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Secondary school enrollment — Lesotho

Secondary school enrollment in Lesotho in 2017 — 59.4%. Ranked 118 in the world out of 140. Since 1970, the indicator has risen by 47.7 pp.

2017 59.4% +2.5 pp vs 2016
World rank 118of 140
Period maximum 59.4%2015
Period minimum 7.4%1971

Trend over time

1970–2017 · % (gross ratio)

Secondary school enrollment — Lesotho, 1970–2017020406019701975198019851990199520002005201020151970: 11.7%1971: 7.4%1972: 8%1973: 10.7%1975: 12%1976: 12.6%1977: 13.2%1978: 13.3%1979: 15.6%1980: 16.6%1981: 18%1982: 18.5%1983: 20.3%1984: 20.9%1985: 21.4%1986: 21.9%1987: 23.7%1988: 24.6%1989: 24.7%1990: 24.4%1991: 23.8%1992: 24.9%1993: 25.6%1994: 27.6%1995: 28.8%1996: 28.4%1997: 29.3%1998: 28.7%1999: 28.8%2000: 28.8%2001: 30.3%2002: 31.2%2003: 32%2004: 34.4%2005: 36.8%2006: 38.4%2007: 41.6%2008: 44.8%2009: 49.2%2010: 54.2%2011: 57%2012: 59.1%2013: 57.8%2014: 58.3%2015: 59.4%2016: 56.8%2017: 59.4%
Change over the period: +47.7 pp Annual average: 1.01 pp

Comparison, 2017

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Lesotho

Lesotho 59.4%
World 74.9%
Sub-Saharan Africa 42.9%
Southern Africa computed 103%
Secondary school enrollment — Lesotho, by year Lesotho All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2017 59.4 +2.5 pp
2016 56.8 −2.6 pp
2015 59.4 +1.1 pp
2014 58.3 +0.5 pp
2013 57.8 −1.3 pp
2012 59.1 +2.1 pp
2011 57 +2.7 pp
2010 54.2 +5 pp
2009 49.2 +4.4 pp
2008 44.8 +3.2 pp
2007 41.6 +3.1 pp
2006 38.4 +1.6 pp
2005 36.8 +2.3 pp
2004 34.4 +2.4 pp
2003 32 +0.8 pp
2002 31.2 +1 pp
2001 30.3 +1.5 pp
2000 28.8 −0.1 pp
1999 28.8 +0.1 pp
1998 28.7 −0.5 pp
1997 29.3 +0.9 pp
1996 28.4 −0.4 pp
1995 28.8 +1.2 pp
1994 27.6 +2 pp
1993 25.6 +0.7 pp
1992 24.9 +1.1 pp
1991 23.8 −0.6 pp
1990 24.4 −0.2 pp
1989 24.7 +0 pp
1988 24.6 +0.9 pp
1987 23.7 +1.8 pp
1986 21.9 +0.5 pp
1985 21.4 +0.5 pp
1984 20.9 +0.6 pp
1983 20.3 +1.8 pp
1982 18.5 +0.5 pp
1981 18 +1.4 pp
1980 16.6 +0.9 pp
1979 15.6 +2.3 pp
1978 13.3 +0.1 pp
1977 13.2 +0.6 pp
1976 12.6 +0.6 pp
1975 12 —
1973 10.7 +2.6 pp
1972 8 +0.6 pp
1971 7.4 −4.3 pp
1970 11.7 —

Southern Africa, 2017

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

ZA South Africa 105.6 NA Namibia 79.5 LS Lesotho 59.4
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About the indicator

The gross secondary enrollment ratio — the ratio of the total number of secondary school pupils, of any age, to the population of the official age for that level. It can exceed 100% when pupils older than the official age are in school — because of repetition or a late start, for example.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), license CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO.

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