School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Lesotho
Lesotho: School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index was 1.62 GPI in 2018. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Lesotho, 1970–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
Lesotho recorded 1.62 GPI for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in 2018.
The figure is down 5.1% on the previous year and up 35.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Lesotho peaked at 1.7 GPI in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.4222 GPI, in 1970.
That places Lesotho 27th out of 177 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 | 0.6827 GPI | 0.4222 GPI | 0.9121 GPI | 8 |
| 1980s | 1.1 GPI | 0.9128 GPI | 1.41 GPI | 9 |
| 1990s | 1.21 GPI | 1.08 GPI | 1.55 GPI | 8 |
| 2000s | 1.35 GPI | 1.2 GPI | 1.59 GPI | 6 |
| 2010s | 1.59 GPI | 1.52 GPI | 1.7 GPI | 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)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 62.0% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 34.1% (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, gender parity index in Lesotho?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Lesotho was 1.62 GPI in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 1.7 GPI in 2017.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4222 GPI in 1970.
- How does Lesotho rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index?
- Lesotho ranks 27th out of 177 countries with data for 2018.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is up 35.2%. 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, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Ratio of female school life expectancy to the male school life expectancy. It is calculated by dividing the female value for the indicator by the male value for the indicator. A GPI equal to 1 indicates parity between females and males. In general, a value less than 1 indicates disparity in favor of males and a value greater than 1 indicates disparity in favor of females.