Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in Botswana
Botswana: Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general was 100.0% in 2008. ▲ Rising
Latest (2008)
100.0%
Change on year
up 4.3%
World rank
1st
of 217 countries
All-time high
100.0%
in 2008
All-time low
77.5%
in 1970
Years of data
36
1970–2008
Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in Botswana, 1970–2008
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Botswana recorded 100.0% for share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in 2008. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.3% on the previous year and up 4.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in Botswana peaked at 100.0% in 2008 and was at its lowest, 77.5%, in 1970.
Botswana ranks 1st of 217 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in Botswana, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 77.5% | — |
| 1971 | 77.6% | +0.2% |
| 1972 | 78.4% | +0.9% |
| 1973 | 84.1% | +7.3% |
| 1974 | 85.2% | +1.3% |
| 1975 | 86.2% | +1.1% |
| 1976 | 87.0% | +1.0% |
| 1977 | 87.4% | +0.4% |
| 1978 | 88.9% | +1.7% |
| 1979 | 88.2% | -0.8% |
| 1980 | 89.9% | +2.0% |
| 1981 | 88.3% | -1.9% |
| 1983 | 89.4% | +1.2% |
| 1984 | 89.7% | +0.4% |
| 1985 | 89.6% | -0.1% |
| 1986 | 91.1% | +1.6% |
| 1987 | 92.9% | +1.9% |
| 1988 | 91.4% | -1.5% |
| 1989 | 92.4% | +1.1% |
| 1990 | 93.5% | +1.2% |
| 1991 | 95.0% | +1.6% |
| 1992 | 94.7% | -0.3% |
| 1993 | 95.2% | +0.6% |
| 1994 | 95.3% | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 94.7% | -0.7% |
| 1998 | 95.3% | +0.7% |
| 1999 | 95.8% | +0.5% |
| 2000 | 94.5% | -1.3% |
| 2001 | 94.7% | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 95.1% | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 95.0% | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 94.5% | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 94.9% | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 94.5% | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 95.8% | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 100.0% | +4.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 84.0% | 77.5% | 88.9% | 10 |
| 1980s | 90.5% | 88.3% | 92.9% | 9 |
| 1990s | 94.9% | 93.5% | 95.8% | 8 |
| 2000s | 95.5% | 94.5% | 100.0% | 9 |
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More education data for Botswana
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 175,513 (2021)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -5.66 % change on previous year (2008)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 16,622 (2022)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 16.13 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 91,418 (2021)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate -4.16 % change on previous year (2008)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in Botswana?
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general in Botswana was 100.0% in 2008, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general recorded in Botswana?
- The highest recorded value was 100.0% in 2008.
- What is the lowest share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general recorded in Botswana?
- The lowest recorded value was 77.5% in 1970.
- How does Botswana rank for share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general?
- Botswana ranks 1st out of 217 countries with data for 2008.
- Is share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general rising or falling in Botswana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.9%. 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 Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general programmes, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release