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Lesotho: Primary completion rate, male

62.07percent · 2023-14.1% since 2012

Primary completion rate, or gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, is the number of new entrants (enrollments minus repeaters) in the last grade of primary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of primary education. Data limitations preclude adjusting for students who drop out during the final year of primary education. Annual figures for Lesotho from 1972 to 2023.

19832023

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202362.075
202265.46
202173.255
202068.03
201974.836
201887.858
201670.963
201567.689
201470.461
201372.245
201272.272
201172.783
201070.938
200967.916
200868.967
200770.128
200670.741
200553.489
200457.303
200354.753
200251.149
200149.594
200046.506
199949.151
199848.357
199747.853
199648.785
199550.333
199445.85
199343.469
199243.137
199140.444
199040.364
198939.393
198838.805
198737.025
198635.368
198535.994
198435.733
198333.976
198231.689
198131.154
198029.435
197930.177
197829.868
197730.755
197634.333
197535.525
197433.695
197327.623
197226.306

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World Bank (2026). Primary completion rate, male. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-primary-completion-rate-male (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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