Angola vs Lesotho: Share of children in primary school age who are in school

Angola

63.2%

in 2023

Lesotho

67.8%

in 2024

Angola rank

198th

Lesotho rank

195th

Share of children in primary school age who are in school over time

Lesotho currently reports 67.8% against 63.2% in Angola, a difference of 4.6%.

That makes Lesotho's figure about 1.1 times Angola's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 8 shared years of data; in 1982 it was Lesotho ahead.

Angola ranks 198th and Lesotho ranks 195th of 209 countries.

Indicator: Share of children in primary school age who are in school
Unit: %
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026); Lee and Lee (2016) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 209 places, 8,478 data points, 1820–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The share of children of primary school age (typically 6–11 years) who are enrolled in primary education.