School life expectancy, primary, female in Lesotho
Lesotho: School life expectancy, primary, female was 5.56 years in 2024. βΌ Falling
School life expectancy, primary, female in Lesotho, 1970β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
Lesotho recorded 5.56 years for school life expectancy, primary, female in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 54 years on record.
The figure is down 2.1% on the previous year and down 26.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, female in Lesotho peaked at 9.05 years in 1988 and was at its lowest, 5.56 years, in 2024.
Lesotho ranks 129th of 212 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 54 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 8.31 years | 7.58 years | 8.9 years | 9 |
| 1980s | 8.8 years | 8.59 years | 9.05 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 7.67 years | 6.9 years | 8.53 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 8.33 years | 7.79 years | 8.84 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.48 years | 6.56 years | 8.2 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.85 years | 5.56 years | 6.16 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near Lesotho
More education data for Lesotho
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 62.0% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 34.1% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 80.2% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 10,388 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs mean years of schooling 2.66 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 78.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary, female in Lesotho?
- School life expectancy, primary, female in Lesotho was 5.56 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, female recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 9.05 years in 1988.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, female recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.56 years in 2024.
- How does Lesotho rank for school life expectancy, primary, female?
- Lesotho ranks 129th out of 212 countries with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, female rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Lesotho data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, primary, female (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release