Lesotho

General information

Capital: Maseru

Currency unit: Lesotho loti

Official language: Sesotho, English

Area: 30,360 km²

Population in million: 2,108,130.0

GDP per capita (current US dollars): 1,299

GDP per capita, PPP (current international $): 3,219

Labor force participation rate (% of total population ages 15+): 67.0

Annual growth rate of the population: 0.8 %

Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births): 65.7 %

Life expectancy at birth: 52.9 ans

Youth literacy rate Literacy rate, youth total (% of people ages 15-24): 79 %

Gross domestic product (GDP) in billions of US dollars: 2,738,790,000.00

Agriculture value added of GDP: 6.0

Industry value added of GDP: 35.5

Services value added of GDP: 1.4

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Lesotho: 71

Breakdown by component

	Lesotho
Products competitiveness	71
Weighted average index of the Real Internal Exchange Rate (RIER) of the 5 majors exported primary products (except oil and ores) Lesotho: 41	41
Weighted average index of the Real Internal Exchange Rate (RIER) of the 5 majors exported manufactured products Lesotho: 159	159
Weighted average index of the Real Effective Exchange Rate (REER) of the 5 majors exported primary products (except oil and ores) Lesotho: 75	75
Weighted average index of the Real Effective Exchange Rate (REER) of the 5 majors exported manufactured products Lesotho: 57	57