Qualified primary teachers in Lesotho
In Lesotho, 99.5% of primary school teachers had the minimum required qualifications in 2023. The value for 2023 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1999.
Lesotho, 2023
99.5%
Change from 2022
+1.4percentage points
Qualified primary teachers in Lesotho over time
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% of primary teachers. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Lesotho |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 99.5% |
| 2022 | 98.1% |
| 2021 | 98.4% |
| 2020 | 97.0% |
| 2019 | 92.8% |
| 2018 | 87.5% |
| 2016 | 86.5% |
| 2015 | 79.2% |
| 2014 | 75.8% |
| 2013 | 72.0% |
| 2012 | 67.5% |
| 2011 | 66.5% |
| 2010 | 63.4% |
| 2009 | 57.6% |
| 2008 | 57.0% |
| 2007 | 71.8% |
| 2006 | 66.7% |
| 2005 | 63.7% |
| 2004 | 65.5% |
| 2003 | 67.3% |
| 2002 | 72.6% |
| 2001 | 74.8% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +1.4 percentage points from 98.1% in 2022.
- Since 2012, when it was 67.5%, the figure has changed by +32.0 percentage points.
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