be 40.5% less likely to be obese
In Uruguay, 27.9% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Lesotho, that number is 16.6% of people as of 2016.
In Uruguay, 27.9% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Lesotho, that number is 16.6% of people as of 2016.
In Uruguay, 0.6% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2018. In Lesotho, that number is 23.6% of people as of 2018.
In Uruguay, the average life expectancy is 78 years (75 years for men, 81 years for women) as of 2020. In Lesotho, that number is 53 years (53 years for men, 53 years for women) as of 2020.
Uruguay has a GDP per capita of $22,400 as of 2017, while in Lesotho, the GDP per capita is $3,300 as of 2017.
In Uruguay, 7.6% of adults are unemployed as of 2017. In Lesotho, that number is 28.1% as of 2014.
In Uruguay, 9.7% live below the poverty line as of 2015. In Lesotho, however, that number is 57.0% as of 2016.
In Uruguay, there are approximately 12.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2020. In Lesotho, there are 23.2 babies per 1,000 people as of 2020.
In Uruguay, approximately 17.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Lesotho, 544.0 women do as of 2017.
In Uruguay, the literacy rate is 98.7% as of 2018. In Lesotho, it is 79.4% as of 2015.
In Uruguay, approximately 7.8 children die before they reach the age of one as of 2020. In Lesotho, on the other hand, 41.5 children do as of 2020.
In Uruguay, approximately 100% of the population has electricity access as of 2016. In Lesotho, 30% of the population do as of 2017.
In Uruguay, approximately 68.3% of the population has internet access as of 2018. In Lesotho, about 29.0% do as of 2018.
In Uruguay, approximately 100% of people have improved drinking water access (100% in urban areas, and 94% in rural areas) as of 2017. In Lesotho, that number is 78% of people on average (93% in urban areas, and 72% in rural areas) as of 2017.
Uruguay spends 4.9% of its total GDP on education as of 2017. Lesotho spends 6.4% of total GDP on education as of 2018.
Lesotho is a sovereign country in Africa, with a total land area of approximately 30,355 sq km. Basutoland was renamed the Kingdom of Lesotho upon independence from the UK in 1966. The Basuto National Party ruled the country during its first two decades. King MOSHOESHOE was exiled in 1990, but returned to Lesotho in 1992 and was reinstated in 1995 and subsequently succeeded by his son, King LETSIE III, in 1996. Constitutional government was restored in 1993 after seven years of military rule. In 1998, violent protests and a military mutiny following a contentious election prompted a brief but bloody intervention by South African and Batswana military forces under the aegis of the Southern African Development Community. Subsequent constitutional reforms restored relative political stability. Peaceful parliamentary elections were held in 2002, but the National Assembly elections of February 2007 were hotly contested and aggrieved parties disputed how the electoral law was applied to award proportional seats in the Assembly. In May 2012, competitive elections involving 18 parties saw Prime Minister Motsoahae Thomas THABANE form a coalition government - the first in the country's history - that ousted the 14-year incumbent, Pakalitha MOSISILI, who peacefully transferred power the following month.
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The statistics on this page were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
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