Lesotho, year by year

Every index this site holds for Lesotho, in time order: 12 series across 1990–2025, each value as its source published it. The profile shows the latest snapshot; this is the record behind it.

HDI since 1990

0.479 → 0.521 (+0.042)

UNDP Human Development Report, 2023-24 edition. 33 annual values, none interpolated; hover any point for its year.

Twenty years here

The world report →

Life expectancy at birth43.6 → 57.8 (+14.2)

Internet users3 → 52 (+49)

Urban population23 → 45 (+21)

Births per woman3.43 → 2.66 (-0.77)

Renewable share of energy55 → 35 (-21)

Access to electricity10 → 61 (+51)

Infant mortality79 → 56 (-23)

CO2 emissions per person0.2 → 0.4 (+0.2)

Forest area1 → 1 (0)

World Bank observations, first to last available year per indicator (roughly 2005–2024; each series has its own window).

All indexes, 1990–2025

36 years · 12 series · 3 values marked for checking

Year	HDI0–1	Life expectancy at birthyears	Internet users% of people	Urban population% of people	Births per womanbirths	Renewable share of energy% of energy	Access to electricity% of people	Infant mortalityper 1,000 births	CO2 emissions per persont/year	Forest area% of land	GDP per capitaUS$	GDP per capita, PPPintl $
1990	0.479	59.3	—	—	4.81	52	—	76	0.1	1.1	—	—
1991	0.478	59.1	—	14	4.68	52	—	75	0.1	1.1	—	—
1992	0.476	58.6	—	14	4.54	51	—	75	0.1	1.1	—	—
1993	0.472	58.1	—	15	4.37	51	—	75	0.1	1.1	—	—
1994	0.477	57.3	—	16	4.21	51	—	75	0.1	1.1	—	—
1995	0.473	56.4	—	16	4.13	51	—	75	0.1	1.1	—	—
1996	0.469	55.1	0	17	4.06	51	—	75	0.1	1.1	—	—
1997	0.465	53.7	0	18	3.98	51	—	75	0.1	1.1	—	—
1998	0.464	52.0	0	18	3.82	51	—	74	0.1	1.1	—	—
1999	0.456	50.4	0	19	3.67	57	—	74	0.1	1.1	—	—
2000	0.456	48.8	0	19	3.61	57	4	75	0.2	1.1	—	—
2001	0.452	47.1	0	20	3.63	57	1	76	0.2	1.1	—	—
2002	0.449	46.0	1	20	3.68	56	3	76	0.2	1.1	—	—
2003	0.450	44.9	2	21	3.62	56	5	77	0.2	1.1	—	—
2004	0.448	44.0	2	22	3.51	55	7	78	0.2	1.1	—	—
2005	0.447	43.6	3	23	3.43	55	10	79	0.2	1.1	—	—
2006	0.444	43.2	3	23	3.41	56	10	80	0.2	1.1	925	1813
2007	0.450	43.7	3	24	3.44	55	14	79	0.3	1.1	861	1932
2008	0.453	44.3	4	25	3.39	55	16	84	0.2	1.1	898	2064
2009	0.457	45.1	4	26	3.31	54	17	78	0.3	1.1	879	2036
2010	0.470	46.0	4	27	3.25	53	17	74	0.3	1.1	1119	2153
2011	0.478	46.9	7	29	3.34	42	23	71	0.3	1.1	1281	2279
2012	0.489	48.2	10	30	3.30	41	21	71	0.3	1.1	1218	2291
2013	0.494	49.5	15	31	3.28	46	27	71	0.3	1.1	1151	2538
2014	0.500	50.8	22	33	3.24	43	28	70	0.3	1.1	1174	2771
2015	0.508	51.8	25	34	3.22	46	32	69	0.3	1.1	1121	3035
2016	0.518	52.9	32	36	3.18	45	35	68	0.3	1.1	992	2942
2017	0.522	53.9	39	37	3.11	42	34	68	0.3	1.1	1069	2619
2018	0.525	54.6	41	38	3.02	43	47	65	0.3	1.1	1171	2632
2019	0.528	55.3	42	39	2.92	42	45	64	0.3	1.1	1082	2568
2020	0.530	55.1	44	40	2.85	43	48	62	0.3	1.1	919	2559
2021	0.522	54.2	45	41	2.77	34	50	61	0.3	1.1	1067	2545
2022	0.521	56.8	48	42	2.72	35	50	60	0.4	1.1	1030	2761
2023	—	57.4	49	43	2.69	—	57	58	0.4	1.1	921	2880
2024	—	57.8	52	44	2.66	—	61	56	0.4	—	1023	3071
2025	—	—	—	45	—	—	—	—	—	—	1089	3184
Profile shows	0.521	57.8	52	45	2.66	35	—	—	0.4	1.1	1089	3184

Sources: HDI — UNDP HDR 2023-24; Life expectancy at birth — World Bank SP.DYN.LE00.IN; Internet users — World Bank IT.NET.USER.ZS; Urban population — World Bank SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS; Births per woman — World Bank SP.DYN.TFRT.IN; Renewable share of energy — World Bank EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS; Access to electricity — World Bank EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS; Infant mortality — World Bank SP.DYN.IMRT.IN; CO2 emissions per person — World Bank EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5; Forest area — World Bank AG.LND.FRST.ZS; GDP per capita — World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.CD; GDP per capita, PPP — World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD. Profile snapshot from the site dataset regenerated 2026-09-01. Observed years only; IMF projections are excluded.

A dotted value moved sharply against the previous observed value in its series, which is the usual signature of a series break or a source revision; it is a prompt to check, not a judgement. In the last row, ≠ means the profile’s current figure differs from the latest value here by more than 2%: none do on this page.

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