Getting electricity (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in Lesotho
Lesotho: Getting electricity (DB16-20 methodology) - Score was 52.77 in 2019. ▬ Flat
Getting electricity (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in Lesotho, 2014–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Lesotho recorded 52.77 for getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score in 2019. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and up 3.2% over ten years.
Lesotho ranks 156th of 188 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
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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)
- Commercial service exports 13.93 million current US$ (2025)
- Transport services 11.3% (2025)
- Computer, communications and other services 8.7% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score in Lesotho?
- Getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score in Lesotho was 52.77 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 52.77 in 2019.
- What is the lowest getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 51.15 in 2014.
- How does Lesotho rank for getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score?
- Lesotho ranks 156th out of 188 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Lesotho data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Getting electricity (DB16-20 methodology) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The score for getting electricity is the simple average of the scores for each of the component indicators: the procedures, time, cost for a business to obtain a permanent electricity connection and supply for a standardized warehouse, as well as the reliability of supply and transparency of tariffs index. The score is computed based on the methodology in the DB16-20 studies.