Economy Profile Score Rank Index Edition (imparity = 0, parity = 1) (out of 146 countries) Lesotho 0.702 82nd 2023 Global Gender Gap Index 2023 Edition Overview 2023 2022 Lesotho score Index and Subindex Score Rank Score Rank average score Economy Global Gender Gap Index 0.702 82nd 0.700 87th 0.648 Economic Participation and Opportunity 0.648 94th 0.650 91st E d s u c c i Educational Attainment t a i 0.179 1.000 l t i o o P n 1.000 1st 1.000 1st Health and Survival 0.980 1st 0.980 1st 0.980 Health Political Empowerment 0.179 83rd 0.171 88th Global Gender Gap Index Indicators 2023 Compare with Difference Min Global average Indicator Rank Score* F-M Female vs Male Max 0 1 Min Max Economic Participation and Opportunity 94th 0.648 - - - 0-100 Labour-force participation rate % 87th 0.729 -18.20 48.93 67.13 - Wage equality for similar work 1-7 (best) 119th 0.494 - - 0-150 Estimated earned income int'l $ 1,000 49th 0.688 -0.85 1.88 2.73 0-100 Legislators, senior officials and managers % 79th 0.510 -32.43 33.78 66.22 0-100 Professional and technical workers % 1st 1.000 21.49 39.26 60.74 Educational Attainment 1st 1.000 - - - - Literacy rate % 1st 1.000 - - 0-100 Enrolment in primary education % 1st 1.000 1.08 91.10 92.18 0-200 Enrolment in secondary education % 1st 1.000 17.19 55.47 72.66 0-200 Enrolment in tertiary education % 1st 1.000 4.38 8.02 12.40 Health and Survival 1st 0.980 - - - - Sex ratio at birth** % 1st 0.944 - - - Healthy life expectancy** years 1st 1.060 - - Political Empowerment 83rd 0.179 - - - 0-100 Women in parliament % 75th 0.361 -47.00 26.50 73.50 0-100 Women in ministerial positions % 67th 0.273 -57.14 21.43 78.57 0-50 Years with female/male head of state (last 50) 80th 0.000 -50.00 0 50.00 Global Gender Gap Report 2023 237