Lesotho electricity prices
The residential electricity price in Lesotho is
LSL 1.910 per kWh or USD 0.112.
The electricity price for businesses is
LSL 0.406 kWh or
USD 0.024.
These retail prices were collected in March 2025 and include the cost of power, distribution and transmission, and all taxes and fees.
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Historical quarterly data, along with the latest update from September 2025 are available for download.
Sources: Lesotho Electricity and Water Authority (LEWA), Lesotho Electricity Company (LEC)
Electricity price analysis for Lesotho
- Residential electricity prices in Lesotho are 65.16% of the world average electricity price and 84.70% of the average price in Africa.
- Business electricity rates in Lesotho are 14.32% of the world average price and 18.92% of the average in Africa.
- Household rates are 470.44% of the business rates.
- Electricity prices paid by small businesses in Lesotho are 142.37% of the prices paid by big businesses.
- The price paid by households with low electricity consumption is 49.21% of the price paid by households with high electricity consumption.
The energy mix of Lesotho
Based on the United States Energy Information Adminstration data from 2022, electricity in Lesotho is produced from the following sources: fossil fuels 0.00%,
wind 0.00%,
solar 0.00%,
hydro 100.00%,
nuclear 0.00%, and
geothermal 0.00%.
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