Lesotho vs WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income): School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male

Lesotho
10.61 years
in 2017
WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income)
11.11 years
in 2024
Lesotho rank
148th
WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) rank
151st

School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male over time

  • Lesotho
  • WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income)
02.557.51012.5197019972024

How they compare

WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) currently reports 11.11 years against 10.61 years in Lesotho, a difference of 0.5 years.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 33 shared years of data; in 1970 it was WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) ahead.

Lesotho ranks 148th and WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) ranks 151st of 179 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Lesotho averaged higher in 2 and WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Lesotho WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) Difference Ahead
1970s 6.41 years 7.58 years 1.17 years WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income)
1980s 7.91 years 8.39 years 0.4791 years WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income)
1990s 8.21 years 8.66 years 0.4536 years WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income)
2000s 9.99 years 8.77 years 1.22 years Lesotho
2010s 10.9 years 10.14 years 0.7606 years Lesotho

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male, Lesotho or WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income)?
WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income), at 11.11 years against 10.61 years in Lesotho as of 2024.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male between Lesotho and WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income)?
0.5 years, with WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income)?
33 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2017.
How do Lesotho and WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) rank globally for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male?
Lesotho ranks 148th and WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) ranks 151st of 179 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male (years). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Lesotho vs WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income): School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male. Statizoid, drawing on UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 16 September 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/compare/school-life-expectancy-primary-to-tertiary-male-years-2/lesotho/wb-middle-east-and-north-africa-excluding-high-income/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://education.statizoid.com/compare/school-life-expectancy-primary-to-tertiary-male-years-2/lesotho/wb-middle-east-and-north-africa-excluding-high-income/">Lesotho vs WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income): School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male (years)
Unit
years
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
400 places, 12,739 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release