World Number Plates

Number Plates of Lesotho

Continent: Africa

Capital: Maseru

Population: 1.9 million

Country ISO code: LS

Country OVAL code: LS

Driving Side: Left

First license issued in 1967

Number of vehicles:
cars 6,363 (1986), trucks and buses 15,379 (1986)

Road information:
total: 5,940 km; paved: 1,087 km; unpaved: 4,853 km (1999)

Located in the eastern area of central South Africa, Lesotho is bounded at all sides by South Africa.

The current series of car registrations are on a white plate with blue lettering and a blue border. The country emblem is on the left hand side of the number plate. The format of the number plate is L DDDD, with ‘L’ being a letter and ‘D’ being a digit. Government number plates have red lettering and a red border. The format of the government plates is the same as the private plates. The older series of private number plates were on a blue background with white lettering and a white border. The format of the previous series was LL DDDD.