Lesotho's secondary education, vocational pupils (% female) was 66.59% in 2017, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 3.03 percentage points from 69.62% in 2012.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 66.59% | 2017 |
| Five years earlier | 69.62% | 2012 |
| Highest | 86.22% | 1994 |
| Lowest | 44.86% | 2002 |
| Average since 2010 | 65.47% | 2010–2017 |
| First recorded | 61.04% | 1970 |
Over five years it is down 3.03 percentage points from 69.62% in 2012. Since 1970 it is up 5.55 percentage points from 61.04% in 1970. The World Bank has no value for 7 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.
What the numbers say
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 19.51 percentage points in 1992 and the biggest yearly fall was 24.15 percentage points in 1998. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2017, Lesotho had the 1st highest value of the 59 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 | 66.59% | 2017 |
| World | 42.48% | 2018 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 40.9% | 2018 |
| Lower middle income | 38.21% | 2018 |
Closest to Lesotho in the 2017 ranking
- New Zealand — 2nd of 59: 56.1%
- São Tomé and Principe — 3rd of 59: 56.02%
- Brazil — 4th of 59: 54.56%
What this measures
Secondary vocational pupils are the number of secondary students enrolled in technical and vocational education programs, including teacher training.
Limitations: The percentage of female enrollment is limited in assessing gender parity, because it's affected by the gender composition of population. Ratio of female to male in enrollment rate provides a population adjusted measure of gender parity.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 41 values
| Year | Secondary education, vocational pupils (% female) |
|---|---|
| 2017 | 66.59 |
| 2016 | no data |
| 2015 | 55.23 |
| 2014 | 59.59 |
| 2013 | 62.68 |
| 2012 | 69.62 |
| 2011 | no data |
| 2010 | 79.09 |
| 2009 | no data |
| 2008 | no data |
| 2007 |
Secondary education, vocational pupils (% female) in nearby economies
- Angola — 42.35% (2016)
- Benin — 33.83% (2016)
- Burkina Faso — 39.14% (2018)
- Burundi — 47.71% (2018)
- Cabo Verde — 39.11% (2018)
- Cameroon — 36.6% (2016)
- Central African Republic — 42.14% (2017)
- Chad — 37.2% (2016)
- Comoros — 8.29% (2017)
- Congo, Dem. Rep.
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)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Lesotho's secondary education, vocational pupils (% female)?
- 66.59% in 2017, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1970?
- It is up 5.55 percentage points from 61.04% in 1970. The highest value was 86.22% in 1994 and the lowest 44.86% in 2002.
- How does Lesotho rank?
- 1st highest of 59 economies with data for 2017.
- Where does this data come from?
- The World Bank's World Development Indicators, 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).
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.SEC.ENRL.VO.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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