Lesotho: School enrollment, secondary, private (% of total secondary)

Key figures

Over five years it is up 0.27 percentage points from 1.16% in 2011. Since 1998 it is down 9.63 percentage points from 11.07% in 1998. The World Bank has no value for 7 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

Closest to Lesotho in the 2016 ranking

• Panama — 2nd of 5: 16.14%
• Tunisia — 3rd of 5: 7.22%
• Eswatini — 4th of 5: 2.03%

What this measures

Private enrollment refers to pupils or students enrolled in institutions that are not operated by a public authority but controlled and managed, whether for profit or not, by a private body such as a nongovernmental organization, religious body, special interest group, foundation or business enterprise.

Limitations: Religious or private schools, which are not registered with the government or don't follow the common national curriculum, may not be captured.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 12 values

School enrollment, secondary, private (% of total secondary) in nearby economies

• Benin — 20.93% (2022)
• Burkina Faso — 41.21% (2024)
• Burundi — 11.67% (2025)
• Cabo Verde — 6.75% (2022)
• Cameroon — 30.62% (2023)
• Chad — 39.32% (2024)
• Côte d'Ivoire — 63.32% (2024)
• Eritrea — 7.47% (2018)
• Eswatini — 2.03% (2016)

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 school enrollment, secondary, private (% of total secondary)?

1.44% in 2016, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1998?

It is down 9.63 percentage points from 11.07% in 1998. The highest value was 11.07% in 1998 and the lowest 0% in 1999.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://databrowser.uis.unesco.org/resources, note: The data are obtained through the UIS API..

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.SEC.PRIV.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://databrowser.uis.unesco.org/resources, note: The data are obtained through the UIS API. 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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