Literacy rate among youth aged 15-24 years rose 0.437% to 89.7% in Lesotho in 2022, according to World Bank.
Historically, literacy rate among youth aged 15-24 years in Lesotho reached an all time high of 95.2% in 2018 and an all time low of 83.2% in 2009.
Lesotho has been ranked 45th within the group of 62 countries we follow in terms of literacy rate among youth aged 15-24 years, 45 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Literacy Rate, Youth (of People Aged 15-24 Years Old) | Unit | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
| Botswana | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||
| Lesotho | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 95.2% | ... | ... | ||||||
| Mozambique | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 71.0% | ... | ... | 70.0% | ... | ||||
| Namibia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 95.2% | ... | ... | ... | |||||
| South Africa | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 96.7% | 95.0% | ... | 98.0% | ... | ... | |||||||||
| Swaziland | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 95.5% | ... | 95.9% | ... | ||||
| Zambia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 77.7% | ... | 93.2% | ... | ... | ||||
| Zimbabwe | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 92.5% | ... |
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