Community suitability of Leribe, Lesotho
Moderately suitable confidence B · live score 65
94
best land · p90
99%
good land
—
one block
How each domain holds up
Legal & sovereignty 47
Governance, safety & tenure 49
Economy & cost 79
Society, freedom & health 31
Land & water 91
Climate, growing & hazards 91
Autonomy & access 87
Where it pushes back
Healthcare qualityLegal entity & land frameworkGovernance & corruption
Within Leribe — 23 sub-regions
Estimated finer-grained reads from the same open data. Phase-1, not yet verified.
Thaba Phats'oa
strongest Autonomy & access (99) ·
weakest Society, freedom & health (31)
pushes back: Healthcare quality
Moderately suitable 67
Ha Mots'eare
strongest Autonomy & access (99) ·
weakest Society, freedom & health (31)
pushes back: Healthcare quality
Moderately suitable 66
Kolonyama
strongest Land & water (93) ·
weakest Society, freedom & health (31)
pushes back: Healthcare quality
Moderately suitable 66
Lipetu
strongest Climate, growing & hazards (93) ·
weakest Society, freedom & health (31)
pushes back: Healthcare quality
Moderately suitable 66
Pitseng
strongest Autonomy & access (95) ·
weakest Society, freedom & health (31)
pushes back: Healthcare quality
Moderately suitable 66
Mahobong
pushes back: Healthcare quality
Moderately suitable 65
Matlakeng
pushes back: Healthcare quality
Moderately suitable 65
Matlameng
pushes back: Healthcare quality
Moderately suitable 65
Mohobollo
pushes back: Healthcare quality
Moderately suitable 65
Mphorosane
pushes back: Healthcare quality
Moderately suitable 65
Nqechane
pushes back: Healthcare quality
Moderately suitable 65
Fobane
pushes back: Healthcare quality
Moderately suitable 64
Leribe
pushes back: Healthcare quality
Moderately suitable 64
Pela Ts'oeu
pushes back: Healthcare quality
Moderately suitable 64
Kosetabole
pushes back: Healthcare quality
Moderately suitable 63
Lejone
pushes back: Healthcare quality
Moderately suitable 63
Likhakeng
pushes back: Healthcare quality
Moderately suitable 63
Peka
pushes back: Healthcare quality
Moderately suitable 63
Seshote
pushes back: Healthcare quality
Moderately suitable 63
CPA
pushes back: Healthcare quality
Moderately suitable 61
Tsikoane
pushes back: Healthcare quality
Marginally suitable 60
Urban
pushes back: Healthcare quality
Marginally suitable 60
Hleoheng
pushes back: Healthcare quality
Marginally suitable 59
Reading the land, criterion by criterion
Each signal names the open dataset behind it and how measured it is.
Legal entity & land frameworkcountry B OECD FDI RRI + manual
Education & schooling freedomcountry B HSLDA + UNESCO UIS
Seed & agricultural autonomycountry C UPOV membership proxy
Governance & corruptioncountry A World Bank WGI + Transparency CPI
Land tenure securitycountry A IPRI (de jure) + Prindex (de facto)
Business & economic viabilitycountry A World Bank B-READY, Heritage, Fraser
Cost of living, labour & landcountry A World Bank PPP, ILOSTAT
Monetary & capital sovereigntycountry A IMF/World Bank, Chinn-Ito
Personal freedomcountry A Cato/Fraser Human Freedom Index
Healthcare qualitycountry B WHO GHO
Disease / vector burden A Malaria Atlas + dengue Index P
Soil quality A SoilGrids (ISRIC)
Water availability & quality A WRI Aqueduct + AQUASTAT
Terrain & buildability A SRTM / NASADEM
Land cover & degradation A ESA WorldCover + Global Forest Watch
Biodiversity & alignment B Biodiversity Intactness Index
Climate & natural hazards A ThinkHazard + NASA FIRMS + USGS
Growing conditions A CHELSA / FAO GAEZ
Food & forage diversity B FAO GAEZ crop suitability + GLW
Coastal risk B Climate Central CoastalDEM
Energy potential A Global Solar Atlas + Global Wind Atlas
Natural building materials B SoilGrids clay + forest + geology
Environmental quality A SEDAC PM2.5 + VIIRS night-lights
Connectivity A Ookla + ITU (+ Starlink)
Accessibility A Malaria Atlas friction surface
Remoteness / surroundings A GPWv4 population density
Contamination legacy C Maus mining polygons + WRI power plants
Phase-1 desk screening
These are desk numbers from open data. Soil tests, water rights and the welcome of actual neighbours all wait for a visit — we'd rather say so than pretend.
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