Lesotho

Key:
	Indicator is moving in a upward trajectory (Based on 2008-2012 trend)
	Indicator is moving in a downward trajectory (Based on 2008-2012 trend)

Above average
	1 ≥ standard deviations
	0.7 standard deviations
	0.4 standard deviations
	0.1 standard deviations

Below average
	1 ≥ standard deviations
	0.7 standard deviations
	0.4 standard deviations
	0.1 standard deviations

Population	School Aged Pop	Birth Rate	GDP/pc (Constant)	Inequality (Gini)	Human Development Index
2,070,000	0%	3.1	$1,100	52.5	0.49 (Low)

Pre-Primary

58 Net Enrolment Rate 2015 Est.
Grade 1 Entrants With ECCE Experience 72%	School Life Expectancy (years) 0.81

Net Enrolment Rate	Above average by 1.5 standard deviations and has little recorded momentum
ECCE Experience	Above average by 1.9 standard deviations and has little recorded momentum
School Life Expectancy	Above average by 0.2 standard deviations and falling by 0.02 per year

Primary

82 Adjusted Net Enrolment Rate 2015 Est.
Out-Of-School Children Change (2000-2015) -7%	School Life Expectancy (years) 7.57

Adjusted Net Enrolment Rate	Above average by 1.1 standard deviations and growing by 1 per year
Out-Of-School Children	An estimated 7% decrease between 2000 and 2015, falling by 320 children per year
School Life Expectancy	Above average by 0.5 standard deviations and falling by 0.05 per year

Lower Secondary

29 Adjusted Net Enrolment Rate 2015 Est.
Out-Of-School Children Change (2000-2015) 35%	School Life Expectancy (years) 2.89

Adjusted Net Enrolment Rate	Above average by 0.3 standard deviations and growing by 1.1 per year
Out-Of-School Children	An estimated 35% increase between 2000 and 2015, growing by 600 children per year
School Life Expectancy	Above average by 0.1 standard deviations and growing by 0.01 per year

Upper Secondary

48 Adjusted Net Enrolment Rate 2015 Est.
Youth Unemployment 28.71%	Gross Enrolment Ratio 57

Adjusted Net Enrolment Rate	Above average by 1.1 standard deviations and growing by 1.5 per year
Youth Unemployment	Above average by 1.4 standard deviations and falling by 0.4 per year
Gross Enrolment Ratio	Above average by 0.8 standard deviations and growing by 2 per year

Inequality

Disabilities

Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Optional Protocol

Signed the Convention

Ratified the Convention

Signed the Protocol

Ratified the Protocol

	Pre-primary	Primary	Lower Secondary	Upper Secondary
Gender Parity Index 2015 Est.	0.97	1.07	0.92	1.38

		Urban	Rural
Urban-Rural	Primary Dropout Rate	1.4	3.8

		Top 20%	Bottom 20%
Income	Students with 1 Year ECCE	58%	37%
Income	Primary Dropout Rate	1.2%	4.7%

Shadow Education	SACMEQ data indicated that 2.5% of Grade 6 pupils were receiving paid tutoring in 2007.

Quality

Funding (% of GDP)	Funding (% of Budget)
1.26%	15.15%

Youth Literacy Rate	Adult Literacy Rate
88%	82%

Learning (Students at Lowest Benchmark)		Learning (Students at Highest Benchmark)
Math	41.9% †	Math	0% †
Science	N/A	Science	N/A
Reading	21.2% †	Reading	0.4% †

Pre-primary		Primary		Lower Secondary		Upper Secondary
Funding (% of GDP)	0.74	Funding (% of GDP)	0.47	Funding (% of GDP)	0.98	Funding (% of GDP)
Teacher-Student Ratio	6	Teacher-Student Ratio	6	Teacher-Student Ratio	7	Teacher-Student Ratio	26
Trained Teachers	70%	Trained Teachers	84%	Trained Teachers	78%	Trained Teachers	74%