Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Botswana
Botswana: Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from was 1.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
1.0%
Change on year
up 33.6%
World rank
47th
of 116 countries
All-time high
1.0%
in 2024
All-time low
0.6%
in 2022
Years of data
7
2017–2024
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Botswana, 2017–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Botswana recorded 1.0% for percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in 2024. That is the highest value across all 7 years on record.
The figure is up 33.6% on the previous year and up 35.9% over ten years.
Botswana ranks 47th of 116 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Botswana, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0.7% | — |
| 2019 | 0.6% | -20.6% |
| 2020 | 0.7% | +10.7% |
| 2021 | 0.7% | +2.3% |
| 2022 | 0.6% | -14.0% |
| 2023 | 0.8% | +31.6% |
| 2024 | 1.0% | +33.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0.7% | 2 |
| 2020s | 0.7% | 0.6% | 1.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Botswana
More education data for Botswana
- 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)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 53,188 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 3.89 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 12,313 (2022)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 4,309 (2022)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 32,975 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 4.59 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Botswana?
- Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Botswana was 1.0% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from recorded in Botswana?
- The highest recorded value was 1.0% in 2024.
- What is the lowest percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from recorded in Botswana?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6% in 2022.
- How does Botswana rank for percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from?
- Botswana ranks 47th out of 116 countries with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from rising or falling in Botswana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 35.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Botswana data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from Natural Sciences, Mathematics and Statistics programmes, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release