Relationship dossier
Australia
Lesotho
Relationship assessment
Australian development scholarships provide a modest area of bilateral cooperation
Australia toward Lesotho
+15Australia offers development scholarships through the Australia Awards Africa program, which includes Lesotho.
Lesotho toward Australia
Not assessedOverall relationship
Not assessedHow to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
Australia has offered development scholarships through the Australia Awards Africa program, which includes Lesotho. This supports a modest assessment of Australian government cooperation. Information about concrete Lesotho government actions toward Australia is insufficient to assess that aspect of the relationship.
Key developments
Australia Awards Africa provides scholarship opportunities for eligible candidates from Lesotho.
Major uncertainties
- The scale and continuity of Lesotho’s participation in Australia Awards are unclear.
- Details of concrete Lesotho government cooperation with Australia are limited.