
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UN SDG 16.b.1
Proportion feeling safe walking alone at night
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UN SDG 16.1.4
Proportion of persons who had at least one contact with a public official and who paid a bribe or were asked to pay a bribe
14.0%
2017 · UN SDG 16.5.1
Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population
19.5%
2016 · UN SDG 16.3.2
Intentional homicide victims per 100,000 population
38.2%
2008 · UN SDG 16.1.1

Data Explorer

Press Freedom Index
21 Score (0-100)
40878 · World Bank
School enrollment, primary, male (% gross)
81.7529054322427
2024 · World Bank
Proportion of women in ministerial level positions (%)
11.7647058823529
2024 · World Bank
Demand for family planning satisfied by any methods (% of married women with demand for family planning)
84.2
2024 · World Bank
Women's share of population ages 15+ living with HIV (%)
62.3883664392524
2024 · World Bank
Ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (% ages 15-24) (modeled ILO estimate)
204.750325171068
2024 · World Bank
Literacy rate, youth male (% of males ages 15-24)
94.3099975585938
2024 · World Bank
Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) (modeled ILO estimate)
36.206
2024 · World Bank
Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) (modeled ILO estimate)
57.883
2024 · World Bank
Educational attainment, at least completed upper secondary, population 25+, total (%) (cumulative)
26.399040222168
2024 · World Bank
Ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (%) (national estimate)
187.909016640151
2024 · World Bank
Educational attainment, at least completed lower secondary, population 25+, total (%) (cumulative)
37.2153015136719
2024 · World Bank
School enrollment, primary, female (% gross)
78.5987944155831
2024 · World Bank
Prevalence of HIV, female (% ages 15-24)
5.7
2024 · World Bank
Time-related underemployment, female (% of employment)
5.565
2024 · World Bank
Literacy rate, adult male (% of males ages 15 and above)
83.1500015258789
2024 · World Bank
Educational attainment, at least completed primary, population 25+, total (%) (cumulative)
64.9572296142578
2024 · World Bank
Time-related underemployment, male (% of employment)
4.545
2024 · World Bank
Labor force, female
388147
2024 · World Bank
Labor force, female (% of total labor force)
43.9000859572928
2024 · World Bank

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Sources: UN SDG Indicators | OECD · Last updated: 2025

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