Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 25+ with no education in Botswana
Botswana: Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 25+ with no education was 16.0% in 2010. ▼ Falling
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 25+ with no education in Botswana, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
In 2010, barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25+ with no education in Botswana stood at 16.0%. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 32.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25+ with no education in Botswana peaked at 71.7% in 1960 and was at its lowest, 16.0%, in 2010.
That places Botswana 56th out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 25+ with no education in Botswana, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 71.7% | — |
| 1965 | 71.7% | -0.0% |
| 1970 | 67.9% | -5.3% |
| 1975 | 55.8% | -17.8% |
| 1980 | 51.4% | -8.0% |
| 1985 | 44.3% | -13.8% |
| 1990 | 38.5% | -13.1% |
| 1995 | 30.1% | -21.8% |
| 2000 | 23.5% | -22.0% |
| 2005 | 19.3% | -17.7% |
| 2010 | 16.0% | -17.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 71.7% | 71.7% | 71.7% | 2 |
| 1970s | 61.9% | 55.8% | 67.9% | 2 |
| 1980s | 47.9% | 44.3% | 51.4% | 2 |
| 1990s | 34.3% | 30.1% | 38.5% | 2 |
| 2000s | 21.4% | 19.3% | 23.5% | 2 |
| 2010s | 16.0% | 16.0% | 16.0% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Botswana
More education data for Botswana
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 15,284 (2021)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 9,590 (2022)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 20,760 (2022)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 20,779 (2022)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 175,513 (2021)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 381,674 (2022)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 4.49 % change on previous year (2022)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1564 units per person (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25+ with no education in Botswana?
- Barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25+ with no education in Botswana was 16.0% in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25+ with no education recorded in Botswana?
- The highest recorded value was 71.7% in 1960.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25+ with no education recorded in Botswana?
- The lowest recorded value was 16.0% in 2010.
- How does Botswana rank for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25+ with no education?
- Botswana ranks 56th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25+ with no education rising or falling in Botswana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 32.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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: Percentage of female population age 25+ with no education. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of female population age 25+ with no education