School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in Lesotho
Lesotho: School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index was 1.35 GPIA in 2018. β² Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in Lesotho, 1970β2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Lesotho recorded 1.35 GPIA for school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in 2018.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.6% on the previous year and up 12.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in Lesotho peaked at 1.4 GPIA in 1999 and was at its lowest, 0.3729 GPIA, in 1970.
That places Lesotho 47th out of 189 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 37 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.6829 GPIA | 0.3729 GPIA | 0.9596 GPIA | 8 |
| 1980s | 1.11 GPIA | 0.9533 GPIA | 1.36 GPIA | 9 |
| 1990s | 1.22 GPIA | 1.12 GPIA | 1.4 GPIA | 8 |
| 2000s | 1.31 GPIA | 1.21 GPIA | 1.4 GPIA | 6 |
| 2010s | 1.35 GPIA | 1.33 GPIA | 1.39 GPIA | 6 |
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, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in Lesotho?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in Lesotho was 1.35 GPIA in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 1.4 GPIA in 1999.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3729 GPIA in 1970.
- How does Lesotho rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index?
- Lesotho ranks 47th out of 189 countries with data for 2018.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.2%. 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, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release