With a WHO health system performance index of 0.266, Lesotho is the ninth worst country in the world on the healthcare front. Lesotho is completely landlocked; it is the world’s highest country and no part of it lies lower than 1,400 meters above sea level. Its area is just a little bit more than 30,000 square kilometers, and population a little less than 2 million people. About 40% of the citizens of Lesotho live below the poverty line. The situation looks bleak for the people of Lesotho: the average life expectancy is 49 years, and 25% of the people between 15-49 years of age have contracted HIV. Many of its picturesque mountain paths are used to smuggle Lesotho’s number one cash crop – marijuana. With dismal prospects, there’s a movement for Lesotho to accept annexation by its powerful neighbor South Africa, for help on many fronts including with the health care system.click on this link to see the six worst countries in the World for Healthcare.