Portulans Institute

Lesotho

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Key Indicators
Income Group Lower middle income
Regional Group Sub-Saharan Africa
Population (Total) 2,337,423
GDP per capita, PPP (current international $) 3,032

Performance Overview

ISO3

LSO

Country

Lesotho

Score

29.83

Rank

117

Input

112

Output

124

Enable

35.11

Attract

43.52

Grow

17.71

Retain

42.01

VT

33.70

GA

6.91

Pillar: Enable Score: 35.11Rank: 116
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Regulatory Landscape

39.57 100

1. Government effectiveness

28.78120

2. Rule of law

40.5894

3. Political stability

58.3580

4. Regulatory quality

33.13100

5. Corruption

37.0077

Market Landscape

28.36 118

1. Extent of market dominance

35.31110

2. Domestic credit to private sector

9.19102

3. Cluster development

34.40127

4. R&D expenditure

0.72112

5. Population covered by at least a 3G mobile network

71.9797

6. Internet access in schools

n/an/a

7. Urbanisation

18.55123

Business & Labour Landscape

37.39 120

1. Labour rights

77.9078

2. Labour-employer cooperation

39.96132

3. Professional management

29.53132

4. Relationship of pay to productivity

35.01121

5. Enterprise software

19.4248

6. Cloud computing

15.0469

7. Firms with website

44.9071
Pillar: Attract Score: 43.52Rank: 100
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External Openness

23.09 114

1. FDI regulatory restrictiveness

1.8897

2. Financial globalisation

72.5741

3. Migrant stock

1.09119

4. International students

1.19105

5. Brain gain

38.7097

6. AI skills migration

n/an/a

Internal Openness

63.96 58

1. Tolerance of minorities

70.2129

2. Tolerance of immigrants

55.3875

3. Social mobility

32.80132

4. Economic empowerment of women

80.6380

5. Gender parity in high-skilled jobs

97.659

6. Leadership opportunities for women

47.08126
Pillar: Grow Score: 17.71Rank: 125
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Formal Education

2.61 127

1. Vocational enrolment

3.26114

2. Tertiary enrolment

5.05113

3. Tertiary education expenditure

2.1490

4. Reading, maths, and science

n/an/a

5. University ranking

0.0079

Lifelong Learning

28.88 100

1. Business masters education

0.0064

2. Prevalence of training in firms

38.7956

3. Employee development

47.84111

Access to Growth Opportunities

21.64 130

1. Delegation of authority

34.04133

2. Youth inclusion

21.82118

3. Use of virtual social networks

24.48112

4. Use of virtual professional networks

6.23107
Pillar: Retain Score: 42.01Rank: 99
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Sustainability

57.98 47

1. Pension coverage

100.001

2. Social protection

47.3765

3. Brain retention

42.0677

4. Environmental performance

36.90110

5. Vulnerable employment

63.5576

6. Protect Against Future Disasters

n/an/a

7. Household Financial Resilience

n/an/a

Lifestyle

26.04 123

1. Personal rights

64.0559

2. Personal safety

3.87131

3. Physician density

6.77104

4. Sanitation

42.99115

5. Employee Wellbeing / Happiness score (life ladder)

12.51125
Pillar: Vocational and Technical Skills (VT) Score: 33.70Rank: 115
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Mid-level Skills

25.72 98

1. Workforce with secondary education

37.0777

2. Population with secondary education

n/an/a

3. Technicians and associate professionals

14.37100

4. Labour productivity per employee

n/an/a

Employability

41.67 127

1. Ease of finding skilled employees

46.83109

2. Relevance of education system to the economy

30.98114

3. Skills matching

59.6969

4. Highly educated unemployment

29.19116
Pillar: Generalist Adaptive Skills (GA) Score: 6.91Rank: 129
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High-level Skills

12.10 123

1. Workforce with tertiary education

5.24119

2. Soft Skills

40.10113

3. Professionals

6.77116

4. Researchers

0.18105

5. Senior officials and managers

8.52103

6. Digital skills

11.8262

7. AI talent concentration

n/an/a

Talent Impact

1.72 133

1. ICT services exports

0.00135

2. Mobile apps development

n/an/a

3. Intellectual property receipts (% of total trade)

2.47106

4. High-value exports

0.06130

5. Software development

1.18111

6. New business density

5.8779

7. Scientific journal articles

0.71110

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