What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female between Lesotho and Sao Tome and Principe?

0.01 years, with Lesotho ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Sao Tome and Principe?

7 years are reported by both, from 1977 to 2015.

Where does this data come from?

Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female (years). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Lesotho vs Sao Tome and Principe: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female

Lesotho

12.54 years

in 2017

Sao Tome and Principe

12.53 years

in 2015

Lesotho rank

108th

Sao Tome and Principe rank

110th

School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female over time

Lesotho
Sao Tome and Principe

How they compare

Lesotho currently reports 12.54 years against 12.53 years in Sao Tome and Principe, a difference of 0.01 years.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 7 shared years of data; in 1977 it was Lesotho ahead.

Lesotho ranks 108th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 110th of 175 countries.

Lesotho has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Lesotho	Sao Tome and Principe	Difference	Ahead
1970s	8.87 years	6.64 years	2.22 years	Lesotho
1980s	9.93 years	7.3 years	2.62 years	Lesotho
2000s	10.87 years	9.54 years	1.33 years	Lesotho
2010s	12.45 years	11.54 years	0.9112 years	Lesotho

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female, Lesotho or Sao Tome and Principe?: Lesotho, at 12.54 years against 12.53 years in Sao Tome and Principe as of 2017.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female between Lesotho and Sao Tome and Principe?: 0.01 years, with Lesotho ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Sao Tome and Principe?: 7 years are reported by both, from 1977 to 2015.
How do Lesotho and Sao Tome and Principe rank globally for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female?: Lesotho ranks 108th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 110th of 175 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female (years). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female (years)
Unit: years
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 220 places, 6,052 data points, 1970–2019
Last refreshed: 04 September 2026

Expected years of schooling is the number of years a child of school entrance age is expected to spend at school, or university, including years spent on repetition. It is the sum of the age-specific enrolment ratios for primary, secondary, post-secondary non-tertiary and tertiary education.