Youth literacy in Lesotho
In Lesotho, 96.5% of people aged 15 to 24 could read and write in 2024.
Lesotho, 2024
96.5%
Change from 2019
−1.0percentage points
Youth literacy in Lesotho over time
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Lesotho
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% of people aged 15 to 24. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Lesotho |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 96.5% |
| 2019 | 97.5% |
| 2018 | 95.2% |
| 2016 | 98.3% |
| 2014 | 92.0% |
| 2009 | 88.4% |
| 2006 | 75.7% |
| 2000 | 90.9% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- The previous available figure was 97.5% in 2019, a change of −1.0 percentage points.
- Since 2000, when it was 90.9%, the figure has changed by +5.6 percentage points.