School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in Botswana
Botswana: School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index was 0.9802 GPIA in 2022. βΌ Falling
School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in Botswana, 1970β2022
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2022, school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in Botswana stood at 0.9802 GPIA.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in Botswana peaked at 1.18 GPIA in 1978 and was at its lowest, 0.9649 GPIA, in 2014.
Botswana ranks 142nd of 209 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 46 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.14 GPIA | 1.05 GPIA | 1.18 GPIA | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.09 GPIA | 1.05 GPIA | 1.15 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.02 GPIA | 0.991 GPIA | 1.06 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.986 GPIA | 0.9694 GPIA | 0.9972 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9703 GPIA | 0.9649 GPIA | 0.9762 GPIA | 4 |
| 2020s | 0.9771 GPIA | 0.9739 GPIA | 0.9802 GPIA | 2 |
Countries ranked near Botswana
More education data for Botswana
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 64.0% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 32.0% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 109.3% (2022)
- Primary education, teachers 16,622 (2022)
- Fertility rate vs mean years of schooling 2.7 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 108.2% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in Botswana?
- School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in Botswana was 0.9802 GPIA in 2022, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Botswana?
- The highest recorded value was 1.18 GPIA in 1978.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Botswana?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9649 GPIA in 2014.
- How does Botswana rank for school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index?
- Botswana ranks 142nd out of 209 countries with data for 2022.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Botswana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Botswana data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release