Botswana's adult literacy rose from 68.6 % in 1991 to 81.2 % in 2003.
Botswana's school enrolment, primary (% gross) rose from 107.8 % in 1986 to 109.3 % in 2022.
Botswana · Education
Literacy, enrolment, attainment and spending.
16 indicators · 15 with data
Literacy rate, youth total (ages 15–24)
% of people ages 15–24
15th of 23 · 1st in Sub-Saharan Africa*
Botswana's literacy rate, youth total (ages 15–24) rose from 89.3 % in 1991 to 94.0 % in 2003.
Botswana's school enrolment, secondary (% gross) rose from 19.4 % in 1977 to 70.6 % in 2021.
Botswana's tertiary enrolment rose from 5.2 % in 1993 to 21.4 % in 2024.
Botswana's children out of school, primary fell from 21,601 in 1983 to 1,869 in 2022.
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- Primary completion rateup +2.1 pts24th of 134*
- Tertiary attainmentdown −2.1 pts78th of 96
- At least upper secondary attainment (ages 25–64)down −1.9 pts71st of 95
- Expected years of schoolingunchanged +0.0 yrs149th of 195
- Mean years of schooling (ages 25+)up +0.3 yrs55th of 145
- Learning poverty43rd of 47*
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- Education spendingdown −0.3 pts11th of 170*
- Government expenditure on education (% of government expenditure)down −0.9 pts12th of 163*
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- Pupil-teacher ratio, primaryup +5.8 %91st of 142*
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