Lower secondary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in Lesotho
Lesotho: Lower secondary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) was 45.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lower secondary completion rate, total in Lesotho, 1972–2024
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
The most recent figure for lower secondary completion rate, total in Lesotho is 45.0%, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 10.9% on the previous year and down 6.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lower secondary completion rate, total in Lesotho peaked at 48.3% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 6.5%, in 1972.
That places Lesotho 158th out of 187 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
Lower secondary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 6.5% | — |
| 1973 | 12.3% | +88.8% |
| 1986 | 18.9% | +54.0% |
| 1987 | 19.4% | +2.9% |
| 1998 | 23.5% | +21.1% |
| 1999 | 25.5% | +8.1% |
| 2000 | 24.3% | -4.7% |
| 2001 | 25.9% | +6.6% |
| 2002 | 25.4% | -1.9% |
| 2003 | 25.8% | +1.6% |
| 2004 | 27.8% | +7.9% |
| 2005 | 29.1% | +4.4% |
| 2006 | 30.4% | +4.7% |
| 2007 | 30.2% | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 32.5% | +7.6% |
| 2009 | 39.8% | +22.2% |
| 2010 | 44.2% | +11.1% |
| 2012 | 45.9% | +3.8% |
| 2013 | 45.4% | -1.1% |
| 2014 | 48.3% | +6.5% |
| 2016 | 46.7% | -3.4% |
| 2017 | 45.8% | -1.9% |
| 2018 | 46.3% | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 43.6% | -5.7% |
| 2020 | 48.3% | +10.8% |
| 2022 | 47.2% | -2.3% |
| 2023 | 40.6% | -14.0% |
| 2024 | 45.0% | +10.9% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lower secondary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in Lesotho changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | +88.8% | 6.5% | 12.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 9.4% | 6.5% | 12.3% | 2 |
| 1980s | 19.2% | 18.9% | 19.4% | 2 |
| 1990s | 24.5% | 23.5% | 25.5% | 2 |
| 2000s | 29.1% | 24.3% | 39.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 45.8% | 43.6% | 48.3% | 8 |
| 2020s | 45.3% | 40.6% | 48.3% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Lesotho
More education data for Lesotho
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 68.25 (2024)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 67.83 (2024)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 5,672 (2023)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 30,627 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 22,924 (2022)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 23,698 (2022)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 136,497 (2017)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 309,480 (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -0.8093 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lower secondary completion rate, total in Lesotho?
- Lower secondary completion rate, total in Lesotho was 45.0% in 2024, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest lower secondary completion rate, total recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 48.3% in 2020.
- What is the lowest lower secondary completion rate, total recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.5% in 1972.
- How does Lesotho rank for lower secondary completion rate, total?
- Lesotho ranks 158th out of 187 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lower secondary completion rate, total rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Lesotho data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Lower secondary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Lower secondary education completion rate is measured as the gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary education (general and pre-vocational). It is calculated as the number of new entrants in the last grade of lower secondary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of lower secondary education.