Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Lesotho
Lesotho: Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) was 86.2% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Lesotho, 2009–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Lesotho recorded 86.2% for getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in 2019. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.9% on the previous year and up 28.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Lesotho peaked at 86.2% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 67.0%, in 2009.
Lesotho ranks 146th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 67.0% | — |
| 2010 | 67.1% | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 69.7% | +3.8% |
| 2012 | 71.9% | +3.2% |
| 2013 | 75.4% | +4.9% |
| 2014 | 79.7% | +5.6% |
| 2015 | 79.9% | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 82.4% | +3.2% |
| 2017 | 83.4% | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 84.6% | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 86.2% | +1.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 67.0% | 67.0% | 67.0% | 1 |
| 2010s | 78.0% | 67.1% | 86.2% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Lesotho
More private sector data for Lesotho
- Merchandise trade 102.9% (2025)
- Food imports 23.0% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 59.2% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 1.88 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 23.3% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 70.1% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 773.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 327.08 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.3004 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -22 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Lesotho?
- Getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Lesotho was 86.2% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 86.2% in 2019.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 67.0% in 2009.
- How does Lesotho rank for getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita)?
- Lesotho ranks 146th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is up 28.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Lesotho data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The score for cost benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score ranges from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance.