Lesotho's hdi rose from 0.5 in 1994 to 0.6 in 2023.
Lesotho · Quality of life
Human development, happiness, safety, access and environment.
14 indicators · 13 with data
Lesotho's life satisfaction fell from 4.9 in 2012 to 4.4 in 2025.
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- Life expectancyup +0.4 yrs213th of 217
- Healthy life expectancy at birthdown −0.5 yrs185th of 185
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- Gini indexdown −12.3 %71st of 78*
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- Air pollution (PM2.5)down −14.0 %143rd of 200
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- Homicide ratedown −16.5 %144th of 152*
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- Safe drinking waterup +1.0 pts124th of 148
- Access to electricity (% of population)up +3.3 pts187th of 215
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- Internet usersup +2.8 pts144th of 182
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- Expected years of schoolingunchanged +0.0 yrs158th of 195
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- Unemploymentdown −0.0 pts173rd of 185
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- Women in parliamentunchanged +0.0 pts98th of 184
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These indicators exist in the registry but no source reports a value for Lesotho.
- Housing cost overburden rateNo data