Country
Botswana
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Income group
- upper middle income
- Capital
- Gaborone
- ISO code
- BW · BWA
73 indicators. Each shows the value, the rank among the world’s countries and the change over time – click to see the map.
- Population
- 2.6M
- GDP per capita (PPP)
- 17,687 int-$ (PPP, 2021 prices)
- Life expectancy
- 69.3 years
- CO₂ emissions per person
- 2.7 t CO₂
Population
- Population 2.6M 2025 143rd of 214
- Population density 4 people/km² 2024 204th of 212
- Population growth 1.61 % per year 2025 65th of 214
- Natural increase 19.0 per 1,000 people 2023 51st of 228
- Net migration -2.2 per 1,000 people 2025 161st of 214
- Fertility rate 2.70 births per woman 2024 64th of 214
- Urban population 68.0 % 2025 97th of 214
- Median age 22.9 years 2023 167th of 228
- Population aged 65+ 4.1 % 2025 161st of 214
- Old-age dependency ratio 6.4 per 100 people aged 15–64 2025 165th of 214
- Children under 15 32.0 % 2025 59th of 214
Health
- Life expectancy 69.3 years 2024 156th of 214
- Life expectancy, women 71.9 years 2024 156th of 214
- Life expectancy, men 66.8 years 2024 155th of 214
- Life expectancy gap, women vs men 5.1 years 2024 100th of 214
- Infant mortality 32.1 per 1,000 births 2024 42nd of 195
- Under-5 mortality 33.3 per 1,000 births 2024 55th of 195
- Maternal mortality 155 per 100,000 births 2023 46th of 193
- Health spending per person 490 USD 2023 93rd of 190
- Health spending (PPP) 1,310 $ (PPP) 2023 84th of 191
- Physicians 0.38 per 1,000 people 2023 135th of 179
- Hospital beds 2.4 per 1,000 people 2022 81st of 150
- Measles immunization 97 % 2024 31st of 191
- Undernourishment 18.2 % 2024 31st of 165
- Tobacco use 18.0 % 2024 87th of 165
- Calorie supply 2,714 kcal per day 2023 124th of 175
- Meat supply 43.3 kg per person per year 2023 108th of 175
Economy
- GDP 19.9B USD 2025 131st of 185
- GDP per capita 7,778 USD 2025 95th of 185
- GDP per capita (PPP) 17,687 int-$ (PPP, 2021 prices) 2025 92nd of 184
- GDP per capita since 1820 16,352 int-$ (2011 prices) 2022 70th of 165
- GDP growth -0.7 % 2025 178th of 185
- GDP per capita growth -2.3 % 2025 178th of 185
- Inflation 2.7 % 2025 90th of 169
- Unemployment 24.5 % 2025 4th of 181
- Youth unemployment 46.0 % 2025 5th of 181
- Youth not in education, employment or training 38.0 % 2024 10th of 150
- Trade 69 % of GDP 2024 105th of 172
- Income inequality (Gini) 54.9 2015 2nd of 151
- Extreme poverty 21.4 % 2015 34th of 151
- Agriculture in the economy 1.8 % of GDP 2024 147th of 187
- Women in the labour force 63.7 % 2025 25th of 181
Education and society
- Human Development Index (HDI) 0.731 2023 111th of 192
- Literacy rate 81.2 % 2003 not ranked – no value for 2024
- Education spending 8.1 % of GDP 2020 not ranked – no value for 2022
- Secondary school enrolment 71 % 2021 not ranked – no value for 2023
- Tertiary enrolment 21 % 2023 104th of 127
- Primary completion rate 102 % 2022 not ranked – no value for 2023
- Women in parliament 9.0 % 2025 167th of 183
- Homicide rate 9.3 per 100,000 people 2020 30th of 129
Technology and infrastructure
- Internet use 57 % 2024 139th of 182
- Mobile phone subscriptions 179 per 100 people 2023 8th of 172
- Fixed broadband 6.2 per 100 people 2023 114th of 169
- Access to electricity 80.2 % 2024 168th of 212
- Safe drinking water 63 % 2024 97th of 146
- Research and development 0.56 % of GDP 2013 not ranked – no value for 2023
Environment and energy
- CO₂ emissions 6.9 Mt CO₂ 2024 127th of 201
- CO₂ emissions per person 2.7 t CO₂ 2024 97th of 201
- CO₂ emissions per person since 1850 2.96 t CO₂ 2024 111th of 212
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 0.2 Gt CO₂ 2024 133rd of 212
- Greenhouse gases per person 4.8 t CO₂e 2024 91st of 201
- Forest area 27.8 % of land 2024 114th of 208
- Water stress 2 % 2022 143rd of 176
- Arable land 0.5 % of land 2024 194th of 205
- Renewable energy 27.4 % of final energy 2021 87th of 210
- Renewable electricity 0.3 % of electricity 2024 184th of 193
- Nuclear electricity 0.0 % of electricity 2024 32nd of 193
- Electricity from coal 98.3 % of electricity 2024 1st of 193
- Electricity from wind 0.0 % of electricity 2024 108th of 193
- Electricity from solar 0.3 % of electricity 2024 155th of 193
- Carbon intensity of electricity 852 g CO₂e/kWh 2024 6th of 193
- Electricity generation per person 1,360 kWh 2024 121st of 190
- PM2.5 air pollution 13.2 µg/m³ 2023 134th of 199
Botswana on other Ominuvo maps
- Languages of the worldEnglish, Tswana · official languagesSource: Unicode CLDR (Unicode License v3)
- Prices around the worldBotswana pula (BWP)Source: ISO 4217
- Time zones mapUTC+2Source: IANA tz database (public domain)
- Plugs and sockets of the worldType D, G · 230 V · 50 Hz
- National dishes of the world5 national dishes
- Plants of the world8 characteristic plants
- VPN provider mapServers of 1 VPN providerSource: VPN Map (Ominuvo) (CC BY 4.0)