Lesotho - Primary completion rate

Primary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group)

Primary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group) in Lesotho was 93.53 as of 2016. Its highest value over the past 44 years was 100.14 in 2006, while its lowest value was 44.72 in 1972.

Definition: 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.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1972 44.72
1973 51.28
1974 63.79
1975 67.66
1976 62.47
1977 57.99
1978 59.52
1979 60.58
1980 61.19
1981 61.65
1982 61.84
1983 61.76
1984 60.90
1985 60.43
1986 60.35
1987 63.63
1988 66.09
1989 65.80
1990 69.09
1991 69.55
1992 71.23
1993 70.39
1994 71.87
1995 73.51
1996 69.93
1997 69.23
1998 68.81
1999 65.87
2000 65.66
2001 68.18
2002 71.50
2003 74.80
2004 79.75
2005 77.06
2006 100.14
2007 94.59
2008 92.40
2009 94.90
2010 97.64
2011 94.88
2012 92.83
2013 93.14
2014 91.38
2015 90.73
2016 93.53

Primary completion rate, male (% of relevant age group)

Primary completion rate, male (% of relevant age group) in Lesotho was 77.69 as of 2016. Its highest value over the past 44 years was 77.69 in 2016, while its lowest value was 27.08 in 1972.

Definition: 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.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1972 27.08
1973 28.45
1974 34.43
1975 35.76
1976 33.68
1977 29.94
1978 28.94
1979 29.04
1980 28.24
1981 29.83
1982 30.24
1983 32.38
1984 34.08
1985 34.44
1986 34.25
1987 35.22
1988 37.06
1989 37.67
1990 38.32
1991 38.74
1992 41.48
1993 41.78
1994 44.10
1995 48.89
1996 47.94
1997 47.38
1998 48.13
1999 49.15
2000 47.87
2001 51.15
2002 52.82
2003 56.35
2004 58.86
2005 54.55
2006 71.04
2007 70.59
2008 70.63
2009 71.47
2010 76.27
2011 76.23
2012 73.71
2013 72.82
2014 73.08
2015 72.75
2016 77.69

Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group)

Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in Lesotho was 85.63 as of 2016. Its highest value over the past 45 years was 86.99 in 2010, while its lowest value was 32.27 in 1971.

Definition: 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.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

See also:

Year Value
1971 32.27
1972 35.98
1973 39.97
1974 49.23
1975 51.81
1976 48.17
1977 44.06
1978 44.32
1979 44.89
1980 44.79
1981 45.82
1982 46.12
1983 47.13
1984 47.53
1985 47.47
1986 47.37
1987 49.55
1988 51.72
1989 51.85
1990 53.74
1991 54.20
1992 56.39
1993 56.09
1994 57.98
1995 61.24
1996 58.94
1997 58.30
1998 58.47
1999 57.51
2000 56.75
2001 59.66
2002 62.16
2003 65.57
2004 69.30
2005 65.80
2006 85.58
2007 82.59
2008 81.53
2009 83.21
2010 86.99
2011 85.57
2012 83.28
2013 82.98
2014 82.23
2015 81.76
2016 85.63

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Outcomes