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Adult literacy in Lesotho

Adult literacy in Lesotho: 86.3% in 2000 and 90.5% in 2024, by UNESCO estimates.

Latest, 2024
90.5%
Since 2000
+4.2 percentage points
World, 2024
87.7%
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% of adults · UNESCO

Adult literacy in LesothoAdult literacy in Lesotho: 86.3% in 2000 and 90.5% in 2024, by UNESCO estimates. The highest was 97.3% in 2016, the lowest 66.1% in 2006.
Estimates, UNESCOWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 97.3% in 2016, the lowest 66.1% in 2006.

Every year

% of adults · UNESCO

YearLesothoWorld
202490.587.7
2023–87.6
2022–87.4
2021–87.2
2020–87
201992.486.8
201886.286.8
2017–86.5
201697.386.3
2015–86
2014–85.6
2013–85.2
2012–84.9
2011–84.7
2010–84.4
2009–83.8
2008–83.5
2007–83.1
200666.182.5
2005–82.6
2004–82.6
2003–82.2
2002–81.7
2001–81.4
200086.381.1
1999–80.9
1998–80.5
1997–79.3
1996–77.3
1995–76.9
1994–76.4
1993–76
1992–75.5
1991–75.1
1990–74.6
1989–74.1
1988–73.6
1987–71.9
1986–71.3
1985–70.7
1984–70.2
1983–69.5
1982–68.9
1981–68.4
1980–67.8
1979–67.2
1978–66.5
1977–65.9
1976–65.6
1975–65.4

Good to know

  • The share of people aged 15 and over who can read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life.
  • Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, via the World Bank.
  • The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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