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Lesotho

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  • Deaths 30 d

    0

    UCDP up to 2026-08-31

  • Per million 90 d

    —

    last 90 days

  • Civilians

    —

    last 90 days

  • Incidents 30 d

    0

  • Population

    2.4 M

    World Bank

  • Plants near violence

    0 / 0

    near violence / total; 0 nuclear

Why this level0

Nothing in the open sources stands out.

Source: ARMSMA situation watch

Every monitored signal

The last 60 days, each on its own scale.

  • People in food crisis (IPC 3+)

    175 000

  • Refugees who fled

    58

Source: ARMSMA situation watch

Deaths in organised violence, per week

Lesotho, UCDP best estimates. The red bar is the latest week.

The latest week may be incomplete.

Source: UCDP GED Candidate, Uppsala University (CC BY 4.0), data up to 2026-08-31

Who the violence is between

Deaths by kind of violence, last 90 days of data.

  • State-based conflict · 0%
  • Non-state conflict · 0%
  • Against civilians · 0%

Source: UCDP GED Candidate (CC BY 4.0)

Food, displacement, sanctions

People in food crisis (IPC 3+)
0.2 M
2026-08
Share in food crisis
7%
2026-08
Undernourishment
—
2023
Refugees who fled
58
2025
Refugees hosted
680
2025
Internally displaced
—
2025
Sanctions designations
—
2026-09-29
GDP per person
$1,089
2025

FEWS NET · World Bank / FAO · UNHCR · OpenSanctions

People in crisis-level food insecurity

IPC Phase 3 or worse, month by month (FEWS NET current-situation estimates, midpoint of the published range).

FEWS NET — IPC-compatible analysis

Latest incidents of organised violence0

No organised violence recorded in the current data.

Source: UCDP GED Candidate, Uppsala University (CC BY 4.0), data up to 2026-08-31

Conflicts, 90 days0

No organised violence recorded in the current data.

Source: UCDP GED Candidate (CC BY 4.0)

Natural hazards, 30 days0

None in the last 30 days.

GDACS · USGS · NASA EONET

Warnings and notices

UK FCDO: Lesotho: No specific restriction

No severe weather warning in force.

UK FCDO · WMO · WHO · Copernicus EMS

Next 7 days in Maseru

Day°CRainGustsWatch
Tue, Sep 297…180.6 mm34 km/h
Wed, Sep 305…190.0 mm34 km/h
Thu, Oct 14…190.0 mm22 km/h
Fri, Oct 25…210.0 mm25 km/h
Sat, Oct 38…210.0 mm25 km/h
Sun, Oct 410…210.3 mm41 km/h
Mon, Oct 511…180.9 mm53 km/h

Forecast for the capital only; marks: heat ≥38 °C, frost ≤−20 °C, rain ≥50 mm, gusts ≥75 km/h, thunderstorms. Official warnings are above.

Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)

Food prices in markets5

ItemPriceUSDYear
Bread (brown) / Loaf16.84 LSL1.04+9%
Maize meal / 12.5 KG102.45 LSL6.33-13%
Wheat flour / 12.5 KG136.69 LSL8.45-1%
Oil (sunflower) / 750 ML34.32 LSL2.13-2%
Beans (sugar-red) / 500 G23.45 LSL1.45-9%

Median retail price across markets in the latest month reported (2026-08); change against the same month a year before.

WFP · HDX (CC BY-IGO)

Disasters since 20002

012000: 020002001: 02002: 02003: 02004: 02005: 020052006: 02007: 02008: 02009: 02010: 020102011: 02012: 02013: 02014: 02015: 020152016: 02017: 02018: 02019: Droughts 12020: Droughts 120202021: 02022: 02023: 02024: 02025: 020252026: 02026

Droughts

  • Drought in Lesotho, South Africa · Mar 21, 2020 · Medium impact for agricultural drought in 146335 km2
  • Drought in Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, Swaziland, South Africa · May 21, 2019 · Medium impact for agricultural drought in 276650 km2

GDACS (orange and red alerts since 2000)