Lesotho vs Upper middle income: Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age
Lesotho
17.4%
in 2016
Upper middle income
8.0%
in 2019
Lesotho rank
34th
Upper middle income rank
31st
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age over time
- Lesotho
- Upper middle income
How they compare
Lesotho currently reports 17.4% against 8.0% in Upper middle income, a difference of 9.4%.
That makes Lesotho's figure about 2.2 times Upper middle income's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 19 shared years of data; in 1998 it was Lesotho ahead.
Lesotho ranks 34th and Upper middle income ranks 31st of 150 countries.
Lesotho has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lesotho | Upper middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 27.5% | 16.5% | 11.0% | Lesotho |
| 2000s | 15.9% | 11.3% | 4.6% | Lesotho |
| 2010s | 10.9% | 7.7% | 3.3% | Lesotho |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, Lesotho or Upper middle income?
- Lesotho, at 17.4% against 8.0% in Upper middle income as of 2016.
- What is the difference in out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age between Lesotho and Upper middle income?
- 9.4%, with Lesotho ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Upper middle income?
- 19 years are reported by both, from 1998 to 2016.
- How do Lesotho and Upper middle income rank globally for out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age?
- Lesotho ranks 34th and Upper middle income ranks 31st of 150 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, both sexes (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Number of adolescents of official lower secondary school age who are not enrolled in lower secondary school expressed as a percentage of the population of official lower secondary school age.