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Lesotho: Over-age students, primary, female

18.60percent · 2017-36.5% 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
201718.602
201619.263
201520.17
201421.492
201322.505
201222.797
201124.031
201025.491
200926.703
200827.897
200729.286
200631.141
200531.463
200431.703
200330.455
200229.263
200128.858
200029.205
199941.807
199839.316
199633.253
199534.913
199431.908
199330.207
199230.951
199132.287
199032.588
198932.362
198832.549
198732.333
198632.535
198532.744
198432.738
198334.243
198233.432
198135.125
198034.127
197933.359
197835.01
197724.013
197624.94
197433.505
197333.471
197231.075
197034.751

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

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