Lesotho exposure#
This page summarises the exposure model for Lesotho in Africa, including national, subnational, and taxonomy-level views.
National summary#
The national exposure profile by occupancy class highlights the distribution of buildings, replacement value, and exposed population.
| BUILDINGS | POPULATION | TOTAL_COST | BUILDINGS_% | POPULATION_% | TOTAL_COST_% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OCCUPANCY | ||||||
| COM | 9.8K | 0.0M | $771.7M | 1.59% | 0.00% | 5.77% |
| IND | 2.8K | 0.0M | $342.5M | 0.46% | 0.00% | 2.56% |
| RES | 599.5K | 2.4M | $12,261.2M | 97.95% | 100.00% | 91.67% |

Figure: Relative contribution of occupancy classes to total national exposure in Lesotho.

Figure: National exposure distribution by taxonomy classes in Lesotho.

Figure: Building height profile used in the exposure model for Lesotho.
Subnational summary#
The subnational summary aggregates exposure by first administrative level and supports comparison of spatial concentration of assets.
| BUILDINGS | POPULATION | TOTAL_COST | BUILDINGS_% | POPULATION_% | TOTAL_COST_% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NAME_1 | ||||||
| Maseru | 156.7K | 612.0K | $3.4B | 25.60% | 25.90% | 25.47% |
| Leribe | 101.9K | 398.5K | $2.2B | 16.65% | 16.86% | 16.49% |
| Berea | 82.4K | 309.3K | $1.8B | 13.46% | 13.09% | 13.51% |
| Mafeteng | 54.4K | 211.7K | $1.2B | 8.88% | 8.96% | 8.89% |
| Mohale's Hoek | 49.1K | 191.0K | $1.1B | 8.02% | 8.08% | 8.04% |
| Thaba-Tseka | 40.1K | 156.1K | $0.9B | 6.56% | 6.60% | 6.59% |
| Butha-Buthe | 35.5K | 138.2K | $0.8B | 5.79% | 5.85% | 5.78% |
| Quthing | 35.0K | 135.9K | $0.8B | 5.71% | 5.75% | 5.76% |
| Mokhotlong | 34.5K | 122.7K | $0.8B | 5.63% | 5.19% | 5.72% |
| Qacha's Nek | 22.7K | 87.8K | $0.5B | 3.70% | 3.72% | 3.75% |

Figure: Subnational distribution of exposure by occupancy class across first-level administrative units.

Figure: Subnational distribution of exposure by taxonomy classes across first-level administrative units.
Taxonomy summary#
The taxonomy summary provides a detailed view of building classes represented in the national exposure model.

Figure: Distribution of exposure by detailed taxonomy classes in Lesotho.
| BUILDINGS | POPULATION | TOTAL_COST | BUILDINGS_% | POPULATION_% | TOTAL_COST_% | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MACRO_TAXONOMY | TAXONOMY | OCCUPANCY | ||||||
| MUR | MUR+CB/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:2/RES | RES | 127,826 | 485.2K | $3,252,850.2K | 20.88% | 20.53% | 24.32% |
| ADO|ST|E | MUR+STRUB/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:2/RES | RES | 95,133 | 361.1K | $2,255,633.2K | 15.54% | 15.28% | 16.86% |
| MUR | MUR+CB/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/RES | RES | 131,105 | 485.2K | $1,986,473.3K | 21.42% | 20.53% | 14.85% |
| ADO|ST|E | MUR+STRUB/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/RES | RES | 97,572 | 361.1K | $1,377,485.8K | 15.94% | 15.28% | 10.30% |
| MUR | MUR+CL/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:2/RES | RES | 11,997 | 45.5K | $326,916.8K | 1.96% | 1.93% | 2.44% |
| ADO|ST|E | MUR+STDRE/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:2/RES | RES | 10,121 | 38.4K | $299,962.8K | 1.65% | 1.63% | 2.24% |
| MUR | MUR+CB/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:3/RES | RES | 1,720 | 51.1K | $296,228.2K | 0.28% | 2.16% | 2.21% |
| W | W+WWD/LWAL/CDN+ERM/H:1/RES | RES | 13,380 | 49.5K | $250,863.9K | 2.19% | 2.10% | 1.88% |
| CR- | CR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:3/RES | RES | 5,287 | 25.1K | $238,048.7K | 0.86% | 1.06% | 1.78% |
| MR|MCF | MCF+CB/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:2/RES | RES | 7,491 | 28.4K | $230,972.3K | 1.22% | 1.20% | 1.73% |
| ADO|ST|E | MUR+STRUB/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:3/RES | RES | 1,285 | 38.0K | $205,414.0K | 0.21% | 1.61% | 1.54% |
| CR- | CR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:2/RES | RES | 6,614 | 25.1K | $203,894.5K | 1.08% | 1.06% | 1.52% |
| MUR | MUR+CL/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/RES | RES | 12,304 | 45.5K | $199,643.4K | 2.01% | 1.93% | 1.49% |
| ADO|ST|E | MUR+STDRE/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/RES | RES | 10,380 | 38.4K | $183,183.3K | 1.70% | 1.63% | 1.37% |
| MUR+STRUB/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:2/COM | COM | 1,122 | 0.0K | $178,594.2K | 0.18% | 0.00% | 1.34% | |
| MUR+STRUB/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/COM | COM | 2,239 | 0.0K | $178,592.4K | 0.37% | 0.00% | 1.34% | |
| W | W+WWD/LWAL/CDN+ERM/H:2/RES | RES | 5,590 | 21.2K | $175,962.0K | 0.91% | 0.90% | 1.32% |
| ADO|ST|E | MUR+ADO/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:2/RES | RES | 19,531 | 74.1K | $157,727.2K | 3.19% | 3.14% | 1.18% |
| MR|MCF | MCF+CB/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:1/RES | RES | 7,685 | 28.4K | $141,052.0K | 1.26% | 1.20% | 1.05% |
| MUR | MUR+CB/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/COM | COM | 3,032 | 0.0K | $123,211.6K | 0.50% | 0.00% | 0.92% |
| MUR+CB/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:2/COM | COM | 1,513 | 0.0K | $123,208.4K | 0.25% | 0.00% | 0.92% | |
| ADO|ST|E | MUR+ADO/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/RES | RES | 20,029 | 74.1K | $96,321.6K | 3.27% | 3.14% | 0.72% |
| CR- | CR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:4-7/RES | RES | 244 | 10.8K | $71,151.4K | 0.04% | 0.46% | 0.53% |
| ADO|ST|E | MUR+STRUB/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/IND | IND | 589 | 0.0K | $65,671.4K | 0.10% | 0.00% | 0.49% |
| OT | ME+MEO/LWAL/CDN+ERM/H:1/RES | RES | 6,651 | 24.6K | $59,393.5K | 1.09% | 1.04% | 0.44% |
| MUR | MUR+CB/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/IND | IND | 735 | 0.0K | $58,438.7K | 0.12% | 0.00% | 0.44% |
| ADO|ST|E | MUR+STRUB/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:2/IND | IND | 195 | 0.0K | $47,761.4K | 0.03% | 0.00% | 0.36% |
| MR|MCF | MCF+CB/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:3-6/RES | RES | 216 | 6.3K | $44,405.4K | 0.04% | 0.27% | 0.33% |
| MUR | MUR+CB/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:2/IND | IND | 251 | 0.0K | $42,499.8K | 0.04% | 0.00% | 0.32% |
| S | S+SL/LFM/CDL+ERL/H:1/IND | IND | 380 | 0.0K | $39,398.9K | 0.06% | 0.00% | 0.29% |
| CR- | CR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:1/RES | RES | 1,937 | 7.2K | $35,576.5K | 0.32% | 0.30% | 0.27% |
| MR|MCF | MCF+CL/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:2/RES | RES | 1,011 | 3.8K | $31,177.1K | 0.17% | 0.16% | 0.23% |
| MUR | MUR+CL/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:3/RES | RES | 161 | 4.8K | $29,771.3K | 0.03% | 0.20% | 0.22% |
| ADO|ST|E | MUR+STDRE/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:3/RES | RES | 136 | 4.0K | $27,317.6K | 0.02% | 0.17% | 0.20% |
| S | S+SL/LFM/CDL+ERL/H:2/IND | IND | 117 | 0.0K | $26,714.2K | 0.02% | 0.00% | 0.20% |
| ADO|ST|E | MUR+STRUB/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:3/COM | COM | 42 | 0.0K | $23,815.5K | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.18% |
| S | S/LFM/CDL+ERL/H:1/IND | IND | 210 | 0.0K | $23,671.9K | 0.03% | 0.00% | 0.18% |
| CR- | CR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:>7/RES | RES | 60 | 3.6K | $22,235.5K | 0.01% | 0.15% | 0.17% |
| OT | MATO/LN/CDN+ERN/H:1/RES | RES | 2,409 | 8.9K | $19,936.5K | 0.39% | 0.38% | 0.15% |
| MR|MCF | MCF+CL/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:1/RES | RES | 1,038 | 3.8K | $19,039.5K | 0.17% | 0.16% | 0.14% |
| MUR | MUR+CB/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:3/COM | COM | 58 | 0.0K | $15,657.7K | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.12% |
| ADO|ST|E | MUR+ADO/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:3/RES | RES | 261 | 7.8K | $14,363.9K | 0.04% | 0.33% | 0.11% |
| S | S/LFM/CDL+ERL/H:2/IND | IND | 72 | 0.0K | $14,304.7K | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.11% |
| ADO|ST|E | MUR+STDRE/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:2/COM | COM | 85 | 0.0K | $13,352.9K | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.10% |
| MUR+STDRE/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/COM | COM | 165 | 0.0K | $13,200.5K | 0.03% | 0.00% | 0.10% | |
| MR|MCF | MCF+CB/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:2/COM | COM | 86 | 0.0K | $12,320.3K | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.09% |
| MCF+CB/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:1/COM | COM | 168 | 0.0K | $12,202.1K | 0.03% | 0.00% | 0.09% | |
| ADO|ST|E | MUR+ADO/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/COM | COM | 431 | 0.0K | $11,170.0K | 0.07% | 0.00% | 0.08% |
| MUR+ADO/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:2/COM | COM | 214 | 0.0K | $11,076.6K | 0.03% | 0.00% | 0.08% | |
| CR- | CR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:3/COM | COM | 49 | 0.0K | $10,658.4K | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.08% |
| MUR | MUR+CL/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/COM | COM | 259 | 0.0K | $10,477.4K | 0.04% | 0.00% | 0.08% |
| MUR+CL/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:2/COM | COM | 132 | 0.0K | $10,416.4K | 0.02% | 0.00% | 0.08% | |
| CR- | CR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:2/COM | COM | 78 | 0.0K | $10,235.7K | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.08% |
| CR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:4-7/COM | COM | 14 | 0.0K | $6,479.2K | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.05% | |
| MR|MCF | MCF+CL/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:3-6/RES | RES | 29 | 0.8K | $5,773.1K | 0.00% | 0.03% | 0.04% |
| CR- | CR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:1/IND | IND | 50 | 0.0K | $4,648.8K | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.03% |
| ADO|ST|E | MUR+STDRE/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/IND | IND | 41 | 0.0K | $4,537.1K | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.03% |
| MUR | MUR+CL/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1/IND | IND | 64 | 0.0K | $4,249.5K | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.03% |
| MR|MCF | MCF+CB/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:1/IND | IND | 50 | 0.0K | $4,094.7K | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.03% |
| CR- | CR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:1/COM | COM | 37 | 0.0K | $2,544.1K | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.02% |
| OT | INF/LN/CDN+ERN/H:1/EWV/RES | RES | 342 | 1.3K | $2,418.6K | 0.06% | 0.05% | 0.02% |
| ADO|ST|E | MUR+STDRE/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:2/IND | IND | 9 | 0.0K | $1,812.0K | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.01% |
| CR- | CR/LFINF/CDL+ERL/H:2/IND | IND | 10 | 0.0K | $1,714.8K | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.01% |
| MR|MCF | MCF+CB/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:2/IND | IND | 10 | 0.0K | $1,510.9K | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.01% |
| MCF+CB/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:3-6/COM | COM | 4 | 0.0K | $1,476.6K | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.01% | |
| MUR | MUR+CL/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:2/IND | IND | 13 | 0.0K | $1,458.3K | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.01% |
| MR|MCF | MCF+CL/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:1/COM | COM | 23 | 0.0K | $1,293.0K | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.01% |
| ADO|ST|E | MUR+ADO/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:3/COM | COM | 6 | 0.0K | $830.2K | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.01% |
| MUR+STDRE/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:3/COM | COM | 1 | 0.0K | $396.2K | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | |
| MR|MCF | MCF+CL/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:2/COM | COM | 2 | 0.0K | $270.6K | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| MUR | MUR+CL/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:3/COM | COM | 1 | 0.0K | $184.1K | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |