Lesotho's progression to secondary school, female (%) was 88.48% in 2015, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 5.12 percentage points from 83.36% in 2005.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 88.48% | 2015 |
| Five years earlier | 86.94% | 2010 |
| Ten years earlier | 83.36% | 2005 |
| Highest | 88.48% | 2015 |
| Lowest | 39.44% | 1972 |
| Average since 2006 | 85.3% | 2006–2015 |
| First recorded | 39.44% | 1972 |
What the numbers say
In 2015, Lesotho's progression to secondary school, female (%) rose 0.37 percentage points on 2014 (from 88.1% to 88.48%).
Across the 18 yearly changes before that (1986 to 2014), the average change was +1.55 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 4.83 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 12.77 percentage points in 2005 and the biggest yearly fall was 7.78 percentage points in 2006. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2006 to 2015 the straight-line trend is upward, about 0.92 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 51% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2015, Lesotho had the 5th highest value of the 10 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 88.48% | 2015 |
| World | 91.07% | 2017 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 75.92% | 2016 |
| Lower middle income | 89.41% | 2017 |
Closest to Lesotho in the 2015 ranking
- Türkiye — 1st of 10: 99.53%
- Fiji — 2nd of 10: 98.21%
- Kiribati — 3rd of 10: 96.52%
- Benin — 5th of 10: 85.18%
- Mozambique — 6th of 10: 75.53%
- Madagascar — 7th of 10: 72.62%
What this measures
Progression to secondary school refers to the number of new entrants to the first grade of secondary school in a given year as a percentage of the number of students enrolled in the final grade of primary school in the previous year (minus the number of repeaters from the last grade of primary education in the given year).
Limitations: The quality of data on the transition rate is affected when new entrants and repeaters are not correctly distinguished. Students who interrupt their studies after completing primary education could also affect data quality.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 22 values
| Year | Progression to secondary school, female (%) |
|---|---|
| 2015 | 88.48 |
| 2014 | 88.1 |
| 2013 | 86.07 |
| 2012 | 85.88 |
| 2011 | 85.89 |
| 2010 | 86.94 |
| 2009 | 87.76 |
| 2008 | 86.65 |
| 2007 | 81.71 |
| 2006 | 75.58 |
| 2005 |
Progression to secondary school, female (%) in nearby economies
- Benin — 85.18% (2015)
- Burkina Faso — 79.47% (2017)
- Burundi — 76.97% (2017)
- Cabo Verde — 94.63% (2017)
- Cameroon — 69.36% (2015)
- Chad — 65.19% (2015)
- Côte d'Ivoire — 92.5% (2016)
- Eritrea — 92.98% (2017)
- Eswatini — 97.99% (2016)
- Ghana — 94.81% (2017)
More education data for Lesotho
- Primary school starting age (years) — 6 (2025)
- Primary education, duration (years) — 7 (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 13 (2025)
- Secondary education, duration (years) — 5 (2025)
- Primary education, pupils — 309,480 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 80.18% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) — 78.6% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male (% gross) — 81.75% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers — 10,388 (2024)
- Primary education, teachers (% female) — 74.46% (2024)
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Questions people ask
- What is Lesotho's progression to secondary school, female (%)?
- 88.48% in 2015, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1972?
- It is up 49.04 percentage points from 39.44% in 1972. The highest value was 88.48% in 2015 and the lowest 39.44% in 1972.
- How does Lesotho rank?
- 5th highest of 10 economies with data for 2015.
- Is the latest change in progression to secondary school, female (%) unusual for Lesotho?
- In 2015, Lesotho's progression to secondary school, female (%) rose 0.37 percentage points on 2014 (from 88.1% to 88.48%). Across the 18 yearly changes before that (1986 to 2014), the average change was +1.55 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 4.83 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.SEC.PROG.FE.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://uis.unesco.org/bdds, publisher: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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