Botswana

Overview
By Theme
By SDG Goal

Topic

Social
Economic
Environment
Institutions

Social

Indicator

Most recent value

Trend

Poverty headcount ratio at $2.15 a day (2017 PPP) (% of population)

Most recent value

(2015)

15.4

(2015)

Trend

Life expectancy at birth, total (years)

Most recent value

(2022)

Trend

Population, total

Most recent value

(2023)

2,480,244

(2023)

Trend

Population growth (annual %)

Most recent value

(2023)

1.6

(2023)

Trend

Net migration

Most recent value

(2023)

-6,487

(2023)

Trend

Human Capital Index (HCI) (scale 0-1)

Most recent value

(2020)

0.4

(2020)

Trend

Economic

Indicator

Most recent value

Trend

GDP (current US$)

Most recent value

(2023 billion)

19.4

(2023 billion)

Trend

GDP per capita (current US$)

Most recent value

(2023)

7,820.2

(2023)

Trend

GDP growth (annual %)

Most recent value

(2023)

2.7

(2023)

Trend

Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate)

Most recent value

(2023)

23.4

(2023)

Trend

Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)

Most recent value

(2023)

5.1

(2023)

Trend

Personal remittances, received (% of GDP)

Most recent value

(2023)

0.4

(2023)

Trend

Environment

Indicator

Most recent value

Trend

Most recent value

(2020)

2.263

(2020)

Trend

Forest area (% of land area)

Most recent value

(2022)

26.5

(2022)

Trend

Access to electricity (% of population)

Most recent value

(2022)

75.9

(2022)

Trend

Annual freshwater withdrawals, total (% of internal resources)

Most recent value

(2021)

Trend

Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (% of total)

Most recent value

(2015)

0.0

(2015)

Trend

People using safely managed sanitation services (% of population)

No data available

Trend

Institutions

Indicator

Most recent value

Trend

Intentional homicides (per 100,000 people)

Most recent value

(2021)

Trend

Central government debt, total (% of GDP)

Most recent value

(2020)

19.6

(2020)

Trend

Statistical performance indicators (SPI): Overall score (scale 0-100)

Most recent value

(2023)

63.3

(2023)

Trend

Individuals using the Internet (% of population)

Most recent value

(2023)

Trend

Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%)

Most recent value

(2023)

Trend

Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP)

Most recent value

(2023)

3.4

(2023)

Trend

Projects & Operations

Finances

Summary of IBRD Loans
$250.00 million
Disbursed as of May 31, 2022
Original Principal Amount
Cancelled Amount
Disbursed Amount
Undisbursed Amount
Borrower's Obligation

Surveys

Most Recent Surveys
Afrobarometer Survey 2011-2013, Merged Round 5 Data (34 Countries)
By Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD, Ghana), Institute for Justice and Reconciliation in South Africa (IJR, South Africa), Institute for Empirical Research in Political Economy (IREEP, Benin), Institute for Development Studies (IDS, Kenya), Michigan State University (MSU, United States),
Submitted on: 01 Nov, 2017
What Does Aid to Africa Finance ? 1970-1996
By Shantayanan Devarajan, Andrew Sunil Rajkumar and Vinaya Swaroop
Submitted on: 11 Apr, 2011
Afrobarometer Survey 1 1999-2000, Merged 7 Country
By Institute for Democracy in South Africa (IDASA), Michigan State University (MSU), Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana)
Submitted on: 27 Jan, 2012
SACMEQ III Project 2005-2010
By Southern and Eastern Africa Consortium for Monitoring Educational Quality
Submitted on: 09 Jan, 2013

Human Capital Index

HCI and GDP Per Capita PPP (log scale, horizontal axis)
Productivity relative to benchmark of complete education and full health
Botswana

Global Economic Prospects - Forecasts

Annual GDP Growth (%)
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Institutions

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Human Capital Index

Global Economic Prospects - Forecasts

Climate Change