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%

National exposure by occupancy class

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

National exposure by taxonomy

Figure: National exposure distribution by taxonomy classes in Lesotho.

Building height profile

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%

Subnational exposure by occupancy class

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

Subnational exposure by taxonomy

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.

Exposure by taxonomy classes

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%