International Rankings of Botswana 2023, 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	43	11	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	113	259525	2020
Internet users - percent of population	41	74 %	2021
Internet users - total	132	1.924 million	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	54	5	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	125	132457	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	13	161	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	130	4.161 million	2021
Economy
Average household expenditures - on alcohol and tobacco	59	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Average household expenditures - on food	95	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Budget - expenditures	113	6.006 billion US Dollars	2020
Budget - revenues	121	3.828 billion US Dollars	2020
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	40	1 % of GDP	0
Current account balance	93	122.877 million US Dollars	2021
Debt - external	153	2.187 billion US Dollars	2017
Exports	118	7.931 billion US Dollars	2021
GDP (official exchange rate)	122	18.335 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	86	39.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	60	18.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	157	48.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	60	33.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	29	29 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	68	1.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	133	1.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	80	27.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	55	70.6 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	9	53.3 %	2015
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	112	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
Imports	116	9.277 billion US Dollars	2021
Industrial production growth rate	8	19.38 %	2021
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	42	7.24 %	2021
Labor force	143	1.050 million US Dollars	2021
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	149	N/A %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	135	N/A %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	166	N/A %	0
Population below poverty line	97	19.3 %	2009
Public debt	177	19.66 % of GDP	2020
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	127	38.415 billion US Dollars	2021
Real GDP growth rate	20	11.37 %	2021
Real GDP per capita	101	14800 US Dollars	2021
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	104	4.802 billion US Dollars	2021
Taxes and other revenues	65	22.32 % of GDP	0
Unemployment rate	9	24.72 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	24	43.3	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	9	39.5	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	9	41.2	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	73	2.922 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	124	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	138	3.042 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	68	1.416 million metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	28	497000 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	112	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	50	1.876 million metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	27	1.660 billion metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	134	3.516 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	98	0 kWh	2019
Electricity - imports	70	1.101 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	140	766000 kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	123	631.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity access	2	N/A %	2023
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	57	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	3	99.8 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	17	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	132	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	67	0.2 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	6	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	73	0 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	117	34.095 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	121	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - exports	57	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	88	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - production	97	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - proven reserves	92	0 cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	73	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	82	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	89	0 bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	136	21700 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	106	0 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	128	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	118	21090 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	112	0 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	119	6.34 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	118	5.73 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	86	21.24 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	70	45.8	2018
Land use - arable land	156	0.6	2018
Land use - forest	123	19.8	2018
Land use - other	67	34.4	2018
Land use - permanent crops	86	0	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	22	45.2	2018
Revenue from coal	12	0.45 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	77	0.23 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	135	12.240 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	121	80.000 million cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - industrial	93	30.000 million cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - municipal	102	110.000 million cubic meters	2020
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	55	2.47	2025
Urbanization - urban population	63	72.9	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	103	210854 tons	2010
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	117	2109 tons	2005
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	82	1 %	2005
Geography
Area - land	52	566730 sq km	0
Area - total	52	581730 sq km	0
Area - water	48	1.500 million sq km	0
Coastline	190	0 km	0
Elevation - highest point	123	1495 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	8	513 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	32	1013 meters	0
Irrigated land	146	25 sq km	2014
Land boundaries - total	46	4347.15 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	70	45.8	2018
Land use - arable land	156	0.6	2018
Land use - forest	123	19.8	2018
Land use - other	67	34.4	2018
Land use - permanent crops	86	0	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	22	45.2	2018
Military
Military expenditures	24	2.8 % of GDP	2022
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	56	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	83	0.96 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	66	5.98 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	64	0.46 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	68	19.95 births/1,000 population	2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	103	N/A %	0
Contraceptive prevalence rate	32	67.4 %	2017
Current health expenditure	56	6.2 % of GDP	2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	142	45 %	2023
Death rate	58	8.98 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	138	5.7 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	49	13.8 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	76	57.5 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	58	51.8 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	18	98.1 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	89	3.1 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	96	0.6 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	62	0.2 % of population	0
Education expenditures	9	8.7 % of GDP	2020
Gross reproduction rate	56	1.17 %	2023
Hospital bed density	53	1.8 beds/1,000 population	0
Infant mortality rate - female	65	22.04 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Infant mortality rate - male	68	26.72 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	68	24.41 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	179	68.16 years	2023
Life expectancy at birth - male	184	63.98 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	179	66.04 years	0
Literacy - female	58	88.9 %	2015
Literacy - male	55	88 %	0
Literacy - total population	57	88.5 %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	48	186 deaths/100,000 live births	2020
Median age - female	114	26.7 years	2020
Median age - male	114	24.5 years	0
Median age - total	113	25.7 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	86	N/A	2023
Net migration rate	39	2.77 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	84	18.9 %	2016
Physicians density	135	0.38 physicians/1,000 population	2018
Population	146	2.418 million	2023
Population growth rate	60	1.37 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	35	94.9 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	51	37 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	63	14.4 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	60	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	9	12 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	10	12 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	14	1.02 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	32	0.91 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	46	0.67 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	10	1.03 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	27	0.92 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	59	8.3 %	2020
Tobacco use - male	62	30.4 %	2020
Tobacco use - total	71	19.4 %	2020
Total fertility rate	66	2.37 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	55	2.47	2025
Urbanization - urban population	63	72.9	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	24	43.3	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	9	39.5	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	9	41.2	0
Transportation
Airports	64	74	2021
Airports - with paved runways - civil airports	18	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - joint use (civil-military) airports	1	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - military airports	14	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - other airports	22	N/A	2023
Airports - with unpaved runways	47	641000	3280
Heliports	26	N/A	2023
Merchant marine - total	144	N/A	2023
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	128	110000	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	134	253417	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	96	6	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	27	1	2020
Railways	33	N/A km	2023
Roadways - paved	73	9810 km	2017
Roadways - total	86	31747 km	2017
Waterways	109	N/A km	2023

*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 2023 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Botswana 2023 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Botswana 2023 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.