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Aliases: Basutoland, Kingdom of Lesotho

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Attribute Value
Geography
Area 30,355 km²
Continent Africa
Land area 30,355 km²
Water area 0 km²
Land boundaries 1,106 km
Border countries
  • South Africa
Coastline 0 km
Mean elevation 2,161 m
Lowest point 1,400 m
Highest point 3,482 m
People
Population 1,969,334
Official languages
  • English
  • Sesotho
Religion Protestant
Government
Long country name Kingdom of Lesotho
Short country name Lesotho
Long local name Kingdom of Lesotho
Short local name Lesotho
Former name
  • Basutoland
Government type Parliamentary constitutional monarchy
Capital Maseru
Economy
GDP (PPP) 6,656,000,000 USD
GDP (OER) 2,749,000,000 USD
GDP (real growth rate) -1.6 %
GDP - per capita (PPP) 3,300 USD
Gross national saving 20.3 % of GDP
Labor force 930,800
Unemployment rate 28.1 %
Population below poverty line 57 %
Budget revenues 1,090,000,000 USD
Budget expenditures 1,255,000,000 USD
Military expenditures 1.81 % of GDP
Taxes and other revenues 39.7 % of GDP
Budget surplus or deficit -6 % of GDP
Public debt 33.7 % of GDP
Inflation rate 5.3 %
Central bank discount rate 6.75 %
Commercial bank prime lending rate 11.58 %
Stock of narrow money 420,800,000 USD
Stock of broad money 420,800,000 USD
Stock of domestic credit 442,300,000 USD
Market value of publicly traded shares Add
Current account balance -102,000,000 USD
Exports 1,028,000,000 USD
Imports 1,826,000,000 USD
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 657,700,000 USD
External debt 934,600,000 USD
National currency maloti
National currency (code) LSL
National currency (symbol) L
National currency rate to USD 14.48

Basutoland was renamed the Kingdom of Lesotho upon independence from the UK in 1966. The Basotho National Party ruled the country during its first two decades. King MOSHOESHOE II was exiled in 1990, but returned to Lesotho in 1992 and was reinstated in 1995 and subsequently succeeded by his son, King LETSIE III, in 1996. Constitutional government was restored in 1993 after seven years of military rule. In 1998, violent protests and a military mutiny following a contentious election prompted a brief but bloody intervention by South African and Botswana military forces under the aegis of the Southern African Development Community. Subsequent constitutional reforms restored relative political stability. Peaceful parliamentary elections were held in 2002, but the National Assembly elections in 2007 were hotly contested and aggrieved parties disputed how the electoral law was applied to award proportional seats in the Assembly. In 2012, competitive elections involving 18 parties saw Prime Minister Motsoahae Thomas THABANE form a coalition government - the first in the country's history - that ousted the 14-year incumbent, Pakalitha MOSISILI, who peacefully transferred power the following month. MOSISILI returned to power in snap elections in February 2015 after the collapse of THABANE’s coalition government and an alleged attempted military coup. In June 2017, THABANE returned to become prime minister.

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