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Lesotho: Lower secondary completion rate, total

45.05percent · 2024-1.8% since 2012

Lower secondary education completion rate is measured as the gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary education (general and pre-vocational). It is calculated as the number of new entrants in the last grade of lower secondary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of lower secondary education. Annual figures for Lesotho from 1972 to 2024.

19722024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202445.049
202340.614
202247.223
202048.344
201943.619
201846.252
201745.78
201646.691
201448.328
201345.372
201245.872
201044.206
200939.775
200832.536
200730.242
200630.437
200529.063
200427.838
200325.803
200225.386
200125.869
200024.263
199925.45
199823.541
198719.438
198618.884
197312.265
19726.497

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by UNESCO. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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World Bank (2026). Lower secondary completion rate, total. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-lower-secondary-completion-rate-total (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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