The record in plain text — overall score, categories, strengths and risks, momentum, resilience, strategic position, and diagnostics.
Strongest on Stability (63/100) — sharpest risk, economy weakness.
| Category | Score | Key driver |
|---|---|---|
| Economy | 55/100 | Public Spending |
| Governance | 45/100 | — |
| Quality of Life | 52/100 | Literacy Rate |
| Innovation | 39/100 | — |
| Stability | 63/100 | Violence & Safety |
Derived — composites of sourced indicators. Full audit trail in Data Provenance below.
| Signal | Value | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| National Momentum | +5 | now 59, versus 54 three years ago, across 4 categories |
| Resilience | 55/100 | Pandemic 45 · Banking Crisis 65 · War / Conflict — · Natural Disaster 54 |
| Strategic Position | 49/100 | Demographics 72 · Resources 0 · Stability 63 · Education 81 · Technology 39 · Geopolitics 36 |
Lesotho scores 51 (weak) overall on NationsHelm's index. Momentum: up 5 points versus three years ago (now 59). Its strongest area is Stability (63/100). The risk drawing attention: Economy weakness.
All 192 tracked indicators — 107 sourced, 85 derived — each with its exact source, series code, and refresh cadence. The complete source-by-source catalog is on the methodology page.
Full catalog →Per-indicator sources are always public on the methodology page — Analyst assembles the complete ledger in context.
Lesotho scores 51 out of 100 overall on NationsHelm's index (weak) — the unweighted mean of its sourced category scores. Its strongest area is Stability (63/100) and its weakest is Innovation (39/100).
Lesotho's Stability score is 63 out of 100 (moderate), blended from World Bank governance indicators, V-Dem and UCDP conflict data.
Lesotho's Economy score is 55 out of 100 (moderate), derived from World Bank, IMF and ILO indicators.
Lesotho's Quality of Life score is 52 out of 100 (weak), covering safety, healthcare, education, basic living conditions, environment and living conditions context from sourced indicators.
Lesotho's Governance score is 45 out of 100 (weak), from World Bank governance indicators and V-Dem democracy data.
Lesotho's Innovation score is 39 out of 100 (weak), from World Bank connectivity and business indicators, WIPO patent data and the Oxford Insights Government AI Readiness Index.
On NationsHelm's momentum read, Lesotho is up 5 points versus three years ago — 59 now, from 54 — across the 4 categories with time-series coverage.
Lesotho's defining asset is public spending, while its sharpest risk is economy weakness — GDP per Capita $1,023 — the category's weakest input (1/100).
Lesotho's Strategic Position score is 49 out of 100 (weak), weighing demographics, resources, stability, education, technology and geopolitics — each component sourced or derived, with unsourced components dropped rather than counted as zero.
On NationsHelm's Opportunity Index, Lesotho scores 51 out of 100 for Invest In — one of its three vectors, alongside Start a Business and Emigrate To, with a Resilience score of 55/100. Every input is sourced, so treat it as a starting map, not advice.