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Botswana

Botswana: 43 indicators from open sources, newest value for each.

Demography

Population, total 2.6 MWorld Bank2025 Population aged 0-14 32.0%World Bank2025 Population aged 15-64 64.0%World Bank2025 Population aged 65+ 4.1%World Bank2025 Female share of population 50.2%World Bank2025 Urban population 68.0%World Bank2025 Fertility rate 2.7World Bank2024 Adolescent fertility rate 53.5World Bank2024 Life expectancy at birth 69.3yearsWorld Bank2024 Infant mortality 32.1‰World Bank2024 Net migration -5 665World Bank2025

Education

Adult literacy rate 81.2%World Bank2003 Secondary school enrolment 70.6%World Bank2021 Tertiary enrolment 21.4%World Bank2024 Education spending 8.1%World Bank2020

Income

GDP per capita, PPP $20 698$World Bank2025 GNI per capita, PPP $19 960$World Bank2025 Gini index 54.9World Bank2015 Poverty headcount at $2.15/day 21.4%World Bank2015 Income share held by richest 10% 42.9%World Bank2015

Health

Suicide rate 8.3per 100kWorld Bank2021 Health spending 6.3%World Bank2023

Connectivity

Individuals using the internet 57.5%World Bank2024 Mobile subscriptions 164.0per 100World Bank2024 Access to electricity 80.2%World Bank2024

Environment

CO2 emissions per capita 2.7tWorld Bank2024

Trust People

Most people can be trusted survey37.1%Afrobarometer2022

Trust Institutions

Confidence in the government survey25.3%Afrobarometer2022 Confidence in parliament survey31.0%Afrobarometer2022 Confidence in the police survey46.8%Afrobarometer2022 Confidence in the courts survey55.3%Afrobarometer2022

Gender Roles

Women in national parliament 9.0%World Bank2025

Democracy

It is important to live in a democracy survey77.5%Afrobarometer2022 Satisfied with how democracy works survey30.6%Afrobarometer2022

Immigration Attitudes

Would not want immigrants as neighbours survey28.7%Afrobarometer2022

Employment

Unemployment rate 24.5%World Bank2025 Youth unemployment rate 46.0%World Bank2025 Female labour force participation 63.7%World Bank2025 Male labour force participation 74.0%World Bank2025 Self-employed share 28.1%World Bank2025

Safety

Intentional homicides 11.4per 100kWorld Bank2021 Feels safe walking alone at night survey49.3%Afrobarometer2022

Tolerance

Homosexuality is justifiable survey45.5%Afrobarometer2022

Socially closest countries

  1. Greece81%
  2. Cyprus77%
  3. Sudan77%
  4. Colombia76%
  5. Slovak Republic76%
  6. Angola74%

Distance is computed on 9 value questions the two societies were both asked, standardised within each survey so that a different questionnaire does not pass for a different society. Similarity is relative to the widest distance in the world.

Every number carries its source and year. Where a country is missing, it is missing — we do not interpolate.