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Human development index — Botswana

Human development index in Botswana in 2023 — 0.731 index. Ranked 111 in the world out of 193. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 23.9%.

2023 0.731 index +0.27% vs 2022
World rank 111of 193
Period maximum 0.731 index2023
Period minimum 0.58 index1994

Trend over time

1990–2023 · index, 0–1

Human development index — Botswana, 1990–20230.550.60.650.70.751990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0.59 index1991: 0.59 index1992: 0.589 index1993: 0.588 index1994: 0.58 index1995: 0.583 index1996: 0.584 index1997: 0.587 index1998: 0.588 index1999: 0.592 index2000: 0.594 index2001: 0.595 index2002: 0.594 index2003: 0.602 index2004: 0.608 index2005: 0.616 index2006: 0.627 index2007: 0.64 index2008: 0.645 index2009: 0.644 index2010: 0.652 index2011: 0.661 index2012: 0.667 index2013: 0.676 index2014: 0.685 index2015: 0.69 index2016: 0.696 index2017: 0.704 index2018: 0.71 index2019: 0.718 index2020: 0.718 index2021: 0.7 index2022: 0.729 index2023: 0.731 index
Change over the period: +0.141 (+23.9%) Average annual rate: 0.65 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Botswana

Botswana 0.731 index
World 0.756 index
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 0.547 index
Southern Africa computed 0.731 index
Upper-middle-income countries computed 0.787 index
Human development index — Botswana, by year Botswana All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.731 +0.002 +0.27%
2022 0.729 +0.029 +4.14%
2021 0.7 −0.018 −2.51%
2020 0.718 +0 +0%
2019 0.718 +0.008 +1.13%
2018 0.71 +0.006 +0.85%
2017 0.704 +0.008 +1.15%
2016 0.696 +0.006 +0.87%
2015 0.69 +0.005 +0.73%
2014 0.685 +0.009 +1.33%
2013 0.676 +0.009 +1.35%
2012 0.667 +0.006 +0.91%
2011 0.661 +0.009 +1.38%
2010 0.652 +0.008 +1.24%
2009 0.644 −0.001 −0.16%
2008 0.645 +0.005 +0.78%
2007 0.64 +0.013 +2.07%
2006 0.627 +0.011 +1.79%
2005 0.616 +0.008 +1.32%
2004 0.608 +0.006 +1%
2003 0.602 +0.008 +1.35%
2002 0.594 −0.001 −0.17%
2001 0.595 +0.001 +0.17%
2000 0.594 +0.002 +0.34%
1999 0.592 +0.004 +0.68%
1998 0.588 +0.001 +0.17%
1997 0.587 +0.003 +0.51%
1996 0.584 +0.001 +0.17%
1995 0.583 +0.003 +0.52%
1994 0.58 −0.008 −1.36%
1993 0.588 −0.001 −0.17%
1992 0.589 −0.001 −0.17%
1991 0.59 +0 +0%
1990 0.59 — —

Southern Africa, 2023

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

ZA South Africa 0.741 BW Botswana 0.731 SZ Eswatini 0.695 NA Namibia 0.665 LS Lesotho 0.55
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About the indicator

The UNDP Human Development Index is the geometric mean of three components: life expectancy, years of schooling and national income per capita at PPP. The index was devised as an objection to the use of GDP alone as a measure of development, and its point is that the three components are multiplied rather than added: a failure on any one of them cannot be made up for by success on the other two. Values run from zero to one, and since 1990 the index has risen in almost every country in the world.

Important: The aggregate value for country groups is weighted by population, whereas UNDP computes group indexes from group components — the numbers may therefore differ slightly from the report.

Source: Human Development Report (UNDP), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.

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