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Lesotho: Over-age students, primary

21.08percent · 2017-32.2% since 2007

Over-age students are the percentage of those enrolled who are older than the official school-age range for primary education. Annual figures for Lesotho from 1970 to 2017.

19772017

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
201721.078
201621.735
201522.61
201423.862
201324.898
201225.146
201126.36
201027.791
200928.705
200829.888
200731.089
200632.963
200533.452
200433.647
200332.305
200231.08
200130.806
200030.55
199942.903
199840.761
199634.802
199536.141
199433.4
199331.559
199231.929
199132.831
199033.252
198933.074
198833.204
198733.065
198633.428
198533.868
198433.95
198335.058
198233.972
198135.404
198034.413
197933.838
197835.045
197724.453
197625.533
197433.592
197333.999
197232.059
197132.605
197035.784

Source

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

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World Bank (2026). Over-age students, primary. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-over-age-students-primary (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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