Unemployment rate 28.1% (2014 est.)25% (2008 est.)country comparison to the world: 205 Population below poverty line 57% (2016 est.) Household income or consumption by percentage share lowest 10%: 1%highest 10%: 39.4% (2003) Distribution of family income - Gini index 63.2 (1995)56...
Inflation rate (consumer prices) 6.05% (2021 est.) 4.98% (2020 est.) 5.19% (2019 est.) Credit ratings Fitch rating:B (2019) note:The year refers to the year in which the current credit rating was first obtained. GDP - composition, by sector of origin ...
GDP - real growth rate: 1.2% (2005 est.) GDP - per capita (PPP): $2,500 (2005 est.) GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 16.3% industry: 44.3% services: 39.4% (2005 est.) Labor force: 838,000 (2000) Labor force - by occupation: agriculture: 86% of resident popul...
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000 people. Basotho workers produce clothing, footwear, leather goods, handicrafts, furniture, pottery and tapestries from mostly imported raw materials. Finished goods are exported primarily to South Africa and the United States. This sector will continue to improve if the political situation remains ...
In each case, we discuss Lesotho first, followed by a discussion of Eswatini as point of comparison. Structural Power As could be expected, workers in both Lesotho and Eswati- ni's garment manufacturing sector have little structural power (Anner, 2019; Silver, 2003). In both Lesotho and ...
by the mid-1990s as employment opportunities became far more restrictive. In the early 21st century the rate hovered around one-fourth. Official estimates of unemployment among thelabour forcein Lesotho vary, ranging from about one-third to one-half, with some observers estimating the rate is ...
The textile and apparel sector, the biggest employer after the government, has been bleeding jobs at an alarming rate, with 10, 000 jobs lost just this year alone. Other factories survive by laying off workers for months at a time, recalling them only when there are orders. Lesotho’s text...