Lesotho

  • King:Letsie III
  • Prime Minister:Sam Matekane
  • Capital city:Maseru
  • Languages:Sesotho (official) (southern Sotho), English (official), Zulu, Xhosa
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  • National statistics office
  • Population, persons:2,350,397 (2025)
  • Area, sq km:30,360
  • GDP per capita, US$:916 (2023)
  • GDP, billion current US$:2.1 (2023)
  • GINI index:44.9 (2017)
  • Ease of Doing Business rank:122
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    • November 2024
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      Data cited at:  Knowledge4All, United Nations Development Program & Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Foundation.
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    • June 2025
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      The primary World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially-recognized international sources. It presents the most current and accurate global development data available, and includes national, regional and global estimates