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Botswana — statistics

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330 indicators Region: Sub-Saharan Africa Subregion: Southern Africa Income group: Upper middle income ISO: BWA
Indicator Value Year Source
Population people 2.56M 2025 UN DESA
Life expectancy at birth years 69.3 2024 UN DESA
Total fertility rate births 2.7 2024 UN DESA
Crude birth rate per 1,000 24.4 2024 UN DESA
Crude death rate per 1,000 5.7 2024 UN DESA
Population growth % 1.61 2025 UN DESA
Urban population share % 68 2025 UN DESA
Urban population people 1.74M 2025 UN DESA
Rural population share % 32 2025 UN DESA
Population density per km² 4.4 2023 World Bank
Share of population aged 65 and over % 4.1 2025 UN DESA
Share of population under 15 % 32 2025 UN DESA
Age dependency ratio per 100 56.3 2025 UN DESA
Net migration people -5,665 2025 UN DESA
Share of women in the population % 50.18 2025 UN DESA
Male population people 1.28M 2025 UN DESA
Female population people 1.29M 2025 UN DESA
Children under 15 people 818,769 2025 UN DESA
Population aged 15–64 people 1.64M 2025 UN DESA
Population aged 65 and over people 104,610 2025 UN DESA
Male life expectancy years 66.78 2024 UN DESA
Female life expectancy years 71.85 2024 UN DESA
Adolescent fertility rate per 1,000 53.5 2024 UN DESA
Contraceptive use % 67.4 2017 UN DESA
Rural population people 821,007 2025 UN DESA
Indicator Value Year Source
Tuberculosis incidence per 100k 143 2024 WHO
HIV prevalence % 15.7 2024 WHO
People living with HIV people 360,000 2024 WHO
New HIV infections per 1,000 3.1 2024 WHO
HIV-related deaths people 3,800 2024 WHO
Tuberculosis cases people 3,600 2024 WHO
Tuberculosis deaths people 330 2024 WHO
Malaria deaths people 1 2024 WHO
Malaria death rate per 100k 0.15 2021 WHO
Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases % 19 2021 WHO
Indicator Value Year Source
Infant mortality rate per 1,000 32.1 2024 WHO
Under-five mortality rate per 1,000 33.3 2024 WHO
Maternal mortality ratio per 100k 155 2023 WHO
Suicide mortality rate per 100k 8.4 2021 WHO
Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases % 28.3 2021 WHO
Share of deaths from infections % 58.6 2021 WHO
Share of deaths from injuries % 5.9 2021 WHO
Road traffic death rate per 100k 26.4 2019 WHO
Road traffic deaths people 426 2021 WHO
Air pollution death rate per 100k 140.7 2019 WHO
Death rate from unsafe water and sanitation per 100k 26.8 2019 WHO
Poisoning death rate per 100k 1.05 2021 WHO
Healthy life expectancy years 53.1 2021 WHO
Adult mortality rate, male per 1,000 223.7 2024 UN DESA
Adult mortality rate, female per 1,000 150.8 2024 UN DESA
Indicator Value Year Source
GDP US$ 19.93B 2025 World Bank
GDP per capita US$ 7,778 2025 World Bank
GDP growth % -0.73 2025 World Bank
GDP at purchasing power parity int$ 53.03B 2025 World Bank
GDP per capita at PPP int$ 20,698 2025 World Bank
GNI per capita US$ 7,390 2025 World Bank
Consumer price inflation % 2.66 2025 World Bank
GDP deflator % 3.63 2025 World Bank
Industry share of GDP % 27.9 2025 World Bank
Manufacturing share of GDP % 5.7 2025 World Bank
Agriculture share of GDP % 1.8 2025 World Bank
Services share of GDP % 64.6 2025 World Bank
Household consumption (% of GDP) % 45.8 2025 World Bank
Government consumption (% of GDP) % 31.5 2025 World Bank
Gross capital formation (% of GDP) % 29.2 2025 World Bank
GDP (IMF) bn US$ 33.6 2031 IMF
Real GDP growth (IMF) % 4 2031 IMF
GDP per capita at PPP (IMF) int$ 26,743 2031 IMF
Inflation, average consumer prices (IMF) % 4.5 2031 IMF
GDP in constant prices US$ 2015 17.4B 2025 World Bank
GDP per capita in constant prices US$ 2015 6,791 2025 World Bank
GDP per capita growth % -2.32 2025 World Bank
Share of world GDP % 0.026 2031 IMF
Gross national income US$ 19.22B 2025 World Bank
Industry value added US$ 5.56B 2025 World Bank
Manufacturing value added US$ 1.13B 2025 World Bank
Agriculture value added US$ 355M 2025 World Bank
Services value added US$ 12.88B 2025 World Bank
Household consumption US$ 9.12B 2025 World Bank
Government consumption in US dollars US$ 6.27B 2025 World Bank
Gross capital formation in US dollars US$ 5.81B 2025 World Bank
Gross national savings % 32 2024 World Bank
Consumer price index index 202.64 2025 World Bank
End-of-period inflation % 4.5 2031 IMF
GDP per capita (IMF) US$ 12,170 2031 IMF
GNI at purchasing power parity int$ 51.14B 2025 World Bank
PPP conversion factor per int$ 5.074 2025 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Government debt % 64.4 2031 IMF
Tax revenue (% of GDP) % 22.42 2023 World Bank
Government revenue % 28.09 2023 World Bank
Government expense % 26.53 2024 World Bank
Budget balance % -7.5 2031 IMF
External debt US$ 2.32B 2024 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Cereal production t 54,554 2024 FAO
Cereal yield kg/ha 900 2024 FAO
Food production index index 96.9 2022 FAO
Livestock production index index 90.3 2022 FAO
Agricultural land share % 45.63 2023 FAO
Arable land share % 0.46 2023 FAO
Arable land per capita ha/person 0.1048 2023 FAO
Fertilizer use kg/ha 93.1 2023 FAO
Irrigated land % 0.01 2014 FAO
Agricultural land km² 258,620 2023 FAO
Arable land ha 260,000 2023 FAO
Land under cereal production ha 60,588 2024 FAO
Crop production index index 138.3 2022 FAO
Indicator Value Year Source
Forest cover % 26.29 2023 FAO
Forest area km² 148,998 2023 FAO
Protected areas % 27.6 2025 World Bank
Freshwater withdrawal as a share of resources % 8.89 2022 FAO
PM2.5 air pollution µg/m³ 13.2 2023 WHO
Land area km² 566,730 2023 FAO
Surface area km² 581,730 2023 FAO
Renewable water resources km³ 2 2022 FAO
Water resources per capita m³/person 984 2022 FAO
Freshwater withdrawal km³ 0 2022 FAO
Population living in slums % 39.6 2022 World Bank
Population below five meters above sea level % 0 2015 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Renewables share of final energy consumption % 27.4 2021 World Bank
Primary energy consumption quad Btu 0.084 2024 EIA
Energy consumption per capita MMBtu 33.5 2024 EIA
Primary energy production quad Btu 0.055 2024 EIA
Coal production Mtoe 1.38 2024 EIA
Natural gas production bn m³ 0 2024 EIA
Oil production kb/d 0 2025 EIA
Indicator Value Year Source
Air passengers carried people 172,720 2023 World Bank
Aircraft departures departures 4,264 2023 World Bank
Air freight traffic M t-km 0.3 2023 World Bank
Rail lines km 886 2021 World Bank
Rail passenger traffic M pax-km 94 2006 World Bank
Rail freight traffic M t-km 674 2007 World Bank
Logistics performance index score 3.1 2022 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Internet users % 57.46 2024 ITU
Mobile cellular subscriptions per 100 164 2024 ITU
Fixed broadband internet per 100 7.44 2024 ITU
Fixed telephone lines per 100 3.3 2024 ITU
Secure internet servers per 1M 471 2024 World Bank
ICT service exports % 3.78 2024 UNCTAD
ICT service exports, US$ US$ 35.33M 2024 World Bank
Number of mobile subscriptions subs 4.13M 2024 ITU
Number of fixed broadband subscriptions subs 187,597 2024 ITU
Indicator Value Year Source
Human development index index 0.731 2023 UNDP
Gender development index ratio 0.997 2023 UNDP
Gender inequality index index 0.49 2023 UNDP
Corruption perceptions index score 57 2024 Transparency Intl
Human capital index index 0.41 2020 World Bank

Values are given for the most recent year for which the source publishes data on this territory, so the years differ from indicator to indicator. Units of measurement are shown next to the indicator name.

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