: Youth studies assume important policy attention as a significant proportion of the population is youth not only in Botswana but in many developing countries. However, youth is a population that has been variously determined and defined as it refers to a liminal stage between childhood and adulthood. The categorization of the youth phase has remained problematic as different parameters are used to refer to this phase. Common markers used have often revolved around demographic factors such as age group and marital status. Socio-economic and cultural factors have also been used to identify youth. All these have meant that youth phase differs in time, space, and context and has resulted in different conceptions and definitions of youth. For this analysis, the definition of youth by national youth policy will be used. The main purpose of this paper is to analyze data on youth in Botswana. Specifically the analysis will centre on demographic and other socio-economic indicators that address the status, trends and varying youth related challenges. Some of the demographic variables in the analysis of youth include, age, sex, literacy rate, level of education, marital status, youth unemployment rate, economic activity, place of residence, relationship to household head and other household and housing characteristics.. An attempt will be made to establish trends from the previous census data sets.

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