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Bureau of Statistics is Government department under the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning mandated to set up a system for national official statistics on economic, social, demographic, including human resources, and environmental areas in relation to the development needs of Lesotho; and official statistics for purposes of economic and social planning, research, public information and international cooperation, and for related matter.
Total Population (Census 2016): 2,007,201     Inflation rate (September 2025): 4.7%     Unemployment rate (LFS 2024): 30.1%     Real GDP (2023): 20,735 Million Maloti     Q1 2025 GDP Growth Rate (Year on Year): -0.6%


SELECTED INDICATORS

Key Indicators
Indicator Name Source Indicator  
  De Jure Population

Census 2016

 2,007,201  
  Inflation rate September 2025 4.7%  
  Unemployment rate LFS 2024 30.1%  
  Infant mortality Census 2016 53.3  
  Child mortality Census 2016 28.4  
  Under-Five mortality Census 2016 80.2  
  Maternal mortality Census 2016 618  
  Total Fertility Rate (TFR) Census 2016 3.2  
  Life Expectancy at birth (Females) Census 2016 59.6  
  Life Expectancy at birth (Males) Census 2016 51.7  
  GDP growth rate QGDP 1st Quarter 2025 - 0.6%  
  GDP at current prices QGDP 1st Quarter 2025 M 10 111m  
  GDP at constant prices (Real GDP) QGDP 1st Quarter 2025 M 5 270m  
  GDP growth rate 2023 Annual National Accounts 1.8%  
  GNI Per Capita current prices 2023 Annual National Accounts M 22 597  
  GNI Per Capita constant prices 2023 Annual National Accounts M 13 547  
  Food Poverty Line 2017/18 Poverty Trends M 352.39  
  Poverty Line 2017/18 Poverty Trends M 648.88  
  Poverty rate 2017/18 Poverty Trends 49.7%  
  Poverty Gap 2017/18 Poverty Trends 21.9%  

 


 

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