Botswana
Learning-adjusted schooling in Botswana
Learning-adjusted schooling in Botswana: 5.1 years in 2010 and 5.1 years in 2020, by World Bank estimates.
- Latest, 2020
- 5.1 years
- Since 2010
- −0 years
- Rank, 2020
- 145 of 174
- counting from the highest
years · World Bank
What the numbers say
- The highest was 5.3 years in 2017, the lowest 5.1 years in 2018.
Every year
years · World Bank
| Year | Botswana |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 5.1 |
| 2018 | 5.1 |
| 2017 | 5.3 |
| 2010 | 5.1 |
Good to know
- The years of school a child can expect by 18, cut to what students actually learn: the World Bank’s learning-adjusted years of school.
- Source: World Bank Human Capital Index, via Our World in Data.
- Ranks count the 174 countries with a value in 2020, highest first.
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Botswana in numbers
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Military
- Military spending3.11% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$595M in 2025
- Military spending per person$242 in 2025
- Military share of state spending8.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel9,000 people in 2020
- National power0.02% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.92% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports11 million TIV in 2024