Lower secondary completion in Botswana

Name: Lower secondary completion in Botswana
Creator: UNESCO UIS
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

In Botswana, 92.0% of young people had completed lower secondary school by the expected age in 2023.

Completion rate, lower secondary education % of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age Data: 2011 to 2023 Source: UNESCO UIS

Botswana, 2023 92.0% % of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age

Change from 2020 +1.8percentage points 2020: 90.2%

Lower secondary completion in Botswana over time

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% of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Completion rate, lower secondary education (% of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age), 2011 to 2023
Period	Botswana
2023	92.0%
2020	90.2%
2011	83.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

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In short

The previous available figure was 90.2% in 2020, a change of +1.8 percentage points.
Since 2011, when it was 83.6%, the figure has changed by +8.4 percentage points.

More for Botswana

All statistics for Botswana

Primary completion (UIS) 96.6% 2023 · UNESCO UIS Upper secondary completion 54.3% 2023 · UNESCO UIS ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate 38.1% 2025 · ILOSTAT Out-of-school children 0.5% 2022 · UNESCO UIS Out-of-school adolescents 9.2% 2022 · UNESCO UIS Out-of-school youth 30.7% 2022 · UNESCO UIS

Source and dates

Original producer: UNESCO UIS
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Dataset or series code: CR.2 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period: 2011 to 2023 for Botswana
Provider update: Not stated by the provider
Retrieved: 9 November 2026
Published here: 9 November 2026
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Attribution: Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org

Botswana by sex

Total 92.0%2023
Girls 93.7%2023
Boys 90.5%2023

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What this measures

Share of young people aged 3 to 5 years older than the official age for the last grade of lower secondary school who have completed lower secondary education (SDG indicator 4.1.2).

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