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System of government | constitutional monarchy based on parlamentarism |
Country code | LS, LSO |
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Capital city | Maseru |
Currency | Lesotho loti (LSL) |
Predominant religion | Catholic Christianity |
Former colonizer | United Kingdom (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) |
Membership | UN WTO MMF African Union |
Population | 2 240 000 people (139. place in the world) |
Area | 30 355 km2 (138. place in the world) |
Density | 74 people per km2 (107. place in the world) |
GDP per capita | 2 932 USD per capita (155. place in the world) |
Peacefulness | GPI Global Peace Index 2,167 (101. place in the world) |
Corruption | CPI Corruption Perceptions Index 40 (87. place in the world) |
Human development | HDI Human Development Index 0,520 (158. place in the world) |
Economy freedom | EFI Economy Freedom Index 53,1 (138. place in the world) |
Life expectancy | 54,6 years (185. place in the world) |
Income iequality | Gini coefficient 54,2 (157. place in the world) |
CO2 emissions | 0,754 Mt CO2/year (163. place in the world) |
CO2 emissions per km2 | 25 t CO2/km2/year (145. place in the world) |
CO2 emissions per capita | 0,3 t CO2/per capita/year (161. place in the world) |