Sworn Score
Country profile
Lesotho
Africa · Capital: Maseru
Score 41.3 ± 2 · Rank #148 of scored countries in 2026.
Based on 118/123 indicators, avg data age 3.9 years.
Category breakdown
How Lesotho scores across the 7 dimensions
Weight-normalized averages over the indicators that have data. Categories below 70% coverage of their own indicators are suppressed.
Health
31.6
Economy
38.9
Governance
48.9
Education
42.9
Infrastructure
20.7
Environment
52.9
Rights
56.4
Promises
Latest promise updates
2 achieved · 1 on track · 14 failing · 1 tracking
History
Lesotho — Sworn Score over time
Each year is a snapshot using that year's methodology (trimmed-bounds over the trailing 5-year value pool). Click a column header to sort.
Change since 1971: -2.0 points
| Year | Score | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 41.3 | 148 |
| 2025 | 41.4 | 148 |
| 2024 | 42.1 | 148 |
| 2023 | 41.3 | 147 |
| 2022 | 41.3 | 151 |
| 2021 | 41.0 | 153 |
| 2020 | 40.5 | 149 |
| 2019 | 43.4 | 145 |
| 2018 | 43.7 | 144 |
| 2017 | 43.5 | 142 |
| 2016 | 43.7 | 139 |
| 2015 | 43.4 | 138 |
| 2014 | 43.2 | 137 |
| 2013 | 43.4 | 136 |
| 2012 | 43.7 | 134 |
| 2011 | 43.2 | 135 |
| 2010 | 43.1 | 137 |
| 2009 | 45.0 | 132 |
| 2008 | 44.6 | 130 |
| 2007 | 44.8 | 130 |
| 2006 | 44.3 | 132 |
| 2005 | 45.1 | 131 |
| 2004 | 45.5 | 126 |
| 2003 | 46.0 | 125 |
| 2002 | 45.8 | 126 |
| 2001 | 45.1 | 125 |
| 2000 | 48.9 | 111 |
| 1999 | 50.0 | 106 |
| 1998 | 50.2 | 106 |
| 1997 | 51.5 | 98 |
| 1996 | 53.9 | 90 |
| 1995 | 58.2 | 87 |
| 1994 | 59.5 | 74 |
| 1993 | 60.4 | 71 |
| 1992 | 59.9 | 69 |
| 1991 | 60.4 | 55 |
| 1990 | 61.5 | 48 |
| 1989 | 51.3 | 76 |
| 1988 | 53.7 | 63 |
| 1987 | 51.4 | 71 |
| 1986 | 50.4 | 70 |
| 1985 | 51.3 | 59 |
| 1984 | 50.2 | 59 |
| 1983 | 60.1 | 47 |
| 1982 | 57.8 | 45 |
| 1981 | 59.1 | 42 |
| 1980 | 58.8 | 35 |
| 1979 | 60.0 | 24 |
| 1978 | 60.5 | 23 |
| 1977 | 59.9 | 22 |
| 1976 | 58.4 | 19 |
| 1975 | 46.8 | 32 |
| 1974 | 43.3 | 33 |
| 1973 | — | — |
| 1972 | — | — |
| 1971 | 43.3 | 32 |
| 1970 | — | — |
| 1969 | — | — |
| 1968 | — | — |
| 1967 | — | — |
| 1966 | — | — |
| 1965 | — | — |