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Currency

BASOTHO CURRENCY STATS

Currency	"loti, pl., maloti "
DEC alternative conversion factor > LCU per US$	6.36
ISO code	LSL 426
Official exchange rate > LCU per US$, period average	6.77
PPP conversion factor to official exchange rate ratio	0.24	[134th of 169]
Real effective exchange rate index	132.81 %	[6th of 96]
Regime South African Rand (1.0)
Subdivision	100	[24th of 192]
Symbol	"L, pl., M "
Terms of trade since 1995	77.26	[106th of 117]

SOURCES Pacific Exchange Rate Services; World Development Indicators database; The World Bank Group

ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lesotho, Kingdom of Lesotho

Energy

BASOTHO ENERGY STATS

Charcoal > Production from charcoal plants	87,000 ton	[54th of 120]
Charcoal > Production from charcoal plants (per capita)	48,474.205 ton per million people	[13th of 119]
Electrical outages > days	19.06 days	[8th of 42]
Electricity > % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint	35.14 %	[4th of 39]
Electricity > Consumption	226,000,000 kWh	[154th of 210]
Electricity > Consumption (per capita)	126.329 kWh per capita	[154th of 201]
Electricity > Imports > A note electricity supplied by South Africa (2000)
Electricity > Production	200,000,000 kWh	[109th of 210]
Electricity > Production (per capita)	111.796 kWh per capita	[112nd of 198]
electricity consumption > Date of > Information	2003
Hydroelectricity consumption	0.35	[108th of 213]
Hydroelectricity consumption (per capita)	1.723 per 10 million people	[79th of 207]
Natural gas > Consumption	0 cu m	[159th of 206]
Natural gas > Consumption (per capita)	0 cu m per capita	[158th of 206]
Natural gas > Exports	0 cu m	[179th of 202]
Natural gas > Imports	0 cu m	[172nd of 200]
Natural gas > Proved reserves	0 cu m	[192nd of 203]
natural gas consumption > Date of > Information	2003 est.
Oil > Consumption	1,400 bbl/day	[150th of 212]
Oil > Consumption (per capita)	0.783 bbl/day per 1,000 people	[151st of 190]
Oil > Exports	0 bbl/day	[176th of 184]
Oil > Imports	1,500 bbl/day	[160th of 186]
Oil > Production	0 bbl/day	[187th of 212]
Oil > Production (per capita)	0 bbl/day per million peopl	[186th of 198]
Oil > Proved reserves	0 bbl	[192nd of 206]
Oil Consumption Test (per $ GDP)	2,194.07 Btu per $1 of GDP	[137th of 171]
Oil Consumption Test (per capita)	1,668,546.562 Btu per capita	[146th of 177]
Oil Consumption Test Test (per $ GDP)	2,194.07 Btu per $1 of GDP	[137th of 171]
Oil Consumption Test Test (per capita)	1,668,546.562 Btu per capita	[146th of 177]
Wall plugs > Frequency	60 HZ	[3rd of 151]
Wall plugs > Plug type UK
Wall plugs > Voltage	220 V	[121st of 209]

SOURCES Source; Energy Statistics Database | United Nations Statistics Division; World Development Indicators database; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; CIA World Factbook, December 2003; Wikipedia; List of countries by electricity consumption ; Energy Information Administration; Wikipedia; List of countries by natural gas consumption ; World bank;

ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lesotho, Kingdom of Lesotho

Industry

BASOTHO INDUSTRY STATS

Changes in inventories > constant LCU	4318452
Changes in inventories > current LCU	11008880
Changes in inventories > current US$	1,731,229 $	[89th of 138]
Changes in inventories > current US$ (per $ GDP)	1.194 $ per $1 million of GDP	[84th of 167]
Changes in inventories > current US$ (per capita)	0.965 $ per 1,000 people	[83rd of 167]
Chemicals > % of value added in manufacturing	5.98 %	[58th of 91]
Manufacturing, value added > annual % growth	-8.3 %	[105th of 156]
Manufacturing, value added > constant 2000 US$	154,325,800 constant 2000 US$	[95th of 155]
Manufacturing, value added > constant 2000 US$ (per capita)	85.986 constant 2000 US$ per c	[70th of 155]
Manufacturing, value added > constant LCU	664000000
Manufacturing, value added > current LCU	1539645000
Manufacturing, value added > current US$	242,120,700 $	[97th of 167]
Manufacturing, value added > current US$ (per $ GDP)	166.941 $ per $1,000 of GDP	[32nd of 180]
Manufacturing, value added > current US$ (per capita)	134.904 $ per capita	[69th of 180]
Other manufacturing > % of value added in manufacturing	8.9 %	[88th of 107]
Patent applications, nonresidents	2	[94th of 96]
Patent applications, nonresidents (per capita)	1.182 per 1 million people	[109th of 138]
Patent applications, residents	1	[97th of 97]
Patent applications, residents (per capita)	0.584 per 1 million people	[96th of 123]
Textiles and clothing > % of value added in manufacturing	13.56 %	[30th of 101]
value added > annual % growth	-2.25 %	[128th of 164]
value added > constant 2000 US$	375,228,000 constant 2000 US$	[116th of 164]
value added > constant 2000 US$ (per capita)	209.068 constant 2000 US$ per c	[95th of 164]
value added > constant LCU	1611900000
value added > current LCU	3455672000
value added > current US$	543,430,000 $	[115th of 172]
value added > current US$ (per $ GDP)	0.375 $ per $1 of GDP	[21st of 180]
value added > current US$ (per capita)	302.785 $ per capita	[86th of 180]

SOURCES World Development Indicators database

ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lesotho, Kingdom of Lesotho

Agriculture

BASOTHO AGRICULTURE STATS

Agricultural growth	112	[67th of 149]
Agricultural land > % of land area	76.9 % of land area	[12th of 198]
Agricultural land > sq. km	23,340 sq. km	[113rd of 198]
Agricultural land > sq. km (per capita)	12,966.876 sq. km per 1,000 people	[41st of 199]
Agricultural machinery > tractors	2,000	[122nd of 190]
Agricultural machinery > tractors (per capita)	1.111 per 1 million people	[99th of 190]
Agricultural machinery > tractors per 100 hectares of arable land	60.61	[106th of 188]
Agriculture, value added > constant 2000 US$ (per capita)	77.527 $ per capita	[117th of 164]
Agriculture, value added > current US$ (per $ GDP)	156.04 $ per $1,000 of GDP	[52nd of 182]
Agriculture, value added > current US$ (per capita)	126.094 $ per capita	[103rd of 182]
Arable and permanent cropland	325 thousand hectares	[133rd of 148]
Arable and permanent cropland (per capita)	160.02 thousand hectares per 1 m	[95th of 148]
Arable land > % of land area	10.87 % of land area	[99th of 199]
Arable land > hectares	330,000 hectares	[134th of 199]
Arable land > hectares (per capita)	183.336 hectares per 1,000 peop	[87th of 200]
Cereal production	112 thousand metric tons	[67th of 149]
Cereal production (per capita)	0.0551452 thousand metric tons per	[13th of 149]
Cereal production growth	15%	[62nd of 149]
Cereal yield > kg per hectare	935.8 kg/ha	[152nd of 171]
Crop production index	111.2 %	[60th of 182]
Fertilizer consumption > 100 grams per hectare of arable land	342.42 100 g/ha of arable land	[109th of 169]
Fertilizer consumption > metric tons	11,300 metric tons	[122nd of 169]
Fertilizer consumption > metric tons (per capita)	6.279 metric tons per 1 milli	[101st of 176]
Fertilizer use	16.9 kg	[95th of 138]
Food production index	106 %	[88th of 182]
Irrigated land > % of cropland	0.9 %	[136th of 164]
Labor share	37.6%	[61st of 149]
Land under cereal production > hectares	153,440 hectares	[128th of 176]
Land under cereal production > hectares (per capita)	85,492.896 hectares per 1,000 peop	[75th of 177]
Livestock production index	100 %	[137th of 181]
Meat production	29 thousand metric tons	[133rd of 149]
Meat production (per capita)	0.0142787 thousand metric tons per	[97th of 149]
Meat production growth	11%	[93rd of 149]
Permanent cropland > % of land area	0.13 % of land area	[170th of 187]
Permanent crops	0 hectares	[175th of 181]
Permanent crops (per capita)	0 hectares per 1,000 peopl	[174th of 181]
Products corn, wheat, pulses, sorghum, barley; livestock
Root and tuber production	75 thousand metric tons	[129th of 149]
Root and tuber production (per capita)	0.0369276 thousand metric tons per	[90th of 149]
Root and tuber production growth	118%	[11th of 149]
Tractor concentration	6.2	[78th of 147]
Tractors	2,000	[113rd of 147]
Tractors (per capita)	984.737 per 1 million people	[85th of 147]
Value added	16.26	[68th of 158]
value added > annual % growth	1.7 %	[89th of 164]
value added > constant 2000 US$	139,143,100 constant 2000 US$	[124th of 164]
value added > constant 2000 US$ (per capita)	77.527 constant 2000 US$ per c	[117th of 164]
value added > constant LCU	661100000
value added > current LCU	1439102000
value added > current US$	226,309,500 $	[120th of 172]
value added > current US$ (per $ GDP)	156.04 $ per $1,000 of GDP	[52nd of 182]
value added > current US$ (per capita)	126.094 $ per capita	[103rd of 182]
value added per worker > constant 2000 US$	493.93 constant 2000 US$	[110th of 163]
Workers per hectare	1	[47th of 148]

SOURCES Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2001; World Development Indicators database; World Resources Institute; Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2000; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; The World Bank

ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lesotho, Kingdom of Lesotho

Transportation

BASOTHO TRANSPORTATION STATS

Air transport, freight > million tons per km	0.1 million tons/km	[151st of 153]
Air transport, passengers carried	1,300	[158th of 164]
Air transport, passengers carried (per capita)	0.733 per 1,000 people	[162nd of 177]
Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide	200	[158th of 164]
Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide (per capita)	0.113 per 1,000 people	[154th of 177]
Aircraft departures	200	[154th of 155]
Aircraft departures (per capita)	0.0984737 per 1,000 people	[142nd of 155]
Airports	28	[127th of 247]
Airports (per $ GDP)	18.969 per billion $ of GDP	[25th of 200]
Airports (per capita)	13.175 per million people	[98th of 234]
Airports > With paved runways > 914 to 1523 m	1	[94th of 117]
Airports > With paved runways > 914 to 1523 m	1	[146th of 157]
Airports > With paved runways > 914 to 1523 m (per $ GDP)	0.727 per $1 billion of GDP	[30th of 133]
Airports > With paved runways > 914 to 1523 m (per capita)	0.471 per million people	[85th of 156]
Airports > With paved runways > 914 to 1523 m (per capita)	0.492368 per 1 million people	[67th of 117]
Airports > With paved runways > Over 3047 m	1	[83rd of 119]
Airports > With paved runways > Over 3047 m	1	[148th of 157]
Airports > With paved runways > Over 3047 m (per $ GDP)	727.273 per $1 trillion of GDP	[13th of 136]
Airports > With paved runways > Over 3047 m (per capita)	0.471 per million people	[49th of 156]
Airports > With paved runways > Over 3047 m (per capita)	0.492368 per 1 million people	[45th of 117]
Airports > With paved runways > Total	3	[174th of 234]
Airports > With paved runways > Total (per $ GDP)	2.032 per billion $ of GDP	[47th of 179]
Airports > With paved runways > Total (per capita)	1.412 per million people	[158th of 228]
Airports > With paved runways > Under 914 m	1	[115th of 129]
Airports > With paved runways > Under 914 m (per $ GDP)	677.46 per trillion $ of GDP	[17th of 121]
Airports > With paved runways > Under 914 m (per capita)	0.471 per million people	[64th of 127]
Airports > With unpaved runways > 914 to 1523 m	4	[119th of 175]
Airports > With unpaved runways > 914 to 1523 m	4	[91st of 137]
Airports > With unpaved runways > 914 to 1523 m (per $ GDP)	2,909.091 per $1 trillion of GDP	[41st of 152]
Airports > With unpaved runways > 914 to 1523 m (per capita)	1.96947 per 1 million people	[54th of 130]
Airports > With unpaved runways > 914 to 1523 m (per capita)	1.882 per million people	[67th of 170]
Airports > With unpaved runways > Total	25	[105th of 204]
Airports > With unpaved runways > Total (per $ GDP)	16,936.499 per trillion $ of GDP	[20th of 165]
Airports > With unpaved runways > Total (per capita)	11.763 per million people	[61st of 195]
Airports > With unpaved runways > Under 914 m	21	[80th of 187]
Airports > With unpaved runways > Under 914 m (per $ GDP)	14,226.659 per trillion $ of GDP	[14th of 172]
Airports > With unpaved runways > Under 914 m (per capita)	9.881 per million people	[48th of 184]
Driving side of the road > Left or right	Left side
Highways > Paved	1,087 km	[82nd of 113]
Highways > Paved (per capita)	0.613 km per 1,000 people	[64th of 108]
Highways > Total	5,940 km	[82nd of 118]
Highways > Total (per capita)	3.348 km per 1,000 people	[56th of 113]
Highways > Unpaved	4,853 km	[66th of 113]
Highways > Unpaved (per capita)	2.735 km per 1,000 people	[36th of 108]
Ports and harbors	none
Roads, paved > % of total roads	18.3 %	[102nd of 163]
Roads, total network > km	5,940 km	[121st of 172]
Roadways > Paved	1,404 km	[59th of 81]
Roadways > Total	7,091 km	[56th of 85]
Roadways > Unpaved	5,687 km	[40th of 79]
Transnational Issues > Disputes > international none
Travel services > % of commercial service exports	64.92 %	[33rd of 153]
Travel services > % of commercial service imports	34.06 %	[29th of 153]
Waterways	0 km	[149th of 165]

SOURCES World Development Indicators database; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; World standards on users.pandora.be; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005 World Bank Global Development Indicators, 2001

ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lesotho, Kingdom of Lesotho

Taxation

BASOTHO TAXATION STATS

Average time to clear customs > days	2.31 days	[13th of 39]
CPIA fiscal policy rating	4	[21st of 75]
Customs and other import duties > % of tax revenue	54.58 %	[4th of 82]
Customs and other import duties > current LCU	2012400000
Net taxes on products > constant LCU	508600000
Net taxes on products > current LCU	885390000
Net taxes on products > current US$	139,234,100 $	[114th of 159]
Net taxes on products > current US$ (per $ GDP)	0.096 $ per $1 billion of GDP	[70th of 174]
Net taxes on products > current US$ (per capita)	77.578 $ per 1 million people	[84th of 174]
Other taxes > % of revenue	0.22 %	[75th of 91]
Other taxes > current LCU	10000000
Tax payments > number	21	[120th of 171]
Tax payments > number (per capita)	11.701 per 1 million people	[52nd of 170]
Tax rates > % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint	41.89 %	[6th of 39]
Tax revenue > % of GDP	41.74 %	[2nd of 98]
Tax revenue > current LCU	3687000000
Taxes on exports > % of tax revenue	0.03 %	[24th of 36]
Taxes on exports > current LCU	365000
Taxes on goods and services > % of revenue	17.11 %	[84th of 98]
Taxes on goods and services > % value added of industry and services	11.51 %	[42nd of 89]
Taxes on goods and services > current LCU	762400000
Taxes on income, profits and capital gains > % of revenue	20.25 %	[41st of 98]
Taxes on income, profits and capital gains > % of total taxes	24.47 %	[61st of 98]
Taxes on income, profits and capital gains > current LCU	902200000
Taxes on international trade > % of revenue	45.17 %	[3rd of 86]
Taxes on international trade > current LCU	2012400000
Total tax rate > % of profit	25.6 %	[161st of 171]

SOURCES World Development Indicators database

ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lesotho, Kingdom of Lesotho

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