Lesotho – Network Readiness Index

Performance Overview

GDP (PPP) per capita

IS03

LSO

Country

Lesotho

Score

27.72

Rank

121

Technology

22.60

People

20.07

Governance

35.40

Impact

32.82

1. Mobile tariffs	28.71	120
2. Handset prices	19.06	119
3. Households with internet acccess	30.23	95
4. 4G mobile network coverage (% of population)	75.00	84
5. Fixed-broadband subscriptions, 10Mbit/s or above (% of total subscriptions)	20.17	93
6. International internet bandwidth, kb/s per Internet user	54.05	118
7. Proportion of primary schools with access to Internet for pedagogical purpose	n/a	n/a

1. GitHub commits	0.05	127
2. Wikipedia edits	n/a	n/a
3. Internet domain registrations*	-	-
4. Mobile apps development	35.62	113

1. Availability of latest technologies	0.00	128
2. Company investment in emerging technology	35.86	79
3. ICT PCT patent applications per million population	n/a	n/a
4. Total computer software spending (% of GDP)	n/a	n/a
5. Robot density	n/a	n/a

1. Medium and high-tech industry	n/a	n/a
2. High-tech exports	0.40	124
3. PCT patent applications	n/a	n/a
4. Labour productivity per employee	n/a	n/a
5. Prevalence of gig economy	35.11	87

1. Happiness	16.09	128
2. Freedom to make life choices	58.05	104
3. Income inequality	46.65	103
4. Healthy life expectancy at birth	0.00	133

1. SDG 3: Good Health and Well-Being	32.79	109
2. SDG 4: Quality Education	n/a	n/a
3. SDG 5: Gender Equality	93.99	5
4. SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy	38.37	127
5. SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities	36.85	110

1. Internet users	27.16	108
2. Active mobile-broadband subscriptions	22.36	89
3. Use of virtual social networks	18.56	108
5. Tertiary enrolment	6.90	106
5. Adult literacy rate	69.95	85
6. ICT skills	30.82	114

1. Firms with website	6.27	123
2. Ease of doing business	51.64	102
3. Professionals	2.00	123
4. Technicians and associate professionals	17.39	98
5. Business use of digital tools	18.00	124
6. R&D expenditure by businesses	n/a	n/a

1. Government online services	33.33	120
2. Publication and use of open data	n/a	n/a
3. Government promotion of investment in emerging technologies	0.08	126
4. R&D expenditure by governments and higher education	2.17	109

1. Secure Internet servers	33.11	109
2. Cybersecurity	4.66	129
3. Online access to financial account	30.94	61
4. Internet shopping	2.59	114

1. Regulatory quality	40.48	103
2. ICT regulatory environment	65.83	107
3. Legal framework's adaptability to emerging technologies	0.00	127
4. E-commerce legislation	50.00	115
5. Privacy protection by law content	67.41	43

1. E-Participation	32.10	117
2. Socioeconomic gap in use of digital payments	43.06	101
3. Availability of local online content	26.44	119
4. Gender gap in internet use	n/a	n/a
5. Rural gap in use of digital payments	72.92	46

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