School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in Botswana
Botswana: School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index was 1.44 GPIA in 2024. β² Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in Botswana, 1972β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2024, school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in Botswana stood at 1.44 GPIA. That is the highest value across all 39 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.8% on the previous year and up 20.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in Botswana peaked at 1.44 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.287 GPIA, in 1972.
That places Botswana 25th out of 189 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 39 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.4179 GPIA | 0.287 GPIA | 0.545 GPIA | 8 |
| 1980s | 0.553 GPIA | 0.4379 GPIA | 0.792 GPIA | 7 |
| 1990s | 0.7995 GPIA | 0.6819 GPIA | 0.8835 GPIA | 7 |
| 2000s | 0.8749 GPIA | 0.7852 GPIA | 0.947 GPIA | 7 |
| 2010s | 1.28 GPIA | 1.19 GPIA | 1.34 GPIA | 5 |
| 2020s | 1.39 GPIA | 1.37 GPIA | 1.44 GPIA | 5 |
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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, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in Botswana?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in Botswana was 1.44 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Botswana?
- The highest recorded value was 1.44 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Botswana?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.287 GPIA in 1972.
- How does Botswana rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index?
- Botswana ranks 25th out of 189 countries with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Botswana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.3%. 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 School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release