Southern Africa
Lesotho
EU Compliance · Geopolitical Risk · Sourcing Attractiveness
Why these scores
EU Compliance, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Geopolitical Risk, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Attractiveness, by dimension
9 = most attractive · methodology & sources
Analyst scores, last reviewed June 2026; each dimension's sources and cadence are on its methodology page.
Data layers
The EU is Lesotho's #5 import source (world lens). Lesotho is the EU's #144 goods supplier.
Lesotho on the world stage
Total imports
$1.9bn
2024 annual
Total exports
$1.0bn
102 partners
#1 import source
South Africa
78.9%
#1 export dest.
South Africa
58.5%
2024 annual, UN Comtrade (HS TOTAL, all partners). Line colour: coverage (exports/imports per partner).
Lesotho and the EU
EU imports from
€126m
0.0% of extra-EU
EU exports to
€10m
0.0% of extra-EU
EU supplier rank
EU's #144 supplier
EU trade balance
one-sided
coverage 0.08
2025 annual totals, Eurostat COMEXT. EU trade board →
Electricity & grid
National sources · carbon from Ember · estimated
Industrial
25
EUR/MWh
Consumer
117
EUR/MWh, all-in
Grid carbon
21
gCO₂e/kWh
Renewables
–
of generation
regulated market
Power market
● Import dependenceMarket model
State monopoly (LEC)
Direct PPA
None
grid access: closed
Reserve margin
–
Regulator
Not independent
LEWA (Lesotho Electricity and Water Authority)
Imports roughly 80% of electricity from Eskom (South Africa). Domestic generation is limited to Muela hydro (72 MW) from the Lesotho Highlands Water Project. Very low carbon intensity (21 gCO2e/kWh) but entirely…
Tracked infrastructure
1 solar farms
30 MW
Operating assets tracked by Global Energy Monitor (CC BY 4.0); counts are tracked facilities, not exhaustive totals. Energy overview →
Demographics
UN World Population Prospects 2024 · medium variant
Median age
21.6
→ 28.8 by 2050
Fertility
2.66
above replacement
Working-age
61.6%
aged 15–64
Old-age dep.
6.3
→ 8.6 by 2050
Median age 1990–2050
Population 2.34M · peaks 2083
By 2050: +28% (2.99M)