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Market Research in Lesotho – Fast Facts

  • Population: 2.13 million [142]* (20)**
  • GDP: $ 3.06 billion [168] (35)
  • GDP – Real Growth Rate: 4.8%
  • Inflation:8%
  • Internet Users: 70 000 [154] (30)
  • Telephones / Mobile-Cellular: 456,000 [149] (39)
  • Illiteracy: 13.5%
  • Education Expenditure: 13% of GDP [2] (1)
  • Unemployment Rate: 45 % [186] (21)
  • Languages: Sesotho (southern Sotho), English (official), Zulu, Xhosa
  • Religion: Christianity

*[World ranking]
**(Africa ranking)

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