Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 15-19, female in Botswana
Botswana: Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 15-19, female was 10.42 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 15-19, female in Botswana, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
The most recent figure for barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15-19, female in Botswana is 10.42, measured in 2010.
The figure is down 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15-19, female in Botswana peaked at 10.73 in 1995 and was at its lowest, 2.12, in 1960.
Botswana ranks 22nd of 144 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 15-19, female in Botswana, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 2.12 | — |
| 1965 | 2.3 | +8.5% |
| 1970 | 3.57 | +55.2% |
| 1975 | 4.61 | +29.1% |
| 1980 | 5.44 | +18.0% |
| 1985 | 7.82 | +43.7% |
| 1990 | 10.19 | +30.3% |
| 1995 | 10.73 | +5.3% |
| 2000 | 10.56 | -1.6% |
| 2005 | 10.35 | -2.0% |
| 2010 | 10.42 | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.21 | 2.12 | 2.3 | 2 |
| 1970s | 4.09 | 3.57 | 4.61 | 2 |
| 1980s | 6.63 | 5.44 | 7.82 | 2 |
| 1990s | 10.46 | 10.19 | 10.73 | 2 |
| 2000s | 10.46 | 10.35 | 10.56 | 2 |
| 2010s | 10.42 | 10.42 | 10.42 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Botswana
More education data for Botswana
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 175,513 (2021)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -5.66 % change on previous year (2008)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 16,622 (2022)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 16.13 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 91,418 (2021)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate -4.16 % change on previous year (2008)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 84,095 (2021)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -7.23 % change on previous year (2008)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 41,539 (2022)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 15.55 % change on previous year (2014)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15-19, female in Botswana?
- Barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15-19, female in Botswana was 10.42 in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15-19, female recorded in Botswana?
- The highest recorded value was 10.73 in 1995.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15-19, female recorded in Botswana?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.12 in 1960.
- How does Botswana rank for barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15-19, female?
- Botswana ranks 22nd out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15-19, female rising or falling in Botswana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.3%. 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 total schooling, age 15-19, female. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of total schooling, 15-19, female is the average years of education completed among females age 15-19.