Lesotho Labor Market and Social Protection Indicators from World Bank

Data from the World Bank's portal, last updated on 2026-04-28. It contains information on the supply of labor in Lesotho, including employed and unemployed individuals, as compiled by the International Labour Organization from surveys and administrative records. The dataset is provided under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Analyzing labor force participation rates based on employment and unemployment data mentioned in the description
• Modeling social protection program impacts using indicators likely derived from ILO sources
• Benchmarking Lesotho's labor market against other countries using World Bank standardized data

Strengths

• Data originates from the World Bank, a major international institution
• Compiled from ILO sources including labor force surveys and administrative records
• Available in CSV format for easy processing

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download

Provenance

Source

World Bank Group

Collection Method

Compiled by the International Labour Organization (ILO) from labor force surveys, censuses, establishment censuses and surveys, and administrative records

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-28 06:34:22.459147; freshness should be verified

Geography

Lesotho