How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Republic of Moldova?

17 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2016.

Where does this data come from?

UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Out-of-school rate for adolescents and youth of lower and upper secondary school age, both sexes (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Lesotho vs Republic of Moldova: Out-of-school rate for adolescents and youth of lower and upper

Lesotho

23.9%

in 2016

Republic of Moldova

21.1%

in 2019

Lesotho rank

33rd

Republic of Moldova rank

36th

Out-of-school rate for adolescents and youth of lower and upper over time

Lesotho
Republic of Moldova

How they compare

Lesotho currently reports 23.9% against 21.1% in Republic of Moldova, a difference of 2.8%.

That makes Lesotho's figure about 1.1 times Republic of Moldova's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 17 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Lesotho ahead.

Lesotho ranks 33rd and Republic of Moldova ranks 36th of 142 countries.

Across the 2 decades both report, Lesotho averaged higher in 1 and Republic of Moldova in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Lesotho	Republic of Moldova	Difference	Ahead
2000s	25.9%	16.9%	9.0%	Lesotho
2010s	19.3%	21.1%	1.8%	Republic of Moldova

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher out-of-school rate for adolescents and youth of lower and upper, Lesotho or Republic of Moldova?: Lesotho, at 23.9% against 21.1% in Republic of Moldova as of 2016.
What is the difference in out-of-school rate for adolescents and youth of lower and upper between Lesotho and Republic of Moldova?: 2.8%, with Lesotho ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Republic of Moldova?: 17 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2016.
How do Lesotho and Republic of Moldova rank globally for out-of-school rate for adolescents and youth of lower and upper?: Lesotho ranks 33rd and Republic of Moldova ranks 36th of 142 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Out-of-school rate for adolescents and youth of lower and upper secondary school age, both sexes (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Lesotho vs Republic of Moldova: Out-of-school rate for adolescents and youth of lower and upper. Statizoid, drawing on UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 10 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/out-of-school-rate-for-adolescents-and-youth-of-lower-and-upper-secondary-school-age-both/lesotho/moldova/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/out-of-school-rate-for-adolescents-and-youth-of-lower-and-upper-secondary-school-age-both/lesotho/moldova/">Lesotho vs Republic of Moldova: Out-of-school rate for adolescents and youth of lower and upper</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator: Out-of-school rate for adolescents and youth of lower and upper secondary school age, both sexes (%)
Unit: %
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 185 places, 4,210 data points, 1970–2019
Last refreshed: 04 September 2026

Number of adolescents and youth of lower secondary and upper secondary school age who are not enrolled or attending school during in a given academic year. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute of Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/