ESCAP: Other Area (oth_region) (unsdcode:98426) vs Lesotho: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, both sexes

ESCAP: Other Area (oth_region) (unsdcode:98426)
9.61 years
in 2024
Lesotho
10.44 years
in 2017
ESCAP: Other Area (oth_region) (unsdcode:98426) rank
152nd
Lesotho rank
152nd

School life expectancy, primary and secondary, both sexes over time

  • ESCAP: Other Area (oth_region) (unsdcode:98426)
  • Lesotho
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How they compare

Lesotho currently reports 10.44 years against 9.61 years in ESCAP: Other Area (oth_region) (unsdcode:98426), a difference of 0.83 years.

That makes Lesotho's figure about 1.1 times ESCAP: Other Area (oth_region) (unsdcode:98426)'s.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 47 shared years of data; in 1970 it was ESCAP: Other Area (oth_region) (unsdcode:98426) ahead.

ESCAP: Other Area (oth_region) (unsdcode:98426) ranks 152nd and Lesotho ranks 152nd of 221 groups.

Across the 5 decades both report, ESCAP: Other Area (oth_region) (unsdcode:98426) averaged higher in 3 and Lesotho in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade ESCAP: Other Area (oth_region) (unsdcode:98426) Lesotho Difference Ahead
1970s 9.66 years 7.52 years 2.14 years ESCAP: Other Area (oth_region) (unsdcode:98426)
1980s 9.87 years 8.92 years 0.9421 years ESCAP: Other Area (oth_region) (unsdcode:98426)
1990s 9.19 years 8.71 years 0.4757 years ESCAP: Other Area (oth_region) (unsdcode:98426)
2000s 9.51 years 10.25 years 0.7395 years Lesotho
2010s 9.44 years 10.72 years 1.28 years Lesotho

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary and secondary, both sexes, ESCAP: Other Area (oth_region) (unsdcode:98426) or Lesotho?
Lesotho, at 10.44 years against 9.61 years in ESCAP: Other Area (oth_region) (unsdcode:98426) as of 2017.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary and secondary, both sexes between ESCAP: Other Area (oth_region) (unsdcode:98426) and Lesotho?
0.83 years, with Lesotho ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for ESCAP: Other Area (oth_region) (unsdcode:98426) and Lesotho?
47 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2017.
How do ESCAP: Other Area (oth_region) (unsdcode:98426) and Lesotho rank globally for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, both sexes?
ESCAP: Other Area (oth_region) (unsdcode:98426) ranks 152nd and Lesotho ranks 152nd of 221 groups.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School life expectancy, primary and secondary, both sexes (years). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, both sexes (years)
Unit
years
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
434 places, 16,437 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release