World Bank · Education
Botswana: Lower secondary school starting age
13years · 20250.0% since 2015
Lower secondary school starting age is the age at which students would enter lower secondary education, assuming they had started at the official entrance age for the lowest level of education, had studied full-time throughout and had progressed through the system without repeating or skipping a grade. Annual figures for Botswana from 1970 to 2025.
Every year
| Year | Value (years) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | |
| 2024 | 13 | |
| 2023 | 13 | |
| 2022 | 13 | |
| 2021 | 13 | |
| 2020 | 13 | |
| 2019 | 13 | |
| 2018 | 13 | |
| 2017 | 13 | |
| 2016 | 13 | |
| 2015 | 13 | |
| 2014 | 13 | |
| 2013 | 13 | |
| 2012 | 13 | |
| 2011 | 13 | |
| 2010 | 13 | |
| 2009 | 13 | |
| 2008 | 13 | |
| 2007 | 13 | |
| 2006 | 13 | |
| 2005 | 13 | |
| 2004 | 13 | |
| 2003 | 13 | |
| 2002 | 13 | |
| 2001 | 13 | |
| 2000 | 13 | |
| 1999 | 13 | |
| 1998 | 13 | |
| 1997 | 13 | |
| 1996 | 13 | |
| 1995 | 13 | |
| 1994 | 14 | |
| 1993 | 14 | |
| 1992 | 14 | |
| 1991 | 14 | |
| 1990 | 14 | |
| 1989 | 14 | |
| 1988 | 14 | |
| 1987 | 14 | |
| 1986 | 14 | |
| 1985 | 14 | |
| 1984 | 14 | |
| 1983 | 14 | |
| 1982 | 14 | |
| 1981 | 14 | |
| 1980 | 13 | |
| 1979 | 13 | |
| 1978 | 13 | |
| 1977 | 13 | |
| 1976 | 13 | |
| 1975 | 13 | |
| 1974 | 13 | |
| 1973 | 13 | |
| 1972 | 14 | |
| 1971 | 14 | |
| 1970 | 14 |
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