The economy of this small southern Africa depends almost entirely of South Africa, where it is locked. Lesotho is however rich in its main natural resource: water, which they sell to the neighboring countries and it's allows them to be independent to 90% in terms of power.

Despite rapid economic growth, the country maintains a low HDI. The failure of the State worsened in 2011 and the country is the 12th least developed state in the world (LDCs).