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Lesotho: School enrollment, preprimary

33.05percent · 2019+21.0% since 2003

Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Preprimary education refers to programs at the initial stage of organized instruction, designed primarily to introduce very young children to a school-type environment and to provide a bridge between home and school. Annual figures for Lesotho from 1998 to 2019.

19982019

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
201933.047
201834.96
201638.936
201539.347
201435.211
201340.012
201243.089
201142.069
201036.695
200530.574
200327.318
200226.769
200126.082
200018.905
199920.411
199822.044

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

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World Bank (2026). School enrollment, preprimary. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-school-enrollment-preprimary (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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