Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 25+ with primary in Botswana
Botswana: Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 25+ with primary was 10.4% in 2010. ▼ Falling
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 25+ with primary in Botswana, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/. Measured in Incomplete and Completed Primary.
Analysis
In 2010, barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25+ with primary in Botswana stood at 10.4%. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is down 33.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25+ with primary in Botswana peaked at 45.0% in 1980 and was at its lowest, 10.4%, in 2010.
Botswana ranks 114th of 144 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 25+ with primary in Botswana, year by year
| Year | Incomplete and Completed Primary | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 26.4% | — |
| 1965 | 26.4% | -0.0% |
| 1970 | 30.0% | +13.6% |
| 1975 | 40.9% | +36.4% |
| 1980 | 45.0% | +10.0% |
| 1985 | 36.2% | -19.5% |
| 1990 | 20.5% | -43.4% |
| 1995 | 17.1% | -16.7% |
| 2000 | 15.6% | -8.8% |
| 2005 | 12.7% | -18.4% |
| 2010 | 10.4% | -18.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 26.4% | 26.4% | 26.4% | 2 |
| 1970s | 35.5% | 30.0% | 40.9% | 2 |
| 1980s | 40.6% | 36.2% | 45.0% | 2 |
| 1990s | 18.8% | 17.1% | 20.5% | 2 |
| 2000s | 14.2% | 12.7% | 15.6% | 2 |
| 2010s | 10.4% | 10.4% | 10.4% | 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 primary in Botswana?
- Barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25+ with primary in Botswana was 10.4% 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 primary recorded in Botswana?
- The highest recorded value was 45.0% in 1980.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25+ with primary recorded in Botswana?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.4% in 2010.
- How does Botswana rank for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25+ with primary?
- Botswana ranks 114th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25+ with primary rising or falling in Botswana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 33.2%. 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 primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of female population age 25+ with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary)