Botswana: Young Batswana More Educated, Less Employed, Less Politically Engaged Than Their Elders

Job creation tops list of youth priorities for government action.

Key findings

• Unemployment tops the list of most important problems that Batswana youth want their government to address, followed by crime and security, corruption, management of the economy, and health.
• Botswana’s youth have more education than their elders. More than nine in 10 young Batswana (92%) have secondary or post-secondary schooling, compared to 67% in the 36-55 age group and 21% in the over-55 age group.
• But they are…