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.
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.4222 GPI | — |
| 1971 | 0.4816 GPI | +14.1% |
| 1973 | 0.6956 GPI | +44.4% |
| 1974 | 0.6727 GPI | -3.3% |
| 1975 | 0.6319 GPI | -6.1% |
| 1977 | 0.8205 GPI | +29.8% |
| 1978 | 0.9121 GPI | +11.2% |
| 1979 | 0.8252 GPI | -9.5% |
| 1981 | 0.9198 GPI | +11.5% |
| 1982 | 0.9571 GPI | +4.0% |
| 1983 | 0.9226 GPI | -3.6% |
| 1984 | 0.9128 GPI | -1.1% |
| 1985 | 1 GPI | +9.7% |
| 1986 | 1.06 GPI | +6.2% |
| 1987 | 1.29 GPI | +21.7% |
| 1988 | 1.41 GPI | +9.3% |
| 1989 | 1.37 GPI | -3.1% |
| 1990 | 1.21 GPI | -11.8% |
| 1991 | 1.27 GPI | +5.1% |
| 1992 | 1.08 GPI | -15.2% |
| 1993 | 1.15 GPI | +7.2% |
| 1994 | 1.14 GPI | -0.9% |
| 1995 | 1.17 GPI | +2.1% |
| 1996 | 1.13 GPI | -3.2% |
| 1999 | 1.55 GPI | +37.1% |
| 2000 | 1.43 GPI | -7.5% |
| 2001 | 1.59 GPI | +11.0% |
| 2002 | 1.28 GPI | -19.3% |
| 2003 | 1.39 GPI | +8.2% |
| 2005 | 1.23 GPI | -11.4% |
| 2006 | 1.2 GPI | -2.8% |
| 2012 | 1.58 GPI | +31.9% |
| 2013 | 1.55 GPI | -2.0% |
| 2014 | 1.52 GPI | -2.0% |
| 2015 | 1.59 GPI | +5.0% |
| 2017 | 1.7 GPI | +7.0% |
| 2018 | 1.62 GPI | -5.1% |
Lesotho compared with similar countries
- Lesotho's 1.62 GPI is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.8461 GPI, 1.9× the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Lesotho's 1.62 GPI is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.7194 GPI, 2.2× the median. (44 countries reporting)
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
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 5,672 (2023)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 30,627 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 22,924 (2022)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 23,698 (2022)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 136,497 (2017)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 309,480 (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -0.8093 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1324 units per person (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.