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

36.18percent · 2024+91.0% since 2014

Out-of-school rate for children, adolescents and youth of primary, lower secondary and upper secondary school age, both sexes (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator ROFST.1T3.CP. Annual figures for Lesotho from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202436.181
202335.321
202233.184
202133.301
202029.17
201926.785
201823.977
201718.974
201620.07
201519.834
201418.942
201317.752
201217.355UIS_EST
201117.138UIS_EST
201017.384
200919.036
200819.267
200720.302
200618.172UIS_EST
200520.112UIS_EST
200421.821UIS_EST
200322.896UIS_EST
200225.654UIS_EST
200127.435UIS_EST
200029.664UIS_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 rate for children, adolescents and youth of primary, lower secondary and upper secondary school age, both sexes. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/uis-rofst-1t3-cp (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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Lesotho: Out-of-school rate for children, adolescents and youth of primary, lower secondary and upper secondary school age, both sexes (2000–2024) · Interva