Lesotho

Medium

Ranked #167 of 195 in 2023 · Sub-Saharan Africa

Source: UNDP Human Development Report 2025 composite indices. All figures below come directly from that dataset — nothing here is estimated or AI-generated.

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Human Development Index, 1990–2023

0.550 in 2023, compared against the world and Sub-Saharan Africa average.

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Components

57.4 yrs

Life expectancy

11 yrs

Expected schooling

7.7 yrs

Mean schooling

3,029

GNI per capita

Related indices

Inequality-adjusted HDI

0.357

HDI adjusted downward for inequality in the distribution of health, education, and income within the country — lower than HDI whenever inequality exists.

Gender Development Index

1.006

Ratio of female to male HDI — 1.0 means parity; below 1.0 means women's human development lags men's.

Gender Inequality Index

0.534

Reflects gender-based disadvantage in reproductive health, empowerment, and labour markets — 0 is parity, 1 is total inequality.