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Petroleum (Thousand Barrels per Day)			Previous Year				Latest Year
		History	Lesotho	Africa	World	Rank	Lesotho
Total Oil Production	Production of crude oil (including lease condensate), natural gas plant liquids, and other liquids, and refinery processing gain (loss). Negative value indicates refinery processing loss.	0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 (1980-2012)	0.00	9,367	87,329	127	0.00
Crude Oil Production	Includes lease condensate.	0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 (1980-2012)	0.00	8,571	74,136	93	0.00
Consumption	Consumption of petroleum products and direct combustion of crude oil.	1.0000 , 1.0000 , 1.0000 , 1.0000 , 1.0000 , 1.0769 , 1.0769 , 1.0769 , 0.7491 , 1.0769 , 1.0769 , 1.0769 , 1.0958 , 1.1000 , 1.1900 , 1.1900 , 1.1900 , 1.1900 , 1.2000 , 1.2000 , 1.4000 , 1.4000 , 1.4000 , 1.4000 , 1.4000 , 1.5000 , 1.5529 , 1.6900 , 1.8130 , 1.5529 , 3.7111 , 3.0000 , 1.8070 (1980-2012)	3.00	3,339	88,254	128	1.81 ^F
Estimated Petroleum Net Exports	Net Exports = Total Oil Production – Consumption. Negative numbers are Net Imports.	-1.0000 , -1.0000 , -1.0000 , -1.0000 , -1.0000 , -1.0769 , -1.0769 , -1.0769 , -0.7491 , -1.0769 , -1.0769 , -1.0769 , -1.0958 , -1.1000 , -1.1900 , -1.1900 , -1.1900 , -1.1900 , -1.2000 , -1.2000 , -1.4000 , -1.4000 , -1.4000 , -1.4000 , -1.4000 , -1.5000 , -1.5529 , -1.6900 , -1.8130 , -1.5529 , -3.7111 , -3.0000 , -1.8070 (1980-2012)	-3.00	6,028	--	120	-1.81
Refinery Capacity	Crude oil distillation capacity as of January 1. Sources: U.S. data from EIA; Other countries from Oil & Gas Journal.	0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 (1980-2012)	0	3,220	88,097	110	0
Proved Reserves(Billion Barrels)	As of January 1. Sources: U.S. data from EIA; Other countries from Oil & Gas Journal.	0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 (1980-2013)	0.00	124	NA	90	0.00
Natural Gas (Billion Cubic Feet)			Previous Year				Latest Year
		History	Lesotho	Africa	World	Rank	Lesotho
Production	Dry natural gas.	0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 (1980-2011)	0.00	7,373	111,954	89	0.00
Consumption	Dry natural gas.	0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 (1980-2011)	0.00	3,558	113,321	109	0.00
Net Export/Imports(-)	Net Exports = Exports - Imports. Negative numbers are Net Imports. Note: Data range begins with the year 1990.	0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 (1990-2011)	0.00	3,813	--	64	0.00
Proved Reserves (Trillion Cubic Feet)	As of January 1. Sources: U.S. data from EIA; Other countries from Oil & Gas Journal.	0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 (1980-2013)	0.00	509	NA	90	0.00
Coal (Million Short Tons)			Previous Year				Latest Year
		History	Lesotho	Africa	World	Rank	Lesotho
Production	Production of primary coal (includes anthracite, bituminous, lignite, and for Estonia, oil shale).	0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 (1980-2011)	0.000	286	7,954	67	0.000
Consumption	Consumption of primary coal (includes anthracite, bituminous, lignite, and for Estonia, oil shale) and net imports of metallurgical coke.	0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 (1980-2011)	0.000	223	7,770	114	0.000
Net Export/Imports(-)	Net Exports = Exports – Imports. Negative numbers are Net Imports. Includes primary coal and metallurgical coke.	0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 (1980-2011)	0.000	64	--	85	0.000
Electricity (Billion Kilowatthours)			Previous Year				Latest Year
		History	Lesotho	Africa	World	Rank	Lesotho
Net Generation	Conventional thermal electricity, hydroelectric power, nuclear electric power, and geothermal, solar, wind, and wood and waste electric power generation.	0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.1950 , 0.2880 , 0.2850 , 0.3140 , 0.3250 , 0.2970 , 0.3470 , 0.1980 , 0.1980 , 0.2000 , 0.2000 , 0.2000 (1980-2010)	0.20	594	19,071	182	0.20
Net Consumption	Net generation+electricty imports-electricity exports-electricity distribution losses.	0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.1920 , 0.2060 , 0.2410 , 0.2810 , 0.3100 , 0.3240 , 0.3350 , 0.3180 , 0.2090 , 0.2364 , 0.2798 , 0.3051 , 0.3080 , 0.3403 , 0.3012 , 0.3357 , 0.2241 , 0.2341 , 0.2360 , 0.2930 , 0.3070 (1980-2010)	0.29	530	17,360	175	0.31
Installed Capacity (GWe)	One billion watts or one thousand megawatts of electric capacity, as of January 1.	0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0750 , 0.0757 , 0.0757 , 0.0757 , 0.0757 , 0.0760 , 0.0760 , 0.0757 , 0.0760 , 0.0760 , 0.0760 , 0.0760 , 0.0760 , 0.0760 (1980-2010)	0.08	130	4,843	176	0.08
Total Primary Energy (Quadrillion Btu)			Previous Year				Latest Year
		History	Lesotho	Africa	World	Rank	Lesotho
Production	Production of petroleum (crude oil and natural gas plant liquids), dry natural gas, and coal, and net generation of hydroelectric, nuclear, and geothermal, solar, wind, and wood and waste electric power.	0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0020 , 0.0029 , 0.0029 , 0.0032 , 0.0033 , 0.0030 , 0.0035 , 0.0020 , 0.0020 , 0.0020 , 0.0020 , 0.0020 (1980-2010)	.002	36	487	153	0.002
Consumption	Consumption of petroleum, dry natural gas, and coal, and net hydroelectric, nuclear, and geothermal, solar, wind, and wood and waste electricity. Also includes net electricty imports.	0.0021 , 0.0019 , 0.0021 , 0.0021 , 0.0021 , 0.0022 , 0.0022 , 0.0022 , 0.0015 , 0.0022 , 0.0029 , 0.0029 , 0.0031 , 0.0031 , 0.0035 , 0.0036 , 0.0036 , 0.0035 , 0.0032 , 0.0047 , 0.0059 , 0.0060 , 0.0061 , 0.0064 , 0.0060 , 0.0066 , 0.0053 , 0.0057 , 0.0059 , 0.0055 , 0.0099 (1980-2010)	0.006	16	488	190	0.010
Energy Intensity (Btu per 2005 U.S. Dollars)	Consumption per dollar of gross domestic product using purchasing power parities.	1290.0452 , 1154.7019 , 1231.4612 , 1347.2473 , 1315.9027 , 1242.2504 , 1221.7423 , 1162.5243 , 716.9085 , 972.3995 , 1186.0592 , 1158.3263 , 1171.1046 , 1148.5810 , 1257.3868 , 1218.4782 , 1121.2617 , 1020.0911 , 969.3152 , 1404.8066 , 1677.0219 , 1634.6579 , 1673.5403 , 1651.6764 , 1512.6734 , 1657.8274 , 1247.7907 , 1301.5346 , 1293.1226 , 1199.3823 , 2103.9712 (1980-2010)	1,199	5,405	7,461	186	2,104
Carbon Dioxide Emissions (Million Metric Tons of CO₂)			Previous Year				Latest Year
		History	Lesotho	Africa	World	Rank	Lesotho
Total from Consumption of Fossil Fuels	Emissions from the consumption of petroleum, natural gas, and coal and the flaring of natural gas.	0.1459 , 0.1365 , 0.1469 , 0.1462 , 0.1459 , 0.1491 , 0.1562 , 0.1562 , 0.1031 , 0.1562 , 0.1562 , 0.1562 , 0.1617 , 0.1617 , 0.1795 , 0.1793 , 0.1797 , 0.1792 , 0.1821 , 0.1821 , 0.2118 , 0.2113 , 0.2113 , 0.2112 , 0.2118 , 0.2268 , 0.2346 , 0.2384 , 0.2398 , 0.2346 , 0.5512 , 0.4456 (1980-2011)	0.55	1,155	31,502	181	0.45

-- = Not applicable; NA = Not available; F = Forecast value
Sources: EIA. For more detailed data, see International Energy Statistics.

Data last updated: May 30, 2013

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