Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 5 programmes, female in Botswana

Botswana: Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 5 programmes, female was 8,783 number in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
8,783 number
Change on year
down 9.8%
World rank
66th
of 140 countries
All-time high
14,586 number
in 2015
All-time low
8,783 number
in 2019
Years of data
5
2014–2019

Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 5 programmes, female in Botswana, 2014–2019

05.0k10.0k15.0k2014201620192014: 13.0k number2015: 14.6k number2016: 10.4k number2017: 9.7k number2019: 8.8k number

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in number.

Analysis

In 2019, enrolment in tertiary education, isced 5 programmes, female in Botswana stood at 8,783 number. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 9.8% on the previous year and down 32.5% over ten years.

That places Botswana 66th out of 140 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 5 programmes, female in Botswana, year by year

Annual values for Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 5 programmes, female (number) in Botswana, 2014 to 2019.
Year number Change
2014 13,006 number
2015 14,586 number +12.1%
2016 10,371 number -28.9%
2017 9,740 number -6.1%
2019 8,783 number -9.8%

Botswana compared with similar countries

  • Botswana's 8,783 number is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 16,215 number, 54% of the median. (38 countries reporting)
  • Botswana's 8,783 number is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 5,594 number, 1.6× the median. (30 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Botswana

  1. 63 Benin 9,747 number
  2. 64 Dominican Republic 9,563 number
  3. 65 Latvia 8,926 number compare
  4. 67 Bulgaria 8,511 number
  5. 68 Moldova 7,942 number compare
  6. 69 El Salvador 7,931 number compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is enrolment in tertiary education, isced 5 programmes, female in Botswana?
Enrolment in tertiary education, isced 5 programmes, female in Botswana was 8,783 number in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest enrolment in tertiary education, isced 5 programmes, female recorded in Botswana?
The highest recorded value was 14,586 number in 2015.
What is the lowest enrolment in tertiary education, isced 5 programmes, female recorded in Botswana?
The lowest recorded value was 8,783 number in 2019.
How does Botswana rank for enrolment in tertiary education, isced 5 programmes, female?
Botswana ranks 66th out of 140 countries with data for 2019.
Is enrolment in tertiary education, isced 5 programmes, female rising or falling in Botswana?
Over the last ten years it is down 32.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Botswana data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 5 programmes, female (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 5 programmes, female (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
185 places, 2,834 data points, 1997–2020
Last refreshed

Total number of female students enrolled in public and private short-cycle tertiary education programmes (ISCED 5).