Lesotho literacy rate for 2022 was 82.01%, a 4.23% decline from 2018.
Lesotho literacy rate for 2018 was 86.24%, a 9.61% increase from 2014.
Lesotho literacy rate for 2014 was 76.64%, a 0.83% increase from 2009.
Lesotho literacy rate for 2009 was 75.80%, a 10.2% decline from 2000.
Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life. The full historical dataset is available for download here: Lesotho Literacy Rate | Historical Data | 2000 - 2022.