Education in Lesotho 131 indicators covering education for Lesotho. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Population ages 15-64 62.0% 2025 up 4.3% 150th Population ages 0-14 34.1% 2025 down 6.9% 54th Primary school starting age 6 years 2025 unchanged 33rd Lower secondary school starting age 13 years 2025 unchanged 5th School enrollment, primary 80.2% 2024 down 25.6% 194th Primary education, teachers 10,388 2024 down 7.0% 137th School enrollment, primary, female 78.6% 2024 down 25.9% 194th School enrollment, primary, male 81.8% 2024 down 25.4% 191st Labor force, total 889,530 2025 up 6.2% 148th Labor force, female 43.8% 2025 down 3.6% 109th School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.9514 GPI 2019 down 2.8% 171st School enrollment, secondary 59.4% 2017 up 42.8% 161st Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 6.2 per 1,000 2024 down 65.4% 72nd Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 3.4 per 1,000 2024 down 62.6% 105th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 4.3 per 1,000 2024 down 15.7% 30th Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 4 per 1,000 2024 down 21.6% 41st Secondary education, teachers 5,672 2023 up 4.9% 153rd School enrollment, secondary, female 68.1% 2017 up 45.2% 155th School enrollment, secondary, male 50.6% 2017 up 40.1% 171st School enrollment, tertiary 9.9% 2018 up 170.4% 162nd School enrollment, primary, private 4.7% 2023 up 265.8% 150th School enrollment, preprimary 33.0% 2019 down 9.9% 148th School enrollment, tertiary, male 7.9% 2018 up 136.0% 165th School enrollment, tertiary, female 12.0% 2018 up 199.3% 149th School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 1.24 GPI 2019 down 10.4% 3rd School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 1.34 GPI 2018 up 15.3% 50th Secondary education, teachers, female 3,133 2023 up 4.0% 144th Primary completion rate, female 71.9% 2023 down 21.9% 161st Primary completion rate, male 62.1% 2023 down 14.1% 171st Government expenditure on education, total 6.6% 2024 down 13.3% 18th Secondary education, general pupils 133,639 2017 up 36.5% 140th Lower secondary completion rate, total 45.0% 2024 down 6.8% 158th School enrollment, preprimary, female 33.5% 2019 down 10.5% 148th School enrollment, preprimary, male 32.6% 2019 down 9.4% 146th Persistence to last grade of primary, total 69.9% 2022 up 23.2% 143rd Government expenditure on education, total 10.4% 2024 down 25.6% 144th Secondary education, general pupils 57.2% 2017 up 0.8% 2nd Lower secondary completion rate, female 54.6% 2024 down 2.0% 146th Lower secondary completion rate, male 35.5% 2024 down 13.2% 167th Children out of school 32.2% 2024 up 101.9% 15th Primary education, duration 7 years 2025 unchanged 3rd Primary education, pupils 309,480 2024 down 15.5% 128th Secondary education, duration 5 years 2025 unchanged 183rd Secondary education, pupils 136,497 2017 up 34.2% 146th Persistence to last grade of primary, female 78.8% 2022 up 17.8% 117th Persistence to last grade of primary, male 61.8% 2022 up 29.5% 139th Secondary education, vocational pupils 2,858 2017 up 87.0% 152nd Number of under-five deaths, male 1,849 2024 down 29.2% 82nd Number of under-five deaths, female 1,459 2024 down 30.4% 83rd Number of infant deaths, male 1,735 2024 down 26.9% 73rd Number of infant deaths, female 1,369 2024 down 27.8% 73rd Children out of school, female 31.8% 2024 up 118.1% 17th Children out of school, male 32.6% 2024 up 88.3% 14th Secondary education, vocational pupils 66.6% 2017 up 26.5% 3rd Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 119.7% 2017 up 6.2% 23rd Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 16.3% 2025 up 0.6% 14th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 18.4% 2025 up 0.7% 17th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 14.7% 2025 up 1.3% 13th Primary education, teachers 74.5% 2024 down 1.6% 119th Repeaters, primary, total 9.2% 2016 down 56.2% 32nd Page 1 of 3 Next →