Political rights score fh in Lesotho
Lesotho: Political rights score fh was 31 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Political rights score fh in Lesotho, 2002–2025
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for political rights score fh in Lesotho is 31, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.3% on the previous year and up 10.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, political rights score fh in Lesotho peaked at 31 in 2003 and was at its lowest, 27, in 2016.
That places Lesotho 76th out of 197 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 30.25 | 29 | 31 | 8 |
| 2010s | 28.5 | 27 | 31 | 10 |
| 2020s | 29.17 | 27 | 31 | 6 |
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More social development data for Lesotho
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asy 478 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of ori 27 (2025)
- Political rights rating fh 2 (2025)
- Democracy lexical 1 (2025)
- Human rights index vs electoral democracy index 0.835 (2025)
- Liberal democracy index 0.512 (2025)
- Electoral democracy index 0.661 (2025)
- Freedom of association index 0.873 (2025)
- Freedom of expression index 0.728 (2025)
- Participatory democracy index 0.404 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is political rights score fh in Lesotho?
- Political rights score fh in Lesotho was 31 in 2025, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest political rights score fh recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 31 in 2003.
- What is the lowest political rights score fh recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 27 in 2016.
- How does Lesotho rank for political rights score fh?
- Lesotho ranks 76th out of 197 countries with data for 2025.
- Is political rights score fh rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Lesotho data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Political rights score fh. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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