Population of the official entrance age to primary education, female in Botswana

Botswana: Population of the official entrance age to primary education, female was 26,773 number in 2020. ▲ Rising

Latest (2020)
26,773 number
Change on year
up 1.1%
World rank
134th
of 206 countries
All-time high
26,773 number
in 2020
All-time low
9,841 number
in 1970
Years of data
51
1970–2020

Population of the official entrance age to primary education, female in Botswana, 1970–2020

010.0k20.0k30.0k197019952020

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in number.

Analysis

In 2020, population of the official entrance age to primary education, female in Botswana stood at 26,773 number. That is the highest value across all 51 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 15.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, population of the official entrance age to primary education, female in Botswana peaked at 26,773 number in 2020 and was at its lowest, 9,841 number, in 1970.

Botswana ranks 134th of 206 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 51 years of available data.

Population of the official entrance age to primary education, female in Botswana, year by year

Annual values for Population of the official entrance age to primary education, female (number) in Botswana, 1970 to 2020.
Year number Change
1970 9,841 number
1971 10,159 number +3.2%
1972 10,498 number +3.3%
1973 11,243 number +7.1%
1974 11,632 number +3.5%
1975 12,040 number +3.5%
1976 12,544 number +4.2%
1977 13,079 number +4.3%
1978 13,631 number +4.2%
1979 14,174 number +4.0%
1980 14,698 number +3.7%
1981 14,695 number -0.0%
1982 15,189 number +3.4%
1983 15,698 number +3.4%
1984 16,242 number +3.5%
1985 16,831 number +3.6%
1986 17,425 number +3.5%
1987 18,069 number +3.7%
1988 18,696 number +3.5%
1989 19,229 number +2.9%
1990 19,618 number +2.0%
1991 20,037 number +2.1%
1992 20,265 number +1.1%
1993 20,358 number +0.5%
1994 20,388 number +0.1%
1995 20,555 number +0.8%
1996 20,708 number +0.7%
1997 20,889 number +0.9%
1998 21,063 number +0.8%
1999 21,183 number +0.6%
2000 21,201 number +0.1%
2001 21,255 number +0.3%
2002 21,204 number -0.2%
2003 21,118 number -0.4%
2004 21,068 number -0.2%
2005 21,135 number +0.3%
2006 21,384 number +1.2%
2007 21,806 number +2.0%
2008 22,321 number +2.4%
2009 22,843 number +2.3%
2010 23,267 number +1.9%
2011 23,626 number +1.5%
2012 23,927 number +1.3%
2013 24,203 number +1.2%
2014 24,491 number +1.2%
2015 24,828 number +1.4%
2016 25,211 number +1.5%
2017 25,652 number +1.7%
2018 26,100 number +1.7%
2019 26,494 number +1.5%
2020 26,773 number +1.1%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 11,884 number 9,841 number 14,174 number 10
1980s 16,677 number 14,695 number 19,229 number 10
1990s 20,506 number 19,618 number 21,183 number 10
2000s 21,534 number 21,068 number 22,843 number 10
2010s 24,780 number 23,267 number 26,494 number 10
2020s 26,773 number 26,773 number 26,773 number 1

Countries ranked near Botswana

  1. 131 Guinea-Bissau 27,696 number compare
  2. 132 Georgia 27,642 number compare
  3. 133 Hong Kong, China 27,579 number compare
  4. 135 Bosnia and Herzegovina 26,525 number compare
  5. 136 Uruguay 23,264 number compare
  6. 137 Jamaica 22,959 number compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is population of the official entrance age to primary education, female in Botswana?
Population of the official entrance age to primary education, female in Botswana was 26,773 number in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest population of the official entrance age to primary education, female recorded in Botswana?
The highest recorded value was 26,773 number in 2020.
What is the lowest population of the official entrance age to primary education, female recorded in Botswana?
The lowest recorded value was 9,841 number in 1970.
How does Botswana rank for population of the official entrance age to primary education, female?
Botswana ranks 134th out of 206 countries with data for 2020.
Is population of the official entrance age to primary education, female rising or falling in Botswana?
Over the last ten years it is up 15.1%. 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 Population of the official entrance age to primary education, female (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Population of the official entrance age to primary education, female (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
251 places, 12,277 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed

Female population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to the official entrance age to primary education. The official entrance age is the age at which students would enter a given programme or level of education assuming they start at the official entrance age for the lowest level of education, study full-time throughout and progressed through the system without repeating or skipping a grade. The theoretical entrance age to a given programme or level is typically, but not always, the most common entrance age.