Botswana vs Tonga: Gender gap in primary, secondary and tertiary education

Botswana

88.6%

in 2014

Tonga

87.9%

in 1999

Botswana rank

136th

Tonga rank

137th

Gender gap in primary, secondary and tertiary education over time

Botswana currently reports 88.6% against 87.9% in Tonga, a difference of 0.7%.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 13 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Tonga ahead.

Botswana ranks 136th and Tonga ranks 137th of 190 countries.

Indicator: Gender gap in primary, secondary and tertiary education
Unit: %
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026); Lee and Lee (2016) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 190 places, 7,246 data points, 1820–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The share of girls of primary school age (typically 6–11 years) who are enrolled in primary education.