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 159th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Getting electricity (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 51.15 | — |
| 2015 | 51.21 | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 51.84 | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 52.09 | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 52.38 | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 52.77 | +0.7% |
Lesotho compared with similar countries
- Lesotho's 52.77 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 62.07, 85% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Lesotho's 52.77 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 52.76, 1.0× the median. (48 countries reporting)
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 (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 159th out of 191 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.