Labour Force (Total) rose 1.97% to 0.956 mil in Lesotho in 2021, according to World Bank.
Historically, Labour Force (Total) in Lesotho reached an all time high of 0.956 mil in 2021 and an all time low of 0.767 mil in 1990. When compared to Lesotho's main peers, Labour Force (Total) in Botswana amounted to 1.05 mil, 22.4 mil in South Africa, 0.383 mil in Swaziland and 7.92 mil in Zimbabwe in 2021.
Lesotho has been ranked 143rd within the group of 173 countries we follow in terms of Labour Force (Total), 2 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Labour Force (Total) | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Botswana | mil | 0.906 | 0.929 | 0.954 | 0.978 | 1.00 | ||||||||||||||||
| Lesotho | mil | 0.894 | 0.906 | 0.919 | 0.933 | 0.947 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mozambique | mil | 11.7 | 12.1 | 12.5 | 12.9 | 13.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Namibia | mil | 0.881 | 0.895 | 0.899 | 0.903 | 0.919 | ||||||||||||||||
| South Africa | mil | 21.9 | 22.1 | 22.4 | 22.6 | 22.9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Swaziland | mil | 0.364 | 0.368 | 0.372 | 0.377 | 0.382 | ||||||||||||||||
| Zambia | mil | 6.59 | 6.83 | 7.08 | 7.34 | 7.61 | ||||||||||||||||
| Zimbabwe | mil | 6.84 | 7.02 | 7.21 | 7.40 | 7.59 |
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