School life expectancy, secondary, female in Lesotho
Lesotho: School life expectancy, secondary, female was 3.41 years in 2017. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, secondary, female in Lesotho, 1970–2017
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
Lesotho recorded 3.41 years for school life expectancy, secondary, female in 2017. That is the highest value across all 46 years on record.
The figure is up 3.8% on the previous year and up 45.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, female in Lesotho peaked at 3.41 years in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.4163 years, in 1971.
Lesotho ranks 170th of 207 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 46 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.6775 years | 0.4163 years | 0.9419 years | 9 |
| 1980s | 1.29 years | 1 years | 1.5 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.66 years | 1.46 years | 1.88 years | 9 |
| 2000s | 2.1 years | 1.69 years | 2.84 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.31 years | 3.1 years | 3.41 years | 8 |
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, secondary, female in Lesotho?
- School life expectancy, secondary, female in Lesotho was 3.41 years in 2017, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, female recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 3.41 years in 2017.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, female recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4163 years in 1971.
- How does Lesotho rank for school life expectancy, secondary, female?
- Lesotho ranks 170th out of 207 countries with data for 2017.
- Is school life expectancy, secondary, female rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is up 45.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Lesotho data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, secondary, female (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release