International Rankings of Botswana 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Botswana, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Botswana, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	138	2.16	2019
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	137	49295	N/A
Internet users - percent of population	141	47.00 %	2018
Internet users - total	137	1.057 million	N/A
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	140	6.25	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	123	142587	N/A
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	17	164.12	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	134	3.747 million	N/A
Economy
Budget - expenditures	111	5.478 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	109	5.305 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	40	1.00 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	38	2.146 billion US Dollars	2017
Debt - external	150	2.187 billion US Dollars	2017
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	103	50	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	66	66	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	104	76	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	35	87	2020
Exports	114	5.934 billion US Dollars	2017
GDP (official exchange rate)	121	18.335 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	82	39.80 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	60	18.40 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	155	48.50 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	59	33.90 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	29	29.00 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	67	1.80 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	133	1.80 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	80	27.50 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	50	70.60 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	8	53 %	2015
Gross national saving	27	33	2018
Imports	137	5.005 billion US Dollars	2017
Industrial production growth rate	102	4.20 %	2017
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	59	2.70 %	2019
Labor force	135	1.177 million US Dollars	2017
Population below poverty line	95	19 %	2009
Public debt	166	14.00 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	121	40.928 billion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP growth rate	73	2.40 %	2017
Real GDP per capita	94	17767 US Dollars	2019
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	82	7.491 billion US Dollars	2017
Taxes and other revenues	67	30.50 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	24	20.00 %	2013
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	125	6.235 million	2017
Electricity - consumption	131	3.636 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - from fossil fuels	1	100	2016
Electricity - imports	60	1.673 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	134	735000 kWh	2016
Electricity - production	132	2.527 billion	2016
Refined petroleum products - consumption	118	21000	2016
Refined petroleum products - imports	116	21090 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	118	6 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	117	6 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	85	21 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	69	46	2018
Land use - arable land	152	1	2018
Land use - forest	121	20	2018
Land use - other	64	34	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	23	45	2018
Total renewable water resources	132	12.240 billion	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	135	69.000 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	133	23.400 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	133	100.600 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	54	2.47	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	69	72	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	102	210854.00 tons	2010
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	116	2109 tons	2005
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	82	1.00 %	2005
Geography
Area - land	51	566730 sq km	N/A
Area - total	50	581730 sq km	N/A
Area - water	36	15000 sq km	N/A
Elevation - highest point	110	1489 meters	N/A
Elevation - lowest point	7	513 meters	N/A
Elevation - mean elevation	31	1013 meters	N/A
Irrigated land	138	20 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	45	4347 km	N/A
Land use - agricultural land	69	46	2018
Land use - arable land	152	1	2018
Land use - forest	121	20	2018
Land use - other	64	34	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	23	45	2018
Total renewable water resources	131	12.240 billion	2017
Population Density	214	4.15 Persons per sq km	N/A
Military
Military expenditures	22	3 % of GDP	2019
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	63	18.31	N/A
Age structure - 25-54 years	116	39.67	N/A
Age structure - 55-64 years	148	5.92	N/A
Birth rate	66	20.60 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	35	67.40 %	2017
Current Health Expenditure	52	6 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	50	9.12 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	102	7.30 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	51	13.80 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	58	61.10 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	55	53.80 %	N/A
Drinking water source - improved	16	98 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - rural	91	3 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - total	75	4 % of population	2017
Drinking water source - unimproved	54	2 % of population	N/A
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	3	19.90	2020
HIV/AIDS - deaths	18	5100	2020
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	17	370000	2020
Hospital bed density	51	1.80 beds/1,000 population	2010
Infant mortality rate - female	63	23.49 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	67	28.38 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	67	25.97 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - female	173	67 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	175	63 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	172	65 years	N/A
Maternal mortality rate	53	144.00	2017
Median age - female	110	27 years	2020
Median age - male	109	25 years	N/A
Median age - total	108	26 years	N/A
Net migration rate	36	2.85 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	83	18.90 %	2016
Physicians density	122	0.53 physicians/1,000 population	2016
Population	142	2.351 million	2021
Population growth rate	65	1.43 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	44	93 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - rural	49	39 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - total	56	17 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	63	7 % of population	N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	9	13 years	2013
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	8	13 years	N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	9	13 years	N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	13	1.02 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	27	0.97	N/A
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	35	0.90	N/A
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	46	0.76	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	40	0.71 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	11	1.03 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	24	0.93 male(s)/female	N/A
Total fertility rate	64	2.42 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	27	36	2019
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	8	39	N/A
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	12	38	N/A
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	54	2.47	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	69	72	2021
Transportation
Airports	63	74	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	38	6	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	38	1	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	43	1	2017
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	25	2	2017
Airports - with paved runways - total	68	10	2017
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	25	5	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	23	46	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	45	64	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	55	13	2013
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	127	110000	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	132	253417	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	96	6.00	N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	27	1	2020
Railways - total	84	888 km	2014
Roadways - paved	71	9810 km	2017
Roadways - total	78	31747 km	2017

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

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