Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 55-59, total in Botswana
Botswana: Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 55-59, total was 4.05 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 55-59, total in Botswana, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
In 2010, barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 55-59, total in Botswana stood at 4.05. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is up 35.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 55-59, total in Botswana peaked at 4.05 in 2005 and was at its lowest, 0.65, in 1970.
Botswana ranks 72nd of 144 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 55-59, total in Botswana, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 1.07 | — |
| 1965 | 1.07 | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 0.65 | -39.3% |
| 1975 | 1.64 | +152.3% |
| 1980 | 2.09 | +27.4% |
| 1985 | 2.27 | +8.6% |
| 1990 | 2.49 | +9.7% |
| 1995 | 2.99 | +20.1% |
| 2000 | 3 | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 4.05 | +35.0% |
| 2010 | 4.05 | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.07 | 1.07 | 1.07 | 2 |
| 1970s | 1.15 | 0.65 | 1.64 | 2 |
| 1980s | 2.18 | 2.09 | 2.27 | 2 |
| 1990s | 2.74 | 2.49 | 2.99 | 2 |
| 2000s | 3.52 | 3 | 4.05 | 2 |
| 2010s | 4.05 | 4.05 | 4.05 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Botswana
More education data for Botswana
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 16,622 (2022)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 64.0% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 32.0% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 109.27 (2022)
- School enrollment, primary 109.3% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 55-59, total in Botswana?
- Barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 55-59, total in Botswana was 4.05 in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 55-59, total recorded in Botswana?
- The highest recorded value was 4.05 in 2005.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 55-59, total recorded in Botswana?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.65 in 1970.
- How does Botswana rank for barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 55-59, total?
- Botswana ranks 72nd out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 55-59, total rising or falling in Botswana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 35.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Botswana data come from?
- The figures come from Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/, published as part of Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 55-59, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of primary schooling, 55-59, total is the average years of primary education completed among people age 55-59.