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Lesotho

Head of State	King Letsie III
Head of Government	Prime Minister Prof. Pakalitha Mosisili
Capital City	Maseru
Languages	English & Sesotho
Currency	Maloti (M) = 100 lisente
Area	30,355 sq.km
Population	2.2 million (mid year 2003)
Literacy	78 %
Urbanization	17 %
Natural Resources	Diamonds, Wildlife, Mohair, Wool, Water.

Source: [www.sadc.int]

SADC HDI Rank	COUNTRY	HPI Rank	HUMAN POVERTY INDEX (HPI-1) VALUE % 1998	% OF MEMBERS NOT EXPECTED TO LIVE BEYOND 40 YEARS OF AGE 1998	ADULT ILLITERACY RATE % 1998	POPULATION WITHOUT ACCESS TO SAFE WATER(5) 1990-98	POPULATION WITHOUT ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES % 1981-93	UNDER-WEIGHT CHILDREN UNDER FIVE YEARS % 1990-98	POPULATION WITHOUT SAFE WATER & HEALTH SERVICES & UNDER-WEIGHT CHILDREN % 1981-98	CHILDREN NOT REACHING GRADE 5 % 1995-97
1	Seychelles		-	-	16.0	-	1	6a	-	1
2	Mauritius	12	11.5	4.8	16.2	2	1	16	6.3	1
3	South Africa	11	20.2	25.9	15.4	13	25	9	15.7	35
4	Swaziland	9	27.3	20.2	21.7	50	45	10	35.0	24
5	Namibia	7	28.6	33.5	19.2	17	45c	26	29.3	14
6	Botswana	8	28.3	37.1	24.4	10	14	17	13.7	10
7	Lesotho	10	23.3	26.0	17.6	38	20	16	24.7	20
8	Zimbabwe	5.0	30.0	41.0	12.8	21	29	15	21.7	21
9	DR Congo		-	31.7	41.1	32.0	0	-	-	26
10	Zambia	4	37.8	46.2	23.7	62	25	24	37.0	16
11	Tanzania	6	29.2	35.4	26.4	34	7	27	22.7	19
12	Angola	1	54.7	37.7	58.0	69	76	42	62.3	-
13	Malawi	3	41.9	47.5	41.8	53	20	30	34.3	-
14	Mozambique	2	50.7	41.9	57.7	54	70	26	50.0	54
SADC			31.5	35.3	29.0	35.4	31.3	22.0	29.4	22

SADC HDI Rank	COUNTRY	REFUGEES BY COUNTRY OF ASYLUM (THOUSANDS) 1996	REAL GDP PER CAPITA (PPP$) POOREST 20% 1980-94	REAL GDP PER CAPITA (PPP$) RICHEST 20% 1980-94	% OF POPULATION BELOW INCOME POVERTY LINE US$1 A DAY(1993 PPP$) 1989-98	% OF POPULATION BELOW INCOME POVERTY LINE NATIONAL POVERTY LINE 1987-97	% OF POPULATION BELOW 2/3 OF NATIONAL INCOME PER CAPITA INCOME URBAN 1991-95	% OF POPULATION BELOW 2/3 OF NATIONAL INCOME PER CAPITA INCOME RURAL 1991-95	GINI COEFFICIENTS 1980-98	% OF HOUSEHOLDSвЂ™ INCOME SPENT ON FOOD 1991-95
1	Seychelles	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.47	-
2	Mauritius	-	-	-	-	10.6	-	-	-	0.52
3	South Africa	22.6	516	9 897	11.5	-	82	-	0.59	48
4	Swaziland	0.6	-	-	-	66.0	-	-	0.51	-
5	Namibia	2.2	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.70	-
6	Botswana	0.2	-	-	33.3a	47.0	-	-	0.54	-
7	Lesotho	-	137	2 945	50.4	26.0	-	-	0.57	-
8	Zimbabwe	0.6	420	6 542	36.0	74.0	-	-	0.63	63b
9	DR Congo	676.0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
10	Zambia	131.1	216	2 797	72.6	86.0	75	75	0.50	75
11	Tanzania	498.7	217	1 430	19.9	51.1	52	52	0.38	70
12	Angola	9.4	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.54	-
13	Malawi	1.3	-	-	42.1	54.0	-	-	0.62	-
14	Mozambique	0.2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SADC		1 342.9							0.58

SADC HDI Rank		SADC-SPECIFIC HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX (HDI)			LIFE EXPECTANCY INDEX			INFANT MORTALITY RATE (PER 1 000 LIVE BIRTHS)			POPULATION WITH ACCESS TO SAFE WATER (%)
RANK	COUNTRY	1995	1997	1998	1970-75	1995	1998	1970	1996	1998	1975-80	1990-98
1	Seychelles	0.805	0.776	0.808	-	72.0	71.0	-	32	14	-	-
2	Mauritius	0.767	0.786	0.782	62.9	70.9	71.6	64	20	19	99	98
3	South Africa	0.758	0.715	0.718	53.6	64.1	53.2	80	50	60	-	87
4	Swaziland	0.666	0.661	0.672	47.3	58.8	60.7	140	68	64	-	50
5	Namibia	0.672	0.657	0.651	48.7	55.8	50.1	104	60	57	-	83
6	Botswana	0.627	0.630	0.613	53.2	51.7	46.2	98	40	38	-	90
7	Lesotho	0.565	0.596	0.583	49.5	58.1	55.2	125	96	94	17	62
8	Zimbabwe	0.593	0.574	0.570	51.5	48.9	43.5	86	49	59	-	79
9	Dr Congo	0.505	0.489	0.440	46.1	52.4	51.2	147	128	128	19	68
10	Zambia	0.450	0.442	0.429	47.3	42.7	40.5	109	112	112	42	38
11	Tanzania	0.422	0.429	0.422	46.5	50.6	47.9	129	93	91	39	66
12	Angola	0.448	0.410	0.419	38.0	47.4	47.0	179	170	170	17	31
13	Malawi	0.394	0.409	0.393	41.0	41.0	39.5	189	137	134	51	47
14	Mozambique	0.348	0.351	0.350	42.5	46.3	43.8	163	133	129	-	46
SADC		0.533	0.518	0.504	47.4	52.9	48.7	113	110	107	-	66

SADC HDI		UNDERWEIGHT CHILDREN UNDER AGE FIVE YEARS (%)			ADULT LITERACY RATE (%)		COMBINED PRIMARY, SECONDARY AND TERTIARY GROSS ENROLMENT RATIO (%)
RANK	COUNTRY	1975	1990-98	1970	1995	1998	1980	1995	1998
1	Seychelles	-	6	-	88	84.0	-	61	76
2	Mauritius	32	16	65	83	83.8	48	61	63
3	South Africa	-	9	70	82	84.6	-	81	95
4	Swaziland	-	10	49	77	78.3	59	77	72
5	Namibia	-	26	-	76	80.8	-	83	84
6	Botswana	-	17	44	70	75.6	51	71	71
7	Lesotho	20	16	47	71	82.4	52	56	57
8	Zimbabwe	25	15	66	85	87.2	41	69	68
9	DR Congo	-	-	44	77	58.9	46	41	33
10	Zambia	17	24	48	78	76.3	46	52	49
11	Tanzania	25	27	37	68	73.6	44	33	33
12	Angola	-	42	-	42	42.0	54	30	25
13	Malawi	19	30	38	56	58.2	33	76	75
14	Mozambique	-	26	16	40	42.3	29	25	25
SADC		-	19	49	71	68.7	38	51.8	51.14

SADC HDI		REAL GDP PER CAPITA (PPP$)
RANK	COUNTRY	1 960	1995	1998
1	Seychelles	-	10 350	10 600
2	Mauritius	2 113	7 480	8 312
3	South Africa	2 984	8 582	8 488
4	Swaziland	1 182	3 948	3 816
5	Namibia	-	5 307	5 176
6	Botswana	474	5 764	6 163
7	Lesotho	346	1 430	1 626
8	Zimbabwe	937	2 512	2 669
9	DR Congo	-	947	822
10	Zambia	1 172	733	719
11	Tanzania	272	461	480
12	Angola	-	2 590	1 821
13	Malawi	423	489	523
14	Mozambique	1 368	644	782
SADC		152	2 888	2 663

Source: These tables are contained in the SADC Regional Human Development Report 2000: Challenges and opportunities for regional integration. The report is published by the United Nations Development Programme, the Southern African Development Community and the Southern African Political Economy Series Trust.

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