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Botswana

Botswana reports more, and more often, than most of the continent. Nine of ten datasets here reach 2025; one stops earlier, and this page shows where.

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Where Botswana ranks in 2024, of 53 · change since 2014
29thGDP$19.3bn2
4thMobile164 per 1003
18thInternet use57.5%10
Last updated 1 Oct 2026 · World Bank · IMF · UNHCR
South AfricaZimbabweNamibiaZambiaGaboroneFrancistown
Four land borders, no coast. Hover a neighbour to compare.
CapitalGaboroneLanguagesEnglish, TswanaCurrencyBotswana pula · BWPArea582,000 km²

At a glance

2.6 million people, half of them under 24, in an economy of $21.9bn in 2026, growing 4.7% a year.

Botswana’s economy is measured monthly and its households are measured by census. That split runs through everything below: exchange rates and market prices arrive within days, while access to water and power is estimated years after the fact.

One of the four figures beside this is modelled rather than reported. The page marks which is which everywhere, so a number you cite is a number you can defend.

How current the record is
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Current to 2025To 2024
Population2.6mpeople · Reported · 2025
Median age23.7years · Modelled · 2026
GDP per capita$8,490current US$ · Reported · 2026
Internet use57.5%of population · Reported · 2024
Coverage — ten datasets, ten years

Nine of ten datasets carry a 2025 figure. Climate stops at 2024. Hatching is the absence of a figure, not a low one.

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FX rates
Markets
Trade
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Policies
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Power
Climate
Humanitarian
ReportedModelledNo figure
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Goods trade balanceExports and imports, US$ billions
051020142024ImportsExports
Imports have run at roughly 10% above exports over the decade; the band is the deficit.World BankSources →
Where exports goTop destinations, 2024
UAE$1.05bnSouth Africa$0.60bnIndia$0.53bn
UAE takes 48% of the recorded exports.Trade partners recordSources →
Where imports come fromTop origins, 2024
South Africa$4.26bnNamibia$0.99bnChina$0.31bn
South Africa alone supplies more than Namibia and China together.Trade partners recordSources →
GDP per capitaCurrent US$, not inflation-adjusted
$5k$7.5k$10k20142024$7,650
Reported every year, including the 2024 dip in dollar terms.IMFSources →
InflationAnnual change in consumer prices
0%5%10%15%201420242.8%
2.8% in 2024; the decade’s peak was 11.7% in 2022.World Bank GEMSources →
Remittances receivedUS$ billions, current prices
00.10.10.120142024$0.13bn
2.8 times the 2014 figure.World BankSources →
Goods exports by value2024 · top categories
Pearls & gold$2.51bnOres$0.74bnElectrical$0.17bn
Pearls & gold alone is 73% of the recorded top categories; services are excluded here.Trade products recordSources →
Public debtGross central government debt, share of GDP
0%20%40%2014202433.2%
Up 9 points since 2014.IMFSources →
Pula per US dollarAnnual average exchange rate
811142014202413.6
Lost 34% of its dollar value since 2014.World Bank GEMSources →
Access to electricityShare of population with a connection
0501002014202480.2%
Up 20 points in a decade — the fastest-moving service in the record.World BankSources →
Under-five mortalityDeaths before age five, per 1,000 live births
3045602014202433.3
Falling steadily; modelled between census years.WHOSources →
Life expectancy at birthYears
5065802014202469.3 yrs
The 2021 dip is the pandemic, in vermilion.World BankSources →
Mobile subscriptionsPer 100 people · 100 marks parity
12016020020142024164
More subscriptions than people since 2014.World BankSources →
Urban populationShare living in urban areas
50%65%80%2014202467.5%
Reported every year the record allows.World BankSources →
Who holds powerSix heads of state since 1966, and every office beneath the current one as the record holds it
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19662026
The executive as of
Oct 2026Where it stands

Duma Boko has held the office of President of Botswana since Nov 2024. The record holds 16 current ministers.

ElectedAppointed
Duma BokoDuma BokoPresident of Botswanain office since Nov 2024
No second seatthe deputy for this date is not in the record
No third seatno second office is recorded for this date
16 seats confirmed current · 16 recorded for 2025
16Ministersone per portfolio · as the record holds them for this date
Agricultural Development and Food SecurityCommunications, Knowledge and TechnologyEducation and Skills DevelopmentEntrepreneurshipLabour and Home AffairsTransport and Public WorksFinanceInvestment, Trade and IndustryForeign MinisterHealthEnvironment, Natural Resources Conservation and TourismLand Management, Water and Sanitation ServicesMineral Resources, Green Technology and Energy SecurityYouth Empowerment, Sport and Culture DevelopmentAttorney GeneralDefence and Security
—Junior ministersjunior ministers for this date are not in the record
No ministers of state, delegates or deputy ministers are in the record for this date — hatching marks what we do not hold.
Outside the chain
—No subnational recordgovernors and provincial offices are not held

The record follows the national executive only. Governors, provincial administrators and other offices outside this chain are not held for Botswana.

Read this first Coverage varies by country and institution. Recorded offices are not a complete government roster. Marked current is a source claim. Missing dates are shown as uncertain. Office groups are classifications. Connections are recorded Wikidata relationships, not verified reporting lines.

Wikidata · offices, terms and their dates as the record classifies them · structure as of 18 Oct 2026 · Portraits: Wikimedia Commons, licences per imageAll offices and people →Data and sources →
Botswana
The whole table

Eight measures, with the year each one was taken

Reporting periods differ by source
IndicatorLatestYear2014ChangeCertaintySource
Access to electricity80.2%202460.0%+20.2 ptsReportedWorld Bank
Basic drinking water28.5%202417.8%+10.7 ptsReportedUNICEF
Clean cooking fuel71.0%202460.0%+11.0 ptsReportedWorld Bank
Under-five mortality33.3202449.0−15.7 per 1,000ModelledWHO
Life expectancy at birth69.3 yrs202462.2 yrs+7.1 yrsReportedWorld Bank
Urban population68.0%202565.1%+2.9 ptsReportedWorld Bank
Internet use57.5%202436.7%+20.7 ptsReportedWorld Bank
Mobile subscriptions164 / 1002024157 / 100+7ReportedWorld Bank

Every indicator we hold for Botswana

156 of 207 indicators carry a figure for Botswana. Each opens its own page with the full history, the source and the API request.

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Energy
Climate

How Botswana ranks across Africa

Botswana's position on 155 indicators, among the countries with a recent figure for each. A higher place means a higher value, not a better result. Each links to the full ranking.

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Compare Botswana with other African countries

The record for every other African country, by region, and side-by-side comparisons where we publish them.

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Sources, method & citation

Every figure on this page is traceable to a named publication and a retrieval date. Where we model a value we say so; where no one has reported, we leave it empty.

Upstream sources
World Bank2025
IMF2026
UNHCR2025
World Bank GEM2026
Sources & methods
Cite this page

Africa API (2026) — “Botswana: country record”. Retrieved 18 Oct 2026.

Free to use under CC BY 4.0. Each upstream source keeps its own licence.
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