Environment in Botswana

1,642 indicators covering environment for Botswana.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Share of global forest area 0.4% 2025 up 1.0% 40th
Standardised Precipitation-Evapotranspiration Index -0.6872 2023 down 0.5% 113th
Veneer sheets — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP 2024 down 98.2% 154th
Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Export quantity, per square kilometre 0 m3 per square kilometre 2023 down 81.1% 121st
Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Export value, per square kilometre 0 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 down 33.3% 128th
Veneer sheets — Import value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP 2024 down 97.3% 150th
Total fibre furnish — Import value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP 2024 up 2,670.2% 106th
Total fibre furnish — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP 2024 up 16,153.1% 102nd
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP 2024 up 168.8% 77th
Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Agricultural Use, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP 2024 up 143.6% 87th
Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP 2024 up 168.8% 81st
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Agricultural Use, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP 2024 down 33.5% 73rd
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP 2024 down 38.4% 68th
Pesticides (total) — Export value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP 2024 up 2,335.0% 106th
Plywood and LVL — Production 0 m3 2024 129th
Paper and paperboard — Export quantity, annual growth rate -50.57 % change on previous year 2024 down 131.6% 174th
Fibreboard — Import value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP 2024 111th
Fibreboard — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP 2024 114th
Other paper and paperboard — Export value, per capita 0.0001 1000 USD per person 2024 down 55.2% 123rd
Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity, per capita 0.0001 t per person 2024 down 55.4% 117th
Newsprint — Import value, per square kilometre 0.0033 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 down 43.5% 127th
Newsprint — Import quantity, per square kilometre 0.0021 t per square kilometre 2023 down 70.1% 137th
Permanent meadows and pastures — Area, per square kilometre 0.0452 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged 22nd
Wood fuel, coniferous — Production, per square kilometre 0 m3 per square kilometre 2023 82nd
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Export quantity, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP 2024 90th
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Agricultural Use, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP 2024 up 167.0% 74th
Veneer sheets — Import value, annual growth rate -66.1 % change on previous year 2024 down 305.2% 156th
Dissolving wood pulp — Import quantity 109 t 2024 up 10,800.0% 55th
Dissolving wood pulp — Import value 122 1000 USD 2024 up 12,100.0% 57th
Paper and paperboard — Export value, annual growth rate -32.31 % change on previous year 2024 down 1,026.3% 169th
Wood fuel, non-coniferous — Production, per capita 0.2776 m3 per person 2024 down 13.4% 66th
Wood fuel — Production, per capita 0.2776 m3 per person 2024 down 13.4% 79th
Roundwood, non-coniferous — Production, per capita 0.3193 m3 per person 2024 down 13.4% 83rd
Roundwood — Production, per capita 0.3193 m3 per person 2024 down 13.4% 100th
Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity, annual growth rate 4.26 % change on previous year 2024 down 97.3% 79th
Chemical wood pulp, sulphate, bleached — Import quantity 745 t 2024 128th
Chemical wood pulp, sulphate, bleached — Import value 548 1000 USD 2024 up 3,123.5% 130th
Roundwood — Export value, per square kilometre 0 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 up 500.0% 139th
Roundwood — Export quantity, per square kilometre 0.0001 m3 per square kilometre 2023 up 5,400.0% 136th
Paper and paperboard — Export value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP 2024 down 53.4% 142nd
Paper and paperboard — Export quantity, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP 2024 down 52.8% 131st
Recovered paper — Import quantity 615 t 2024 up 61,400.0% 121st
Recovered paper — Import value 189 1000 USD 2024 up 18,800.0% 119th
Annual change in forest area 0 hectares 2025 85th
Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area 0.0% 2025 85th
Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita 0.0% 2025 84th
Change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods 0 hectares 2025 85th
Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Export quantity, per capita 0 t per person 2024 73rd
Fibreboard — Export quantity 19 m3 2024 146th
Fibreboard — Export value 4 1000 USD 2024 157th
Roundwood, coniferous — Production, per capita 0 m3 per person 2024 107th
Other paper and paperboard — Export value, annual growth rate 32.99 % change on previous year 2024 up 4,223.7% 31st
Forest land — Area 15,730 1000 ha 2025 up 0.0% 47th
Naturally regenerating forest — Area 15,730 1000 ha 2025 up 0.0% 42nd
Naturally regenerating forest — Share in Forest land 100 % 2025 unchanged 1st
Pesticides (total) — Export value, per square kilometre 0.0003 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 up 2,822.6% 130th
Veneer sheets — Import quantity, annual growth rate -87.6 % change on previous year 2024 down 1,269.3% 190th
Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Export quantity 1 t 2024 down 98.3% 144th
Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Export value 6 1000 USD 2024 down 50.0% 146th
Sawnwood, coniferous — Export quantity 70 m3 2024 up 6,900.0% 140th