Lesotho vs Namibia: Number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education

Lesotho
7
in 2019
Namibia
7
in 2019
Lesotho rank
164th
Namibia rank
164th

Number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education over time

  • Lesotho
  • Namibia
02468199820082019

How they compare

Lesotho currently reports 7 against 7 in Namibia, a difference of 0.

Across all 22 years both countries report, Namibia has been ahead every year.

Lesotho ranks 164th and Namibia ranks 164th of 205 countries.

Namibia has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Lesotho Namibia Difference Ahead
1990s 0 7 7 Namibia
2000s 0 7 7 Namibia
2010s 7 7 0

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education, Lesotho or Namibia?
Lesotho, at 7 against 7 in Namibia as of 2019.
What is the difference in number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education between Lesotho and Namibia?
0, with Lesotho ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Namibia?
22 years are reported by both, from 1998 to 2019.
How do Lesotho and Namibia rank globally for number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education?
Lesotho ranks 164th and Namibia ranks 164th of 205 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education guaranteed in legal frameworks. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education guaranteed in legal frameworks
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
205 places, 4,529 data points, 1975–2020
Last refreshed

Number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education. Most countries have legislation specifying the ages and the level of education (typically pre-primary or primary education) at which children should start school. Such legislation usually also specifies either the number of years of education that are guaranteed or the age at which young people may leave education or, in some cases, both. The number of years of primary and secondary education to which children are legally entitled should ideally be the number of grades of primary and secondary education which young people are expected to have completed before being legally eligible to leave school. Years of pre-primary education covered by the legal entitlement should be excluded from this indicator. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute of Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/