Lesotho's adult literacy rose from 86.3 % in 2000 to 90.4 % in 2024.
Lesotho's school enrolment, primary (% gross) fell from 99.3 % in 1995 to 80.2 % in 2024.
Lesotho · Education
Literacy, enrolment, attainment and spending.
16 indicators · 15 with data
Lesotho's literacy rate, youth total (ages 15–24) rose from 90.9 % in 2000 to 96.5 % in 2024.
Lesotho's school enrolment, secondary (% gross) rose from 24.6 % in 1988 to 59.4 % in 2017.
Lesotho's tertiary enrolment rose from 0.9 % in 1980 to 9.9 % in 2018.
Lesotho's children out of school, primary fell from 130,780 in 1994 to 124,175 in 2024.
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- Primary completion ratedown −3.6 pts127th of 137
- Tertiary attainment86th of 102*
- At least upper secondary attainment (ages 25–64)up +5.9 pts66th of 74
- Expected years of schoolingunchanged +0.0 yrs158th of 195
- Mean years of schooling (ages 25+)up +0.4 yrs111th of 145
- Learning poverty46th of 46*
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- Education spendingdown −0.7 pts6th of 40
- Government expenditure on education (% of government expenditure)down −0.6 pts76th of 99
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- Pupil-teacher ratio, primarydown −2.4 %114th of 135
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