Lesotho Purchasing Power, Socio-demographics & Area Boundaries
A Variety of Purchasing Power and Socio-demographic Data for Districts in Lesotho
Here is an overview of sociodemographic and purchasing power data for Lesotho from our global data offering to bring your geomarketing, target group analyses and location analyses to the next level. Additionally, for Lesotho we also have the following area boundaries (vector boundaries, polygons) available: Seamless and full country coverage of the Districts. Our globally consistent and comparable data allows you to draw comparisons between Lesotho and any other country in the world.
Data that can currently be licensed from mbi for Lesotho
Each attribute or geographical level can be licensed individually.
| Geographic level | |
|---|---|
| Area level | admin |
| Name | Districts |
| Number of areas | 10 |
| Geometry | |
| Polygons | |
| Data / Variables | |
| Population | |
| Age bands | |
| Sex / Gender | |
| Households | |
| Unemployed | |
| Marital status (country-specific) | |
| Socio Bundle Plus | |
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| Political Risk Data | ||||
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| Regions | SUSAFE Basic | Calculated Trends | Conflict Insights | |
| Self-Explaining Political Risk Data | 10 | |||
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Geodata for Lesotho: Empowering Development
Lesotho, a landlocked kingdom encircled by South Africa, is characterized by its mountainous topography, rich cultural heritage, and predominantly rural population. The nation faces challenges related to rural development, political risks, and economic empowerment. Detailed and accurate geodata is essential for addressing these challenges, guiding policy and business decisions.
Geographical Levels and Products
For Lesotho, MBI’s geodata is concentrated at the “Districts” level. This level of detail facilitates comprehensive analysis and strategic planning across Lesotho’s diverse regions. Available products include:
- Population and Socio Demographics: These datasets are crucial for understanding the distribution and characteristics of the population across districts, aiding in public policy formulation, healthcare planning, and educational services.
- Digital Boundaries: Essential for accurate mapping and spatial analysis, this product supports infrastructure development, environmental management, and strategic planning, ensuring that projects are optimally located to serve the population and preserve natural resources.
Country-Specific Insights
Lesotho’s emphasis on rural development, agricultural productivity, and sustainable resource management stands to benefits significantly from the application of detailed geodata. Insights into district-level demographics and social characteristics inform targeted development strategies, from healthcare and education to water resource management and agricultural extension services. Additionally, political risk data can be utilized for risk management purposes in relation to foreign investments in Lesotho.
Use Cases
Rural Healthcare and Education Expansion: Leveraging population and socio-demographic data, the government and NGOs could implement programs to expand access to healthcare and education in underserved districts, enhancing quality of life and social equity.
Agricultural Development and Food Security: Utilizing digital boundaries, demographic insights, and their own data development agencies could target support to districts with high agricultural potential as well as districts with high demand for affordable food improving productivity, sustainability, and food security.
Advantages of our administrative Boundaries
- Worldwide, seamless coverage of postal and administrative boundaries
- The layers are topographically correct and country borders fit seamlessly together without overlaps and gaps
- Data and areas can be easily combined in one layer thanks to a unique key, enabling cross-country analysis
- Constant updates guarantee a current data status
- The vintage compatibility between the MBI boundaries and the MBI Sociodemographic and Purchasing Power data is guaranteed
- Simple update by uniform layout of the layer names
- The higher-level area hierarchies are included with the boundary files
- Digital boundaries are in a vector format to allow visualization in any zoom levels
Smart Combination
The territorial vintages of the worldwide area boundaries are compatible with our globally consistent and comparable socio-economic data. We offer you the best basis for well-founded and data-based decisions. If desired, we can integrate the MBI data directly into our digital boundaries. So, you can load them directly into your system without any additional steps and use them immediately.
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DATA FORMATS
Text file (CSV/TSV) | KML | Access database (MDB) | Excel (xls) | Esri Shapefile (.shp) | Esri Geodatabase (.gdb) | MapInfo (.tab) | MapInfo MIF/MID | more on request
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