Lesotho

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Key Indicators
Income Group Lower middle income
Regional Group Africa
Population (Total) 2,337,423
GDP per capita, PPP (current international $) 3,344

Performance Overview

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LSO

Country

Lesotho

Score

27.65

Rank

123

Technology

13.75

People

23.58

Governance

43.99

Impact

29.29

Pillar: Technology Score: 13.75Rank: 128
SCORERANK

Access

25.40 126

1. Mobile tariffs

20.92122

2. Handset prices

36.49109

3. FTTH/building Internet subscriptions

9.11114

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

60.4993

5. International Internet bandwidth

0.00133

6. Internet access in schools

n/an/a

Content

.73 131

1. GitHub commits

0.77116

2. Internet domain registrations

0.34112

3. Mobile apps development

n/an/a

4. AI scientific publications

1.08104

Future technologies

15.12 124

1. Adoption of emerging technologies

1.05109

2. Investment in emerging technologies

35.7576

3. Robot density

n/an/a

4. Computer software spending

8.5695
Pillar: People Score: 23.58Rank: 121
SCORERANK

Individuals

28.73 116

1. Mobile broadband internet traffic within the country

0.24127

2. ICT skills in the education system

22.35114

3. Use of virtual social networks

19.19106

4. Adult literacy rate

73.1479

5. AI talent concentration

n/an/a

Businesses

24.72 112

1. Firms with website

41.3778

2. Number of venture capital deals invested in AI

n/an/a

3. Annual investment in telecommunication services

31.62120

4. Public cloud computing market scale

1.16123

Governments

17.30 124

1. Government online services

27.67122

2. Data Capabilities

n/an/a

3. Government promotion of investment in emerging tech

23.4992

4. R&D expenditure by governments and higher education

0.74111
Pillar: Governance Score: 43.99Rank: 104
SCORERANK

Trust

22.84 112

1. Secure internet servers

33.47109

2. Cybersecurity

9.08127

3. Online access to financial account

28.2583

4. Internet shopping

20.5768

Regulation

47.40 118

1. Regulatory quality

33.58104

2. ICT regulatory environment

66.43102

3. Regulation of emerging technologies

16.43108

4. E-commerce legislation

50.00119

5. Privacy protection by law content

70.5863

Inclusion

61.72 66

1. E-Participation

29.07103

2. Socioeconomic gap in use of digital payments

80.1557

3. Availability of local online content

26.44118

4. Gender gap in Internet use

100.001

5. Rural gap in uses of digital payments

72.9238
Pillar: Impact Score: 29.29Rank: 132
SCORERANK

Economy

15.37 128

1. ICT patent applications

n/an/a

2. Domestic market scale

12.68131

3. Prevalence of gig economy

33.4386

4. ICT services exports

0.00133

Quality of life

26.65 132

1. Happiness

0.00131

2. Freedom to make life choices

56.68110

3. Income inequality

46.53103

4. Healthy life expectancy at birth

0.00131

SDG Contribution

45.85 124

1. SDG 3: Good Health and Well-Being

38.71105

2. SDG 4: Quality Education

n/an/a

3. SDG 5: Women's economic opportunity

73.5083

4. SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy

31.80127

4. SDDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

25.76126

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