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Lesotho: School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index

1.62index (gender parity) · 2018+1.6% since 2001

Ratio of female school life expectancy to the male school life expectancy. It is calculated by dividing the female value for the indicator by the male value for the indicator. A GPI equal to 1 indicates parity between females and males. In general, a value less than 1 indicates disparity in favor of males and a value greater than 1 indicates disparity in favor of females. Annual figures for Lesotho from 1970 to 2018.

19702018

Every year

YearValue (index (gender parity))Note
20181.617
20171.704
20151.592
20141.515
20131.546
20121.578
20061.196
20051.23
20031.389
20021.283
20011.591
20001.433
19991.55
19961.131
19951.168
19941.144
19931.154
19921.077
19911.27
19901.208
19891.37
19881.415
19871.294
19861.064
19851.001
19840.913
19830.923
19820.957
19810.92
19790.825
19780.912
19770.821
19750.632
19740.673
19730.696
19710.482
19700.422

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Published by World Bank, produced by UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-school-life-expectancy-tertiary-gender-parity-index (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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