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Secondary school enrollment — Botswana

Secondary school enrollment in Botswana in 2021 — 70.6%. Ranked 121 in the world out of 148. Since 1970, the indicator has risen by 62.3 pp.

2021 70.6% −7.2 pp vs 2008
World rank 121of 148
Period maximum 82.5%2007
Period minimum 8.3%1970

Trend over time

1970–2021 · % (gross ratio)

Secondary school enrollment — Botswana, 1970–2021025507510019701976198219881994200020062012201820211970: 8.3%1971: 9.7%1972: 10.7%1973: 14%1974: 15.2%1975: 16.9%1976: 18.4%1977: 19.4%1978: 19.7%1979: 19.4%1980: 20%1981: 22.1%1983: 22.5%1984: 26.9%1985: 30.3%1986: 32.3%1987: 33.7%1988: 33.4%1989: 39.2%1990: 43.1%1991: 52%1992: 51.2%1993: 55.1%1994: 53.1%1995: 58.9%1998: 74.4%1999: 75.1%2000: 76.2%2001: 75.3%2002: 75.9%2003: 76.6%2004: 78.4%2005: 79.6%2006: 81.7%2007: 82.5%2008: 77.8%2021: 70.6%
Change over the period: +62.3 pp Annual average: 1.22 pp

Comparison, 2021

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Botswana

Botswana 70.6%
World 77.3%
Sub-Saharan Africa 45.3%
Southern Africa computed 104.2%
Upper-middle-income countries computed 99.4%
Secondary school enrollment — Botswana, by year Botswana All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 70.6 —
2008 77.8 −4.7 pp
2007 82.5 +0.8 pp
2006 81.7 +2.1 pp
2005 79.6 +1.2 pp
2004 78.4 +1.8 pp
2003 76.6 +0.7 pp
2002 75.9 +0.6 pp
2001 75.3 −0.9 pp
2000 76.2 +1.1 pp
1999 75.1 +0.7 pp
1998 74.4 —
1995 58.9 +5.8 pp
1994 53.1 −2 pp
1993 55.1 +4 pp
1992 51.2 −0.8 pp
1991 52 +8.9 pp
1990 43.1 +3.9 pp
1989 39.2 +5.8 pp
1988 33.4 −0.3 pp
1987 33.7 +1.5 pp
1986 32.3 +1.9 pp
1985 30.3 +3.5 pp
1984 26.9 +4.4 pp
1983 22.5 —
1981 22.1 +2.1 pp
1980 20 +0.6 pp
1979 19.4 −0.3 pp
1978 19.7 +0.4 pp
1977 19.4 +1 pp
1976 18.4 +1.5 pp
1975 16.9 +1.7 pp
1974 15.2 +1.2 pp
1973 14 +3.3 pp
1972 10.7 +1 pp
1971 9.7 +1.4 pp
1970 8.3 —

Southern Africa, 2021

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

ZA South Africa 106.4 NA Namibia 83.3 BW Botswana 70.6
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About the indicator

The gross secondary enrollment ratio — the ratio of the total number of secondary school pupils, of any age, to the population of the official age for that level. It can exceed 100% when pupils older than the official age are in school — because of repetition or a late start, for example.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), license CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO.

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