Benin vs Lesotho: Share of the population with access to basic services

Benin

59.0%

in 2024

Lesotho

60.6%

in 2024

Benin rank

188th

Lesotho rank

186th

Share of the population with access to basic services over time

Benin
Lesotho

How they compare

Lesotho currently reports 60.6% against 59.0% in Benin, a difference of 1.6%.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Benin ahead.

Benin ranks 188th and Lesotho ranks 186th of 214 countries.

Individual pages

Share of the population with access to basic services in Benin
Share of the population with access to basic services in Lesotho
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Share of the population with access to basic services
Unit: % of population
Source: Data compiled from multiple sources by the World Bank – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 214 places, 6,702 data points, 1990–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Access to electricity means having an electricity source that can provide very basic lighting, and charge a phone or power a radio for 4 hours per day.