Upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index in Botswana
Botswana: Upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index was 1.21 index in 2025. ▲ Rising
Upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index in Botswana, 1981–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in index.
Analysis
In 2025, upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index in Botswana stood at 1.21 index. That is the highest value across all 45 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 4.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index in Botswana peaked at 1.21 index in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.5348 index, in 1981.
That places Botswana 25th out of 164 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 45 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.618 index | 0.5348 index | 0.7266 index | 9 |
| 1990s | 0.836 index | 0.7524 index | 0.9195 index | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.04 index | 0.9484 index | 1.11 index | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.15 index | 1.12 index | 1.19 index | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.2 index | 1.19 index | 1.21 index | 6 |
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More gender data for Botswana
- Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 29,466 (2025)
- Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 30,240 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 29,267 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 30,023 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 29,174 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, male, interpolated 29,925 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, female, interpolated 30,402 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, male, interpolated 30,984 (2025)
- Age population, age 04, female, interpolated 29,928 (2025)
- Age population, age 04, male, interpolated 30,270 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index in Botswana?
- Upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index in Botswana was 1.21 index in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Botswana?
- The highest recorded value was 1.21 index in 2025.
- What is the lowest upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Botswana?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5348 index in 1981.
- How does Botswana rank for upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index?
- Botswana ranks 25th out of 164 countries with data for 2025.
- Is upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Botswana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.4%. 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 (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Upper secondary completion rate, adjusted gender parity index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
An adjusted gender parity index of 1 indicates equal upper secondary school completion rates between boys and girls. Values below 1 favor boys, and values above 1 favor girls.