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Lesotho: Primary completion rate, total

66.96percent · 2023-18.1% 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 1971 to 2023.

19832023

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202366.958
202270.576
202178.703
202073.773
201980.368
201892.315
201678.593
201576.401
201479.486
201381.845
201281.782
201181.897
201081.202
200979.236
200879.594
200781.861
200684.928
200564.377
200467.368
200363.699
200260.205
200157.804
200055.011
199957.409
199858.551
199758.527
199659.71
199562.768
199459.828
199357.975
199258.496
199156.668
199056.767
198954.91
198855.209
198753.257
198649.292
198549.765
198450.007
198349.632
198248.479
198147.97
198046.735
197946.652
197845.713
197745.156
197648.859
197551.651
197448.604
197339.291
197235.465
197132.185

Source

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

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

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