International Rankings of Botswana 2022, 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	42	11	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	110	259525	2020
Internet users - percent of population	40	64 %	2020
Internet users - total	132	1.505 million	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	49	6	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	124	140003	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	11	163	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	129	3.829 million	2020
Economy
Budget - expenditures	109	5.478 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	107	5.305 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	36	1 % of GDP	0
Exports	33	6.160 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP (official exchange rate)	119	18.335 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	78	39.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	55	18.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	152	48.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	57	33.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	27	29 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	67	1.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	127	1.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	76	27.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	46	70.6 % of GDP	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	111	N/A % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	46	N/A % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	101	4.2 %	2017
Labor force	133	1.177 million US Dollars	2017
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	140	N/A %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	127	N/A %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	152	N/A %	0
Population below poverty line	91	19.3	2009
Public debt	58	N/A % of GDP	2022
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	119	37.720 billion US Dollars	2020
Real GDP per capita	67	16000 US Dollars	2020
Taxes and other revenues	63	30.5 % of GDP	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	13	45.6	2020
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	8	39.2	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	8	42	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	70	2.922 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	122	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	136	3.042 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	65	1.416 million metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	28	497000 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	108	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	47	1.876 million metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	25	1.660 billion metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	131	3.516 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	94	0 kWh	2019
Electricity - imports	66	1.101 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	135	766000 kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	120	631.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	57	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	3	99.8 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	16	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	126	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	64	0.2 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	5	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	70	0 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	112	34.095 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	119	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - exports	55	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	86	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - production	94	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - proven reserves	90	0 cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	70	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	80	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	87	0 bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	134	21700 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	101	0 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	122	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	115	21090 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	108	0 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	116	6.34 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	115	5.73 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	83	21.24 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	66	45.8	2018
Land use - arable land	145	0.6	2018
Land use - forest	113	19.8	2018
Land use - other	60	34.4	2018
Land use - permanent crops	80	0	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	21	45.2	2018
Revenue from coal	12	0.45 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	73	0.23 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	129	12.240 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	131	69.000 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	131	23.400 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	131	100.600 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	52	2.47	2025
Urbanization - urban population	57	72.9	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	101	210854 tons	2010
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	112	2109 tons	2005
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	80	1 %	2005
Geography
Area - land	49	566730 sq km	0
Area - total	48	581730 sq km	0
Area - water	46	1.500 million sq km	0
Coastline	159	0 km	0
Elevation - highest point	108	1495 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	7	513 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	29	1013 meters	0
Irrigated land	140	25 sq km	2014
Land boundaries - total	44	4347.15 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	66	45.8	2018
Land use - arable land	145	0.6	2018
Land use - forest	113	19.8	2018
Land use - other	60	34.4	2018
Land use - permanent crops	80	0	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	21	45.2	2018
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	61	18.31	5462
Age structure - 25-54 years	109	39.67	4922
Age structure - 55-64 years	139	5.92	7886
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	55	2.93 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	15	1.64 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	80	0.96 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	64	5.98 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	61	0.46 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	66	20.28 births/1,000 population	2022
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	99	N/A %	0
Contraceptive prevalence rate	31	67.4 %	2017
Current health expenditure	51	6.1 % of GDP	2019
Death rate	52	9.05 deaths/1,000 population	2022
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	128	5.7 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	49	13.8 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	72	57.5 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	55	51.8 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	18	98.1 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	84	3.1 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	93	0.6 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	59	0.2 % of population	0
Education expenditures	8	8.7 % of GDP	2020
Hospital bed density	52	1.8 beds/1,000 population	0
Infant mortality rate - female	60	22.75 deaths/1,000 live births	2022
Infant mortality rate - male	64	27.54 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	64	25.18 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	167	67.74 years	2022
Life expectancy at birth - male	166	63.6 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	165	65.64 years	0
Literacy - female	54	88.9 %	2015
Literacy - male	55	88 %	0
Literacy - total population	55	88.5 %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	53	144 deaths/100,000 live births	2017
Median age - female	106	26.7 years	2020
Median age - male	107	24.5 years	0
Median age - total	103	25.7 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	85	N/A	2022
Net migration rate	36	2.81 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	79	18.9 %	2016
Physicians density	130	0.38 physicians/1,000 population	2018
Population	141	2.384 million	2022
Population growth rate	60	1.4 %	2022
Sanitation facility access - improved	35	94.9 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	48	37 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	60	14.4 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	58	5.1 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	11	12 years	2021
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	8	12 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	10	12 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	13	1.02 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	27	0.96	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	31	0.9	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	42	0.79	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	37	0.6 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	10	1.03 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	25	0.92 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	55	8.3 %	2020
Tobacco use - male	59	30.4 %	2020
Tobacco use - total	67	19.4 %	2020
Total fertility rate	61	2.39 children born/woman	2022
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	52	2.47	2025
Urbanization - urban population	57	72.9	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	13	45.6	2020
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	8	39.2	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	8	42	0
Transportation
Airports	63	74	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	38	6	0
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	37	1	0
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	42	1	2021
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	24	2	0
Airports - with paved runways - total	66	10	0
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	35	N/A	2022
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	25	5	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	23	46	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	45	64	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	55	13	2021
Heliports	23	N/A	2022
Merchant marine - total	134	N/A	2022
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	124	110000	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	130	253417	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	94	6	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	27	1	2020
Railways - standard gauge	71	N/A	2022
Railways - total	91	888 km	2014
Roadways - paved	71	9810 km	2017
Roadways - total	76	31747 km	2017
Waterways	105	N/A km	2022

*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.

NOTE: The information regarding Botswana on this page is re-published from the 2022 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Botswana 2022 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Botswana 2022 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.