Social Development in Lesotho 143 indicators covering social development for Lesotho. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Democracy Index 8 2018 unchanged 52nd Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin 31 2025 down 97.2% 177th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per capita 0 units per person 2025 down 97.5% 167th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 97.4% 135th Political Rights Score 31 2025 up 10.7% 76th Freedom Score 67 2025 unchanged 91st Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum 202 2025 — 126th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita 0.0001 units per person 2025 — 108th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 — 59th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, annual growth rate -36.73 % change on previous year 2025 down 157.3% 132nd Full democracy 0 2025 — 78th States involved in state-based conflicts 0 2025 — 36th Sovereign state 1 2025 unchanged 1st Distribution of Democracy Index 18 2018 unchanged 52nd Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, annual growth rate 5.76 % change on previous year 2025 down 98.7% 60th Equal Rights Protection Index 0.651 2025 down 22.3% 87th Physical Integrity Rights Index 0.839 2025 up 68.5% 74th Political Corruption Index 0.472 2025 down 15.6% 92nd Political Corruption Index vs. Electoral Democracy Index 0.472 2025 down 15.6% 92nd Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 2.19 2024 up 49.6% 78th Number of armed conflicts 0 conflicts 2025 — 34th Number of state-based conflicts 0 conflicts 2025 — 19th Countries where armed conflicts took place 0 2025 — 56th Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per square kilometre 0.0014 units per square kilometre 2023 down 93.9% 173rd Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre 0.012 units per square kilometre 2023 — 96th LGBT+ Rights Index 2.07 2019 up 826.2% 75th Forcibly displaced people 680 2025 up 2,093.6% 151st Terrorist attacks by severity 0 attacks 2021 — 1st Press freedom 1 2016 unchanged 61st Countries with accredited independent national human rights institutions 0 number 2025 — 116th Age of electoral democracy 24 years 2025 up 71.4% 104th Corruption Perceptions Index 37 2024 down 24.5% 98th Internally displaced people due to conflict 0 people 2024 — 38th Alcohol, total per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 4.24 2024 up 40.9% 107th Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 3.06 2024 up 47.9% 101st Alcohol, unrecorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 1.23 2024 up 24.4% 25th Alcohol, tourist consumption (in litres of pure alcohol), three-year -0.0459 2024 down 1.9% 144th Self-reported life satisfaction 4.38 2025 down 10.7% 128th Happiness vs. life satisfaction 4.38 2025 down 10.7% 128th Alcohol, consumption of pure alcohol by type of beverage 72.5% 2024 down 1.7% 25th Homicide rate 38.24 homicides per 100,000 population 2008 down 11.5% 11th Homicides 752 homicides 2008 down 9.7% 45th Homicide rate, WHO vs. UNODC 38.24 homicides per 100,000 population 2008 down 11.5% 11th Homicide rate in 1990 vs. 2020 38.24 homicides per 100,000 population 2008 down 11.5% 11th Age of electoral democracy 23 years 2025 up 76.9% 72nd States involved in interstate conflicts 0 2014 — 51st Citizen support for democracy -0.8851 2020 down 74.2% 105th Citizen satisfaction with democracy -0.1528 2020 up 40.9% 70th Share of countries with independent national human rights institutions 0.0% 2025 — 90th Homicides 907.22 deaths 2021 up 11.5% 59th Homicide rate 39.76 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 0.4% 6th Estimates of rates of homicides per 100 000 population 38.95 2021 down 1.6% 6th Number of current tobacco smokers, estimate 382,000 2030 up 31.3% 118th States involved in wars 0 2011 — 5th Alcohol, total (recorded + unrecorded) per capita (15+) consumption 5.31 2030 up 22.3% 91st Freedom of Association Score 8 2025 up 14.3% 22nd Freedom of Expression Score 7 2025 up 16.7% 19th Civil Rights Score 6 2025 unchanged 31st Estimate of current tobacco use prevalence (%) 28.9% 2030 up 4.7% 30th Number of current of tobacco users, estimate 450,000 2030 up 25.7% 114th ← Previous Page 2 of 3 Next →