School life expectancy, tertiary, male in Lesotho
Lesotho: School life expectancy, tertiary, male was 0.4347 years in 2018. ◆ Volatile
School life expectancy, tertiary, male in Lesotho, 1970–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2018, school life expectancy, tertiary, male in Lesotho stood at 0.4347 years.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.6% on the previous year and up 131.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, male in Lesotho peaked at 0.5345 years in 2012 and was at its lowest, 0.0256 years, in 1971.
Lesotho ranks 153rd of 177 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.037 years | 0.0256 years | 0.0563 years | 8 |
| 1980s | 0.0594 years | 0.0523 years | 0.0655 years | 9 |
| 1990s | 0.0916 years | 0.0554 years | 0.1115 years | 8 |
| 2000s | 0.1305 years | 0.0834 years | 0.1875 years | 6 |
| 2010s | 0.4818 years | 0.4347 years | 0.5345 years | 6 |
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More education data for Lesotho
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 62.0% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 34.1% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 80.2% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 10,388 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 2.66 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 78.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, male in Lesotho?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, male in Lesotho was 0.4347 years in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, male recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5345 years in 2012.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, male recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0256 years in 1971.
- How does Lesotho rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, male?
- Lesotho ranks 153rd out of 177 countries with data for 2018.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, male rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is up 131.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Lesotho data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, tertiary, male (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Number of years a person of school entrance age can expect to spend within the specified level of education. For a child of a certain age a, the school life expectancy is calculated as the sum of the age specific enrolment rates for the levels of education specified. The part of the enrolment that is not distributed by age is divided by the school-age population for the level of education they are enrolled in, and multiplied by the duration of that level of education. The result is then added to the sum of the age-specific enrolment rates. A relatively high SLE indicates greater probability for children to spend more years in education and higher overall retention within the education system. It must be noted that the expected number of years does not necessarily coincide with the expected number of grades of education completed, because of repetition. Since school life expectancy is an average based on participation in different levels of education, the expected number of years of schooling may be pulled down by the magnitude of children who never go to school. Those children who are in school may benefit from many more years of education than the average.