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Youth literacy in Botswana

In Botswana, 94.0% of people aged 15 to 24 could read and write in 2003.

Measure: Youth literacy rate, ages 15 to 24 Unit: % of people aged 15 to 24 Data: 1991 to 2003 Source: UNESCO UIS
The latest value for Botswana is for 2003. Most countries have figures for 2022.
Botswana, 2003 94.0% % of people aged 15 to 24
Change from 1991 +4.7percentage points 1991: 89.3%

Youth literacy in Botswana over time

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% of people aged 15 to 24. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Youth literacy rate, ages 15 to 24 (% of people aged 15 to 24), 2003 to 2003
Period Botswana
2003 94.0%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

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In short

  • The previous available figure was 89.3% in 1991, a change of +4.7 percentage points.

More for Botswana

All statistics for Botswana
Adult literacy rate 81.2% 2003 · World Bank ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate 38.1% 2025 · ILOSTAT Primary completion (UIS) 96.6% 2023 · UNESCO UIS Lower secondary completion 92.0% 2023 · UNESCO UIS Upper secondary completion 54.3% 2023 · UNESCO UIS Out-of-school children 0.5% 2022 · UNESCO UIS

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO UIS
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Dataset or series code
LR.AG15T24 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1991 to 2003 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