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Lesotho: Out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary school age, both sexes

173,345count · 2024+139.5% since 2014

Out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary school age, both sexes (number). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator OFST.1T2.CP. Annual figures for Lesotho from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (count)Note
2024173,345
2023165,623
2022155,765
2021153,993
2020125,935
2019114,928
2018102,570
201778,399
201684,121
201579,250
201472,390
201366,035
201267,276UIS_EST
201165,916UIS_EST
201065,718
200969,053
200868,931
200774,456
200665,401UIS_EST
200577,563UIS_EST
200491,418UIS_EST
200395,373UIS_EST
2002111,899UIS_EST
2001125,059UIS_EST
2000139,644UIS_EST

Source

Published by UIS, produced by UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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UIS (2026). Out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary school age, both sexes. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/uis-ofst-1t2-cp (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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