Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15+ with no education in Lesotho
Lesotho: Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15+ with no education was 12.4% in 2010. ▼ Falling
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15+ with no education in Lesotho, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
In 2010, barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with no education in Lesotho stood at 12.4%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 23.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with no education in Lesotho peaked at 36.8% in 1960 and was at its lowest, 11.6%, in 2005.
That places Lesotho 55th out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15+ with no education in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 36.8% | — |
| 1965 | 31.8% | -13.6% |
| 1970 | 29.6% | -6.8% |
| 1975 | 28.4% | -4.0% |
| 1980 | 25.6% | -9.8% |
| 1985 | 23.4% | -8.8% |
| 1990 | 20.8% | -10.9% |
| 1995 | 18.4% | -11.5% |
| 2000 | 16.2% | -12.3% |
| 2005 | 11.6% | -28.5% |
| 2010 | 12.4% | +7.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 34.3% | 31.8% | 36.8% | 2 |
| 1970s | 29.0% | 28.4% | 29.6% | 2 |
| 1980s | 24.5% | 23.4% | 25.6% | 2 |
| 1990s | 19.6% | 18.4% | 20.8% | 2 |
| 2000s | 13.9% | 11.6% | 16.2% | 2 |
| 2010s | 12.4% | 12.4% | 12.4% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Lesotho
More education data for Lesotho
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 309,480 (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -0.8093 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1324 units per person (2024)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 309,480 (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -0.8093 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), per capita 0.1324 units per person (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 150,993 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with no education in Lesotho?
- Barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with no education in Lesotho was 12.4% in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with no education recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 36.8% in 1960.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with no education recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.6% in 2005.
- How does Lesotho rank for barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with no education?
- Lesotho ranks 55th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of population age 15+ with no education rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is down 23.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Lesotho data come from?
- The figures come from Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/, published as part of Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15+ with no education. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 11 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
About this data
Percentage of population age 15+ with no education