Share of deaths from infections — all countries

Share of deaths from infections — Botswana

Share of deaths from infections in Botswana in 2021 — 58.6%. Ranked 174 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 19.6 pp.

2021 58.6% +9 pp vs 2020
World rank 174of 185
Period maximum 78.2%2000
Period minimum 49.7%2020

Trend over time

2000–2021 · % of total deaths

Share of deaths from infections — Botswana, 2000–20214050607080200020032006200920122015201820212000: 78.2%2010: 59.2%2015: 53.4%2019: 52.1%2020: 49.7%2021: 58.6%
Change over the period: −19.6 pp Annual average: -0.93 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Botswana 58.6%
World 27.4%
Share of deaths from infections — Botswana, by year Botswana All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 58.6 +9 pp
2020 49.7 −2.5 pp
2019 52.1
2015 53.4
2010 59.2
2000 78.2

Southern Africa, 2021

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

About the indicator

The share of deaths from infectious diseases, and also from conditions related to pregnancy and childbirth and from undernutrition, in the total number of deaths during a year. The group is brought together for a reason: all these causes retreat roughly at the same time as incomes rise and health care develops, and their combined share serves as one of the clearest measures of the stage of the epidemiological transition a country is at. The spread is enormous: from a few percent in Europe to half of all deaths in the poorest countries of Africa.

Important: There are no aggregates by country group: a weight by the total number of deaths is needed, and we do not have it. The group takes in not only infections but also maternal mortality and undernutrition, so the share is higher than one might expect from infectious diseases alone.

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.