School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Lesotho
Lesotho: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes was 12.13 years in 2017. β² Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Lesotho, 1970β2017
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in years.
Analysis
Lesotho recorded 12.13 years for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in 2017.
That represents a change of up 2.7% on the previous year and up 7.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Lesotho peaked at 12.37 years in 2012 and was at its lowest, 6.61 years, in 1971.
Lesotho ranks 118th of 183 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 38 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 7.3 years | 6.61 years | 7.78 years | 9 |
| 1980s | 8.64 years | 7.91 years | 9 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 8.68 years | 8.46 years | 8.82 years | 8 |
| 2000s | 10.24 years | 9.34 years | 11.28 years | 6 |
| 2010s | 12.04 years | 11.82 years | 12.37 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near Lesotho
More education data for Lesotho
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 10,388 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- 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, per capita 0.0044 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Lesotho?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Lesotho was 12.13 years in 2017, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 12.37 years in 2012.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.61 years in 1971.
- How does Lesotho rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes?
- Lesotho ranks 118th out of 183 countries with data for 2017.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.6%. 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 School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV Β· JSON β 38 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
About this data
Expected years of schooling is the number of years a child of school entrance age is expected to spend at school, or university, including years spent on repetition. It is the sum of the age-specific enrolment ratios for primary, secondary, post-secondary non-tertiary and tertiary education.