Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 40-44 with primary in Botswana
Botswana: Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 40-44 with primary was 6.4% in 2010. ▼ Falling
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 40-44 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
Botswana recorded 6.4% for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 40-44 with primary in 2010. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is down 36.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of female population age 40-44 with primary in Botswana peaked at 45.0% in 1980 and was at its lowest, 6.4%, in 2010.
Botswana ranks 101st of 144 countries on this measure, 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 40-44 with primary in Botswana, year by year
| Year | Incomplete and Completed Primary | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 26.4% | — |
| 1965 | 26.4% | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 36.4% | +37.9% |
| 1975 | 40.3% | +10.7% |
| 1980 | 45.0% | +11.7% |
| 1985 | 39.7% | -11.8% |
| 1990 | 21.2% | -46.5% |
| 1995 | 21.2% | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 10.0% | -52.8% |
| 2005 | 10.0% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 6.4% | -36.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 26.4% | 26.4% | 26.4% | 2 |
| 1970s | 38.3% | 36.4% | 40.3% | 2 |
| 1980s | 42.4% | 39.7% | 45.0% | 2 |
| 1990s | 21.2% | 21.2% | 21.2% | 2 |
| 2000s | 10.0% | 10.0% | 10.0% | 2 |
| 2010s | 6.4% | 6.4% | 6.4% | 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 40-44 with primary in Botswana?
- Barro-lee: percentage of female population age 40-44 with primary in Botswana was 6.4% 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 40-44 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 40-44 with primary recorded in Botswana?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.4% in 2010.
- How does Botswana rank for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 40-44 with primary?
- Botswana ranks 101st out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 40-44 with primary rising or falling in Botswana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 36.1%. 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 40-44 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 40-44 with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary)