Botswana

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Key facts

  • Currency: Botswana pula
  • Capital city: Gaborone
  • Region: Southern Africa
  • Continent: Africa
  • Land area: 566,730 km²
  • Population: 2,630,296
  • Political Leader: Mokgweetsi Masisi (President)

Latest news

UK anti-hunting bill is revival of 'colonial conquest', Botswana president claims

Read: Sky News

2024-03-21

UK trophy hunting import ban a revival of 'colonial conquest', Botswana president claims

Read: Sky News

2024-03-21

Female Mokoro polers changing stereotypes in Botswana's Okavango Delta

Read: BBC

2024-01-19

South Africa Seeks Talks with Botswana over Food Ban Extension

Read: Bloomberg

2023-12-06

China's MMG seals $1.9bn deal to buy Khoemacau mine in Botswana

Read: Times of India

2023-11-21

Botswana and De Beers Sign Deal to Continue Rich Diamond Partnership

Read: The New York Times

2023-07-02

Is Botswana Getting a Raw Deal From De Beers Diamonds?

Read: The New York Times

2023-07-01

Metrics

Business

Central government debt 19.62 % of GDP
Expense 28.41 % of GDP
GDP 20,355,500,000.00 current US$
Inflation 11.67 annual %
Self-employed 30.94 % of total employment
Tax revenue 22.25 % of GDP
Unemployment 23.62 % of total labor force
Vulnerable employment 28.67 % of total employment


Environment

Agricultural land 258,620.00 km²
Alternative and nuclear energy 0.00 % of total energy use
Carbon Dioxide Emissions (CO2) 5,763.69 kt
Electricity production from coal sources 96.36 % of total
Electricity production from natural gas sources 0.00 % of total
Electricity production from hydroelectric sources 0.00 % of total
Electricity production from nuclear sources 0.00 % of total
Electricity production from oil sources 3.61 % of total
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric 0.03 % of total
Net energy imports 44.50 % of energy use
Fertility rate 2.79 births per woman
Forest area 151,364 km²
Fossil fuel energy consumption 74.69 % of total
Other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 841.57 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Median age 19.70 years
Methane emissions 3,434.49 kt of CO2 equivalent
Nitrous oxide emissions 2,963.63 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Female Population 1,331,489
Male Population 1,298,807
Renewable energy consumption 27.21 % of total final energy consumption
Rural land area 572,887.00 km²
Rural population 730,591
Urban land area 804.35 km²
Urban population 1,899,705
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters 0.00 % of total population


Health

Birth rate 23.58 per 1,000 people
Death rate 9.46 per 1,000 people
Health expenditure per capita 362.74 current US$
Health expenditure 6.19 % of GDP
Incidence of HIV 3.48 per 1,000 uninfected population
Hospital beds 1.80 per 1,000 people
Life expectancy at birth 61 years
Suicide mortality rate 16.10 per 100,000 population


Other

Access to electricity 73.73 % of population
Individuals using the Internet 73.50 % of population
Net migration 3,000
Press freedom 3.12


Politics

Armed forces personnel 9,000
Democracy score 7.81
Democracy type Flawed democracy
Military expenditure 2.74 % of GDP
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments 11.11 %


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Datasets

Source

SIPRI, World Bank

Updated: 7 days ago

License

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