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Tertiary education enrollment — Lesotho

Tertiary education enrollment in Lesotho in 2018 — 9.9%. Ranked 124 in the world out of 134. Since 1970, the indicator has risen by 9.4 pp.

2018 9.9% −0.4 pp vs 2017
World rank 124of 134
Period maximum 10.9%2012
Period minimum 0.4%1972

Trend over time

1970–2018 · % (gross ratio)

Tertiary education enrollment — Lesotho, 1970–2018051015197019751980198519901995200020052010201520181970: 0.5%1971: 0.4%1972: 0.4%1973: 0.5%1974: 0.6%1975: 0.5%1976: 0.6%1977: 0.8%1978: 0.9%1979: 1%1980: 0.9%1981: 1%1982: 1%1983: 1%1984: 0.9%1985: 1.2%1986: 1.2%1987: 1.4%1988: 1.5%1989: 1.4%1990: 1.2%1991: 1.2%1992: 2.1%1993: 2.3%1994: 2.4%1995: 2.4%1996: 2.4%1999: 1.9%2000: 2.1%2001: 2.3%2002: 2.2%2003: 2.7%2005: 3.4%2006: 3.7%2012: 10.9%2013: 10.5%2014: 10.4%2015: 9.7%2017: 10.3%2018: 9.9%
Change over the period: +9.4 pp Annual average: 0.2 pp

Comparison, 2018

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

Lesotho 9.9%
World 37.9%
Sub-Saharan Africa 9.1%
Southern Africa computed 22%
Tertiary education enrollment — Lesotho, by year Lesotho All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2018 9.9 −0.4 pp
2017 10.3 —
2015 9.7 −0.7 pp
2014 10.4 −0 pp
2013 10.5 −0.4 pp
2012 10.9 —
2006 3.7 +0.2 pp
2005 3.4 —
2003 2.7 +0.5 pp
2002 2.2 −0 pp
2001 2.3 +0.2 pp
2000 2.1 +0.2 pp
1999 1.9 —
1996 2.4 +0 pp
1995 2.4 −0.1 pp
1994 2.4 +0.1 pp
1993 2.3 +0.1 pp
1992 2.1 +0.9 pp
1991 1.2 +0 pp
1990 1.2 −0.2 pp
1989 1.4 −0 pp
1988 1.5 +0.1 pp
1987 1.4 +0.1 pp
1986 1.2 +0 pp
1985 1.2 +0.2 pp
1984 0.9 −0.1 pp
1983 1 +0 pp
1982 1 +0 pp
1981 1 +0.1 pp
1980 0.9 −0.1 pp
1979 1 +0.1 pp
1978 0.9 +0.1 pp
1977 0.8 +0.2 pp
1976 0.6 +0.1 pp
1975 0.5 −0.1 pp
1974 0.6 +0.1 pp
1973 0.5 +0.1 pp
1972 0.4 −0 pp
1971 0.4 −0.1 pp
1970 0.5 —

Southern Africa, 2018

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

NA Namibia 23.7 ZA South Africa 22.4 LS Lesotho 9.9
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About the indicator

The gross tertiary enrollment ratio — the number of students at universities and colleges (ISCED 5–8) as a percentage of the population in the five-year age interval that follows the end of school. It can exceed 100% because of older students and students from abroad, so in countries that act as magnets for international students the indicator is overstated.

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

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