Primary completion (UIS) in Botswana

In Botswana, 96.6% of children had completed primary school by the expected age in 2023.

Measure: Completion rate, primary education Unit: % of children 3 to 5 years above the final primary grade age Data: 2011 to 2023 Source: UNESCO UIS
Botswana, 2023 96.6% % of children 3 to 5 years above the final primary grade age
Change from 2020 −1.5percentage points 2020: 98.1%

Primary completion (UIS) in Botswana over time

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% of children 3 to 5 years above the final primary 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, primary education (% of children 3 to 5 years above the final primary grade age), 2011 to 2023
Period Botswana
2023 96.6%
2020 98.1%
2011 93.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 98.1% in 2020, a change of −1.5 percentage points.
  • Since 2011, when it was 93.3%, the figure has changed by +3.3 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO UIS
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Dataset or series code
CR.1 · 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