Country intelligence · Sub-Saharan Africa
Lesotho
LSO · LS · Sub-Saharan Africa
The Lesotho country profile for bank credit desks, assembled from the official record: export credit agency coverage, company register and beneficial ownership access, sanctions and FATF standing, and company register events. Sources are named with each datum.
At a glance
| Indicator | Value | Edition | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| OECD country risk category | 6 | 2026 | OECD country risk classification |
| OECD country risk category (previous) | 6 | 2026 | OECD country risk classification |
| CPI rank | 99 | 2025 | Corruption Perceptions Index |
| Corruption Perceptions Index | 37 | 2025 | Corruption Perceptions Index |
| Control of corruption | 41.70 | 2024 | Worldwide Governance Indicators |
| Government effectiveness | 38.80 | 2024 | Worldwide Governance Indicators |
| Political stability | 61.50 | 2024 | Worldwide Governance Indicators |
| Regulatory quality | 47.20 | 2024 | Worldwide Governance Indicators |
| Rule of law | 50 | 2024 | Worldwide Governance Indicators |
| Voice and accountability | 54.10 | 2024 | Worldwide Governance Indicators |
Source attribution
- Source: OECD, Country Risk Classifications of the Participants to the Arrangement on Officially Supported Export Credits.
- Source: Transparency International, Corruption Perceptions Index. Licensed CC BY-ND 4.0.
- Source: Worldwide Governance Indicators, The World Bank. Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Export credit agency
No export credit agency for Lesotho is tracked in the Stonewake reference set.
Company register access
No openly licensed company register for Lesotho is under Stonewake monitoring. Registers with restricted licences are not shown here.
Beneficial ownership register
No openly licensed beneficial ownership register for Lesotho is under Stonewake monitoring. Registers with restricted licences are not shown here.
Sanctions and FATF standing
Lesotho holds no active listing on the public-law lists Stonewake tracks: the EU AML high-risk list, the FATF increased monitoring and call for action lists, and country sanctions programmes.
Company register events
No company register events for Lesotho entities are recorded in the Stonewake dataset yet.
Public records only. Values are shown as published, with the publisher named beside each datum; data refreshes on each publisher's cadence.