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Lesotho: Over-age students, primary, male

23.44percent · 2017-28.6% 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
201723.445
201624.103
201524.947
201426.141
201327.207
201227.398
201128.585
201030.008
200930.675
200831.834
200732.852
200634.756
200535.413
200435.568
200334.156
200232.902
200132.77
200031.929
199944.075
199842.313
199636.504
199537.5
199435.079
199333.116
199233.082
199133.489
199034.054
198933.944
198834.016
198733.977
198634.541
198535.277
198435.49
198336.117
198234.689
198135.787
198034.819
197934.529
197835.096
197725.092
197626.385
197433.721
197334.779
197233.527
197037.326

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World Bank (2026). Over-age students, primary, male. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-over-age-students-primary-male (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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