International Rankings of Botswana 2024, 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	11.00	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	113	259525	2020
Internet users - percent of population	41	74.00 %	2021
Internet users - total	132	1.924 million	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	54	5.00	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	140	91725	2022
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	14	161.00	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	131	4.161 million	2021
Economy
Budget - expenditures	113	6.006 billion US Dollars	2020
Budget - revenues	121	3.828 billion US Dollars	2020
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	40	1.00 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	94	122.877 million US Dollars	2021
Debt - external	153	2.187 billion US Dollars	2017
Exchange rates	91	11.09	N/A
Exports	117	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	39.80 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	60	18.40 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	157	48.50 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	60	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	68	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	55	70.60 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	9	53 %	2015
Imports	118	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
Population below poverty line	97	19 %	2009
Public debt	183	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	100	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	N/A
Unemployment rate	9	24.72 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	24	43.30 %	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	9	39.50 %	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	9	41.20 %	2021
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	73	2.922 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	138	3.042 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - total	132	5.965 million	2019
Coal - consumption	68	1.416 million metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	28	497000 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 - 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 - electrification - rural areas	61	25	2021
Electricity access - electrification - total population	38	74	2021
Electricity access - electrification - urban areas	29	93	2021
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	3	99.80 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	67	0.20 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	117	34.095 million Btu/person	2019
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	136	21700 bbl/day	2019
Refined petroleum products - imports	118	21090 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	119	6 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	118	6 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	126	13 micrograms per cubic meter	2019
Land use - agricultural land	70	46	2018
Land use - arable land	156	1	2018
Land use - forest	123	20	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	22	45	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	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	63	73	2023
Geography
Area - land	51	566730 sq km	N/A
Area - total	52	581730 sq km	N/A
Area - water	38	15000 sq km	N/A
Elevation - highest point	117	1495 meters	N/A
Elevation - lowest point	8	513 meters	N/A
Elevation - mean elevation	32	1013 meters	N/A
Irrigated land	146	25 sq km	2014
Land boundaries - total	46	4347 km	N/A
Land use - agricultural land	70	46	2018
Land use - arable land	156	1	2018
Land use - forest	123	20	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	22	45	2018
Population Density	222	4.27 Persons per sq km	N/A
Military
Military expenditures	22	3 % of GDP	2022
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	56	3 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	15	2 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	83	1 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	66	6 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	64	20.00 births/1,000 population	2023
Contraceptive prevalence rate	32	67.40 %	2017
Current health expenditure	56	6 % of GDP	2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	142	45 %	2023
Death rate	37	9.00 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	138	5.70 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	49	13.80 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	76	57.50 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	58	51.80 %	N/A
Drinking water source - improved	18	98 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - rural	89	3 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - total	96	1 % of population	2020
Education expenditures	9	9 % of GDP	2020
Gross reproduction rate	56	1.17 %	2023
Infant mortality rate - female	63	22.00 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - male	63	26.70 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	65	24.40 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Life expectancy at birth - female	123	68 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - male	126	64 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	125	66 years	2023
Literacy - definition	2	15	N/A
Literacy - female	58	89 %	2015
Literacy - male	55	88 %	N/A
Literacy - total population	57	89 %	N/A
Maternal mortality ratio	48	186.00 deaths/100,000 live births	2020
Median age - female	116	28 years	N/A
Median age - male	117	26 years	N/A
Median age - total	107	27 years	2023
Net migration rate	34	2.80 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	84	18.90 %	2016
Physicians density	135	0.38 physicians/1,000 population	2018
Population	145	2.418 million	2023
Population growth rate	62	1.37 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	35	95 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - rural	51	37 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - total	63	14 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	60	5 % of population	N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	14	1.02 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	32	0.91 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	46	0.67 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	11	1.03 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	27	0.92 male(s)/female	N/A
Total fertility rate	69	2.37 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	55	2.47	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	63	73	2023
Transportation
Airports	44	122	2024
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	6.00	N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	27	1	2020
Railways - narrow gauge	33	888	2014
Railways - total	67	888 km	2014
Roadways - paved	49	9810 km	N/A
Roadways - total	60	31747 km	N/A

*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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