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Education · Sub-Saharan Africa · Upper-middle income

Botswana: education in numbers

Pre-primary enrolment is 21.4% (2015). Primary enrolment is 109.3% (2022), 35th of 191 in the world and 12th of 41 in Sub-Saharan Africa. Primary completion is 101.5% (2022), 24th of 168 in the world and 1st of 36 in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Pre-primary enrolment21.4%2015Primary enrolment109.3%2022 · world 35/191 · region 12/41Primary completion101.5%2022 · world 24/168 · region 1/36Secondary enrolment70.6%2021 · world 140/176 · region 11/34
Pre-primary enrolment
BotswanaSub-Saharan AfricaUpper-middle incomeWorld
0%20%40%60%80%199520002005201020152020Botswana21.4%Sub-Saharan AfricaUpper-middle incomeWorld
Primary enrolment
BotswanaSub-Saharan AfricaUpper-middle incomeWorld
60%80%100%120%199520002005201020152020Botswana109.3%Sub-Saharan AfricaUpper-middle incomeWorld
10 indicators

Education: Botswana in detail

Latest reported value, world rank and rank within Sub-Saharan Africa; values around 2000, 2010, 2020; group and world columns are World Bank aggregates.

IndicatorLatestWorld rankIn region~2000~2010~202010-year changeRegionIncome groupWorldSince 2000
Pre-primary enrolmentPre-primary enrolment, % gross21.4%2015——·16.8%2009·+5.5 ppsince 200528.1%77.9%60.9%
Primary enrolmentPrimary school enrolment, % gross109.3%202235/19112/41107.5%111.2%2009104.6%2021+1.9 ppsince 201297.1%100.7%102.2%
Primary completionPrimary completion rate, % of age group101.5%202224/1681/3689.9%103.0%2009101.5%2022−1.1 ppsince 201268.9%95.2%88.0%
Secondary enrolmentSecondary school enrolment, % gross70.6%2021140/17611/3476.2%77.8%200870.6%2021−7.2 ppsince 200845.9%96.5%77.3%
Lower secondary completionLower secondary completion rate, % of age group91.4%202282/1683/3487.6%95.2%201291.4%2022−3.8 ppsince 201244.4%93.0%77.9%
Tertiary enrolmentTertiary enrolment, % gross21.4%2024127/1725/347.0%19.5%22.4%−3.4 ppsince 20149.3%64.6%43.6%
Out-of-school childrenChildren out of school, % of primary school age0.5%2022151/17838/3816.2%11.1%20090.5%2022−8.5 ppsince 2012—4.0%—
Pupils per teacherPupils per teacher, primary23.7201563/17335/4026.725.52009·−7.2%since 200537.418.423.4
Education spendingPublic spending on education, % of GDP8.1%20208/1842/43·10.8%20118.1%−1.8 ppsince 20093.3%3.6%3.6%
Education, % of budgetEducation spending, % of government expenditure21.5%202011/1794/42·23.6%21.5%−2.1 ppsince 201015.4%15.1%14.0%
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)“·” — no value reported within two years of that date. World rank counts countries with a recent value.

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Worse than ten years ago

Only indicators where higher or lower is clearly better are rated (for example, unemployment down is better, life expectancy up is better).

neighbours

Botswana and its neighbours

Countries sharing a land border with Botswana. Latest values since 2005; the highest in each row is marked.

IndicatorBotswanaSouth AfricaZambiaZimbabweNamibia
Pre-primary enrolment21.4%201517.5%20208.7%201774.3%202136.5%2021
Primary enrolment109.3%2022101.8%2023115.6%202493.1%2024120.7%2024
Primary completion101.5%202295.3%202381.8%201386.0%202488.6%2024
Secondary enrolment70.6%2021104.1%202356.8%202452.4%201382.0%2024
Lower secondary completion91.4%202288.3%202355.3%201365.6%202471.9%2024
Tertiary enrolment21.4%202423.5%20234.0%20127.7%202426.1%2022
Out-of-school children0.5%20226.1%20233.5%202410.5%20240.9%2024
Pupils per teacher23.7201530.3201542.1201736.4201325.12018
Education spending8.1%20206.0%20244.1%20230.4%20239.1%2024
South Africa: educationZambia: educationZimbabwe: educationNamibia: education
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