Lesotho

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Key Indicators
Income Group Lower middle income
Regional Group Africa
Population (Total) 2,305,826
GDP per capita, PPP (current international $) 3,028

Performance Overview

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LSO

Country

Lesotho

Score

26.74

Rank

128

Technology

19.38

People

17.63

Governance

42.57

Impact

27.38

Pillar: Technology Score: 19.38 Rank: 126
SCORERANK

Access

39.86 121

1. Mobile tariffs

19.86 121

2. Handset prices

26.85 114

3. FTTH/building Internet subscriptions

7.62 110

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

98.31 93

5. International Internet bandwidth

46.67 132

6. Internet access in schools

n/a

Content

0.41 131

1. GitHub commits

0.53 121

2. Internet domain registrations

0.34 113

3. Mobile apps development

n/a

4. AI scientific publications

0.37 119

Future technologies

17.88 119

1. Adoption of emerging technologies

0.00 127

2. Investment in emerging technologies

35.75 79

3. Robot density

n/a

4. Computer software spending

n/a
Pillar: People Score: 17.63 Rank: 129
SCORERANK

Individuals

21.24 118

1. Active Mobile Broadband Subscriptions Count

0.15 120

2. ICT skills in the education system

8.92 105

3. Use of virtual social networks

17.99 107

4. Tertiary enrollment

5.04 112

5. Adult literacy rate

74.09 80

6. AI talent concentration

n/a

Businesses

22.17 124

1. Firms with website

6.24 111

2. GERD financed by business enterprise

0.97 94

3. Knowledge intensive employment

15.32 99

4. Annual investment in telecommunication services

66.15 118

5. GERD performed by business enterprise

n/a

Governments

9.49 132

1. Government online services

27.67 123

2. Publication and use of open data

n/a

3. Government promotion of investment in emerging tech

0.05 125

4. R&D expenditure by governments and higher education

0.74 112
Pillar: Governance Score: 42.57 Rank: 103
SCORERANK

Trust

23.11 111

1. Secure internet servers

33.47 110

2. Cybersecurity

7.48 129

3. Online access to financial account

30.94 60

4. Internet shopping

20.57 68

Regulation

42.90 119

1. Regulatory quality

32.95 112

2. ICT regulatory environment

66.82 102

3. Regulation of emerging technologies

10.39 109

4. E-commerce legislation

33.33 121

5. Privacy protection by law content

70.98 53

Inclusion

61.72 67

1. E-Participation

29.07 104

2. Socioeconomic gap in use of digital payments

80.15 58

3. Availability of local online content

26.44 118

4. Gender gap in Internet use

100.001

5. Rural gap in uses of digital payments

72.92 38
Pillar: Impact Score: 27.38 Rank: 132
SCORERANK

Economy

8.86 133

1. High-tech and medium-high-tech manufacturing

n/a

2. High-tech exports

0.00 131

3. PCT patent applications

0.00 99

4. Domestic market size

9.16 133

5. Prevalence of gig economy

33.43 88

6. ICT services exports

1.71 119

Quality of life

30.98 131

1. Happiness

21.56 122

2. Freedom to make life choices

56.88 102

3. Income inequality

45.48 96

4. Healthy life expectancy at birth

0.00 133

SDG Contribution

42.31 124

1. SDG 3: Good Health and Well-Being

32.54 114

2. SDG 4: Quality Education

n/a

3. SDG 5: Women's economic opportunity

69.03 93

4. SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy

41.91 124

4. SDDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

25.76 127

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