General information
Lesotho | United States | |
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Region: | Southern Africa | North America |
Area: | 30,360 km² | 9,831,510 km² |
Official language: | Sotho | English |
Government form: | Parliamentary constitutional monarchy | Federal presidential republic |
Independent since: | 1966 n.Chr. | 1776 n.Chr. |
Capital: | Maseru | Washington, D.C. |
Population
Lesotho | United States | |
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Population: | 2,125,000 | 328,240,000 |
Inhabitants/km²: | 70.0 | 33.4 |
Life expectancy males: | Ø 51 years | Ø 76 years |
Life expectancy females: | Ø 57 years | Ø 81 years |
Average age: | Ø 20.7 years | Ø 37.4 years |
Birthrate: | 26.81 ‰ | 11.60 ‰ |
Deathrate: | 14.25 ‰ | 8.60 ‰ |
Migrationrate: | -4.59 ‰ | 3.03 ‰ |
Quality of life
Values from 0 (bad) to 100 (very good)Visit also: Explanations and country ranking on quality of life (in german only)
Lesotho | United States | |
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Political stability: | 35 | 72 |
Civil rights: | 42 | 83 |
Health: | 9 | 74 |
Climate: | 93 | 64 |
Cost of Living: | 52 | 38 |
Popularity: | 23 | 86 |
Economy
Lesotho | United States | |
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Currency: | Lesotho Loti (1 LSL = 100 Lisente) | US Dollar (1 USD =100 Cents) |
Unemployment rate: | 24.7 % | 8.3 % |
Inflation rate: | 5.19 % | 1.81 % |
Commercial taxes and contributions: | 13.60 % | 36.60 % |
Average income: | 1,380 US$ | 65,850 US$ |
Corruption index: | 40 (bad) | 69 (moderate) |
LSO: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Gross domestic product: | 2,376 M US$ | 1.12 M US$ | 21,433,226 M US$ | 65.30 M US$ |
Gross national product: | 2,923 M US$ | 1.38 M US$ | 21,615,818 M US$ | 65.85 M US$ |
Exported goods: | 1,045 M US$ | 0.49 M US$ | 2,528,267 M US$ | 7.70 M US$ |
Imported goods: | 2,203 M US$ | 1.04 M US$ | 3,105,132 M US$ | 9.46 M US$ |
Infrastructure
LSO: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Roadways: | 5,940 km | 2.79 km | 6,586,610 km | 20.07 km |
Airports: | 24 | 0.011 | 13,513 | 0.041 |
Energy balance
LSO: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Energy consumption: | 847.30 m kWh | 398,679.13 kWh | 3,902.00 bn kWh | 11.89 m kWh |
Energy production: | 510.00 m kWh | 239,969.74 kWh | 4,095.00 bn kWh | 12.48 m kWh |
Energy export: | 0.00 kWh | 0.00 kWh | 9.70 bn kWh | 29,536.36 kWh |
Energy imports: | 373.00 m kWh | 175,507.28 kWh | 72.72 bn kWh | 221,545.53 kWh |
CO2 emissions: | 2.51 m t | 1,181.92 t | 5.01 bn t | 15,251.98 t |
Telecommunication
Lesotho | United States | |
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International dialing: | +266 | +1 |
Internet domain: | .ls | .us |
LSO total | LSO per 1000 inh. | USA total | USA per 1000 inh. | |
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Landlines: | 8,328 | 4 | 107,281,000 | 327 |
Mobile phones: | 2,380,800 | 1120 | 404,577,000 | 1233 |
Internet server: | 11,030 | 5 | 505,000,000 | 1539 |
Internet users: | 616,328 | 290 | 286,441,830 | 873 |
Healthcare system
Lesotho | United States | |
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Hospital beds per 1000 pop.: | 1.30 | 2.90 |
Physicians per 1000 inh.: | 0.07 | 2.59 |
Diabetes: | 4.5 % | 10.8 % |
HIV: | 11.35 % | 0.22 % |
Tuberculosis: | 6.5 % | 0.0 % |
Tuberculosis cure rate: | 77.0 % | 79.0 % |
Smokers: | 29.7 % | 25.1 % |
Climate
Detailed info for: Lesotho and United StatesLesotho | United States | |
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Daytime temperatures: | 22.5 °C | 18.8 °C |
Nighttime temperatures: | 7.7 °C | 7.3 °C |
Rel. humidity: | 56 % | 67 % |
Rain days: | 5.8 | 7.1 |
Sunshine hours per day: | 8.8 | 7.2 |
Native languages
Lesotho | United States | |
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Sotho: | 85.0 % | n/a |
English: | n/a | 82.1 % |
Zulu: | 15.0 % | n/a |
Spanish: | n/a | 10.7 % |
Chinese: | n/a | 0.9 % |
French: | n/a | 0.7 % |
German: | n/a | 0.6 % |
Italian: | n/a | 0.6 % |
Tagalog: | n/a | 0.4 % |
Korean: | n/a | 0.3 % |
Polish: | n/a | 0.3 % |
Vietnamese: | n/a | 0.2 % |
Japanese: | n/a | 0.2 % |
Portuguese: | n/a | 0.2 % |
Russian: | n/a | 0.2 % |
other: | 0.0 % | 2.6 % |
Religions
Lesotho | United States | |
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Christianity: | 80.0 % | 78.5 % |
Native religions: | 20.0 % | n/a |
Jewry: | n/a | 1.8 % |
Sikhism: | n/a | 1.6 % |
Islam: | n/a | 1.1 % |
Hinduism: | n/a | 1.0 % |
Buddhism: | n/a | 0.7 % |
other: | 0.0 % | 15.3 % |