Lower secondary completion in Lesotho

In Lesotho, 56.0% of young people had completed lower secondary school by the expected age in 2024.

Measure: Completion rate, lower secondary education Unit: % of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age Data: 2005 to 2024 Source: UNESCO UIS
Lesotho, 2024 56.0% % of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age
Change from 2018 +11.7percentage points 2018: 44.3%

Lower secondary completion in Lesotho over time

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% of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Completion rate, lower secondary education (% of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age), 2005 to 2024
Period Lesotho
2024 56.0%
2018 44.3%
2014 26.6%
2009 30.4%
2005 22.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 44.3% in 2018, a change of +11.7 percentage points.
  • Since 2005, when it was 22.6%, the figure has changed by +33.4 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO UIS
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Dataset or series code
CR.2 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2005 to 2024 for Lesotho
Provider update
Not stated by the provider
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0
Attribution
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org