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Botswana

BW

Gaborone · pop. 2M · English, Tswana · Botswana pula · landlocked

Trajectories

economic complexity

#93

Roughly steady in the rankings since 2000.

2024 · −0.31

Harvard Growth Lab · thin line is the world’s median
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whenvaluechange
2000−0.38
2001−0.47−0.09 pts
2002−0.33+0.14 pts
2003−0.56−0.23 pts
2004low−0.74−0.18 pts
2005−0.31+0.43 pts
2006−0.25+0.06 pts
2007−0.34−0.09 pts
20080.08+0.42 pts
20090.16+0.09 pts
2010−0.09−0.25 pts
2011−0.27−0.19 pts
2012−0.07+0.21 pts
2013−0.35−0.29 pts
2014−0.21+0.15 pts
2015−0.15+0.06 pts
2016−0.11+0.04 pts
2017high0.19+0.30 pts
2018−0.14−0.33 pts
2019−0.27−0.13 pts
2020−0.15+0.12 pts
2021−0.42−0.27 pts
2022−0.39+0.03 pts
2023−0.50−0.11 pts
2024latest−0.31+0.19 pts

economic momentum

$7,696

Roughly doubled since 2000. GDP per head in 2024, in current US dollars.

2024 · $7,696

World Bank · thin line is the world’s median
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whenvaluechange
1990low$2,903
1991$2,939+1.2%
1992$3,005+2.2%
1993$2,929−2.5%
1994$2,917−0.4%
1995$3,156+8.2%
1996$3,1560.0%
1997$3,194+1.2%
1998$2,981−6.7%
1999$3,340+12.0%
2000$3,451+3.3%
2001$3,206−7.1%
2002$3,117−2.8%
2003$4,230+35.7%
2004$4,957+17.2%
2005$5,391+8.8%
2006$5,292−1.8%
2007$5,529+4.5%
2008$5,503−0.5%
2009$5,083−7.6%
2010$6,216+22.3%
2011$7,287+17.2%
2012$6,596−9.5%
2013$6,667+1.1%
2014$7,122+6.8%
2015$6,141−13.8%
2016$6,749+9.9%
2017$7,105+5.3%
2018$7,408+4.3%
2019$7,172−3.2%
2020$6,323−11.8%
2021$7,808+23.5%
2022high$8,329+6.7%
2023$7,826−6.0%
2024latest$7,696−1.7%

prices

2.8%

A year’s rise in consumer prices, in 2024. The world’s median was 3.1%.

2024 · 2.8%

World Bank · thin line is the world’s median
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whenvaluechange
199011.4%
199111.8%+0.37 pts
1992high16.2%+4.40 pts
199314.3%−1.84 pts
199410.5%−3.79 pts
199510.5%−0.03 pts
199610.1%−0.43 pts
19978.7%−1.36 pts
19986.7%−2.06 pts
19997.7%+1.09 pts
20008.6%+0.85 pts
20016.6%−2.04 pts
20028.0%+1.47 pts
20039.2%+1.16 pts
20046.9%−2.24 pts
20058.6%+1.66 pts
200611.6%+2.94 pts
20077.1%−4.47 pts
200812.7%+5.62 pts
20098.0%−4.67 pts
20106.9%−1.08 pts
20118.5%+1.51 pts
20127.5%−0.92 pts
20135.9%−1.65 pts
20144.4%−1.48 pts
20153.1%−1.34 pts
20162.8%−0.25 pts
20173.3%+0.49 pts
20183.2%−0.07 pts
20192.8%−0.47 pts
2020low1.9%−0.88 pts
20217.2%+5.35 pts
202211.7%+4.42 pts
20235.1%−6.60 pts
2024latest2.8%−2.25 pts

demographic curve

2.7 children per woman

Above replacement: still growing. Fell from 6.3 in 1980.

2024 · 2.7

World Bank · thin line is the world’s median · rule marks replacement (2.1)
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whenvaluechange
19606.6
19616.6−0.5%
19626.5−0.4%
19636.6+0.6%
19646.6+0.5%
19656.6−0.1%
19666.60.0%
19676.6−0.1%
19686.6−0.2%
19696.6−0.3%
19706.5−0.1%
19716.5−0.1%
19726.6+0.3%
19736.6+0.4%
1974high6.6+0.4%
19756.60.0%
19766.6−0.2%
19776.5−0.8%
19786.5−1.0%
19796.4−1.3%
19806.3−1.6%
19816.2−2.1%
19826.0−3.1%
19835.8−3.1%
19845.6−2.8%
19855.5−2.5%
19865.3−2.7%
19875.1−4.3%
19884.9−4.4%
19894.7−4.3%
19904.5−3.4%
19914.4−3.2%
19924.3−2.5%
19934.2−2.4%
19944.0−3.2%
19953.8−5.7%
19963.6−5.8%
19973.4−4.0%
19983.4−2.0%
19993.3−1.5%
20003.3−0.6%
20013.2−1.4%
20023.2−2.2%
20033.1−2.2%
20043.1−1.4%
20053.1+0.6%
20063.1+1.0%
20073.1+0.4%
20083.1+0.1%
20093.1+0.1%
20103.1+0.1%
20113.1−1.0%
20123.1−1.1%
20133.0−0.8%
20143.0−0.6%
20153.0−0.6%
20163.0−0.6%
20173.0−0.7%
20182.9−0.9%
20192.9−1.2%
20202.9−1.5%
20212.8−1.2%
20222.8−1.5%
20232.7−1.9%
2024latest2.7−1.1%

Metrics

  1. population
    2M
    143 of 176
    REST Countries · UN data
  2. gdp
    $19B
    124 of 170
    World Bank · latest available
  3. gdp per capita
    $7,826
    76 of 170
    World Bank · latest available
  4. military spending
    $486M
    95 of 151
    SIPRI via World Bank
  5. military % of gdp
    2.5%
    32 of 148
    SIPRI via World Bank
  6. area
    582K km²
    48 of 176
    REST Countries
  7. population density
    3.4 /km²
    171 of 176
    zuhd — derived from population and area
  8. life expectancy
    69.2 yr
    122 of 175
    World Bank · latest available
  9. internet access
    81%
    83 of 166
    ITU via World Bank
  10. co₂ per capita
    2.7 t
    80 of 163
    World Bank · Climate Watch
  11. urbanisation
    67%
    72 of 168
    World Bank · UN DESA
  12. fertility rate
    2.7
    52 of 168
    World Bank · UN DESA
  13. foreign-born share
    4.6%
    77 of 167
    World Bank · UN DESA
  14. remittances % of gdp
    0.7%
    107 of 155
    World Bank · IMF BOP
  15. scientific articles / yr
    393
    105 of 168
    NSF / World Bank
  16. high-tech exports %
    1%
    130 of 153
    World Bank · UN Comtrade
  17. youth unemployment
    46%
    162 of 166
    ILO via World Bank
  18. democracy (v-dem)
    0.52
    52 of 163
    V-Dem via Our World in Data
  19. clean government
    57
    36 of 164
    Transparency International via Our World in Data
  20. press freedom
    23.3
    35 of 163
    RSF via Our World in Data
  21. human development
    0.731
    91 of 164
    UNDP via Our World in Data
  22. refugees hosted
    816
    122 of 150
    UNHCR via Our World in Data
  23. refugees produced
    249
    117 of 152
    UNHCR via Our World in Data