Primary education, duration in Lesotho
Lesotho: Primary education, duration was 7 years in 2025. ▬ Flat
Primary education, duration in Lesotho, 1970–2025
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in years.
Analysis
Lesotho recorded 7 years for primary education, duration in 2025. That is the highest value across all 56 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary education, duration in Lesotho peaked at 7 years in 1970 and was at its lowest, 7 years, in 1970.
Lesotho ranks 3rd of 210 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 7 years | 7 years | 7 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 7 years | 7 years | 7 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 7 years | 7 years | 7 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 7 years | 7 years | 7 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 7 years | 7 years | 7 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 7 years | 7 years | 7 years | 6 |
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More education data for Lesotho
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 62.0% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 34.1% (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 80.2% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 10,388 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 78.6% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 81.8% (2024)
- Labor force, total 889,530 (2025)
- Labor force, female 43.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary education, duration in Lesotho?
- Primary education, duration in Lesotho was 7 years in 2025, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest primary education, duration recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 7 years in 1970.
- What is the lowest primary education, duration recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 7 years in 1970.
- How does Lesotho rank for primary education, duration?
- Lesotho ranks 3rd out of 210 countries with data for 2025.
- Is primary education, duration rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Lesotho data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Primary education, duration (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Primary duration refers to the number of grades (years) in primary school.