Lesotho or Nigeria: which is better?

Country: head-to-head comparison

Winner
Lesotho
9
indicators ahead
Nigeria
2
indicators ahead

Lesotho wins on more indicators: 9 of 11 against 2.

  • Safety and trust: Lesotho 1:0
  • Costs and work: Nigeria 0:1
  • Climate and health: Lesotho 6:1
  • Law and institutions: Lesotho 2:0

All indicators weigh the same. This is a score based on data, not advice on where to live: different people have different circumstances.

Lesotho
Nigeria

Safety and trust

Better: Lesotho (1 : 0)
Organized violence
lower is better
✓0.00 deaths per 100,000 residents, 2022–2024
2022–2024
✗4.23 deaths per 100,000 residents, 2022–2024
2022–2024
Homicides
observation is outdated
periods differ
38.2 per 100,000 residents
2008
15.8 per 100,000 residents
2023
Trust between people
no data for one of the places
no data
13%
2022

Costs and work

Better: Nigeria (0 : 1)
GDP per capita
higher is better
✗$3,184
202567% lower
✓$9,532
2025199% higher

Climate and health

Better: Lesotho (6 : 1)
Life expectancy
higher is better
✓57.8 years
20246% higher
✗54.6 years
20246% lower
Life expectancy: men
higher is better
✓55.0 years
20241% higher
✗54.3 years
20241% lower
Life expectancy: women
higher is better
✓60.4 years
202410% higher
✗54.9 years
20249% lower
Median age at death
higher is better
✗62.1 years
20233% lower
✓63.7 years
20233% higher
Infant survival
higher is better
✓94.37%
20241% higher
✗93.02%
20241% lower
Survival of children under 5
higher is better
✓94.00%
20246% higher
✗88.44%
20246% lower
Air (PM2.5)
lower is better
✓26.4 µg/m³ per year
202360% lower
✗65.7 µg/m³ per year
2023149% higher

Law and institutions

Better: Lesotho (2 : 0)
Rule of law
higher is better
✓-0.47 WGI index, from −2.5 to 2.5
2025
✗-0.95 WGI index, from −2.5 to 2.5
2025
Control of corruption
higher is better
✓-0.27 WGI index, from −2.5 to 2.5
2025
✗-1.07 WGI index, from −2.5 to 2.5
2025

A winner is named only for indicators with a known “better / worse” direction. Population and other neutral indicators are shown without a winner. Outdated and missing values are not counted. Details for each place: Lesotho, Nigeria.

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