| Attribute |
Lesotho × | 
Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha × |
| Geography | | |
| Area (km²) | 30,355 | 394 |
| Continent | Africa | Africa |
| Land area (km²) | 30,355 | 122 |
| Water area (km²) | 0 | 0 |
| Land boundaries (km) | 1,106 | 0 |
| Border countries | | - |
| Coastline (km) | 0 | 60 |
| Mean elevation (m) | 2,161 | - |
| Lowest point (m) | 1,400 | 0 |
| Highest point (m) | 3,482 | 859 |
| People | | |
| Population | 1,969,334 | 7,862 |
| Official languages | | Array of values |
| Religion | Protestant | Protestant |
| Government | | |
| Long country name | Kingdom of Lesotho | Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha |
| Short country name | Lesotho | - |
| Long local name | Kingdom of Lesotho | - |
| Short local name | Lesotho | - |
| Former name | | - |
| Government type | Parliamentary constitutional monarchy | Parliamentary democracy |
| Capital | Maseru | Jamestown |
| Economy | | |
| GDP (PPP) (USD) | 6,656,000,000 | 31,100,000 |
| GDP (OER) (USD) | 2,749,000,000 | - |
| GDP (real growth rate) (%) | -1.6 | - |
| GDP - per capita (PPP) (USD) | 3,300 | 7,800 |
| Gross national saving (% of GDP) | 20.3 | - |
| Labor force | 930,800 | 2,486 |
| Unemployment rate (%) | 28.1 | 14 |
| Population below poverty line (%) | 57 | - |
| Budget revenues (USD) | 1,090,000,000 | 8,427,000 |
| Budget expenditures (USD) | 1,255,000,000 | 20,700,000 |
| Military expenditures (% of GDP) | 1.81 | - |
| Taxes and other revenues (% of GDP) | 39.7 | - |
| Budget surplus or deficit (% of GDP) | -6 | - |
| Public debt (% of GDP) | 33.7 | - |
| Inflation rate (%) | 5.3 | 4 |
| Central bank discount rate (%) | 6.75 | - |
| Commercial bank prime lending rate (%) | 11.58 | - |
| Stock of narrow money (USD) | 420,800,000 | - |
| Stock of broad money (USD) | 420,800,000 | - |
| Stock of domestic credit (USD) | 442,300,000 | - |
| Current account balance (USD) | -102,000,000 | - |
| Exports (USD) | 1,028,000,000 | 19,000,000 |
| Imports (USD) | 1,826,000,000 | 20,530,000 |
| Reserves of foreign exchange and gold (USD) | 657,700,000 | - |
| External debt (USD) | 934,600,000 | - |
| National currency | maloti | Saint Helenian pounds |
| National currency (code) | LSL | SHP |
| National currency (symbol) | L | £ |
| National currency rate to USD | 14.48 | 0.7836 |