Environment in Botswana

1,642 indicators covering environment for Botswana.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 23 - Ecological 25,862 Hectares 2020 up 0.0% 39th
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 23 - Ecological 260 Hectares 2020 up 0.4% 123rd
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 23 - Ecological 262 Hectares 2020 up 0.4% 126th
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 23 - Ecological 15,255 Hectares 2020 down 7.2% 41st
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 23 - Ecological 56,673 Hectares 2020 unchanged 43rd
Urea — Export quantity 34 t 2023 up 750.0% 106th
Urea — Export value 13.82 1000 USD 2023 down 31.5% 106th
Freshwater Fish — Import quantity 0 1000 t 2023 141st
Freshwater Fish — Domestic supply quantity 0 1000 t 2023 down 100.0% 165th
Freshwater Fish — Food 0 1000 t 2023 down 100.0% 165th
Freshwater Fish — Food supply quantity 0.13 kg/cap 2023 down 61.8% 176th
Total donations received for biodiversity conservation 2.25 million millions of constant united states dollars 2024 down 9.6% 116th
Freshwater Fish — Food supply 0.27 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 61.4% 176th
Freshwater Fish — Food supply 247.9 million Kcal 2023 down 54.9% 167th
Freshwater Fish — Protein supply quantity 0.04 g/cap/d 2023 down 60.0% 176th
Freshwater Fish — Protein supply quantity 35.75 t 2023 down 54.5% 166th
Freshwater Fish — Fat supply quantity 0.01 g/cap/d 2023 down 66.7% 176th
Freshwater Fish — Fat supply quantity 11.68 t 2023 down 55.4% 167th
Urea and ammonium nitrate solutions (UAN) — Import value 0.84 1000 USD 2023 down 97.5% 120th
Freshwater Fish — Production 0 1000 t 2023 145th
Freshwater Fish — Export quantity 0 1000 t 2023 99th
Urea and ammonium nitrate solutions (UAN) — Import quantity 0.17 t 2023 down 99.6% 122nd
Share of terrestrial Key Biodiversity Areas that are protected 51.2% 2025 unchanged 104th
Protected area coverage of mountain key biodiversity areas 0.0% 2025 172nd
Average proportion of Freshwater Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) 52.3% 2025 unchanged 83rd
Average proportion of Mountain Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) covered 0.0% 2025 182nd
Average proportion of Terrestrial Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) 51.2% 2025 unchanged 110th
Wood fuel, all species (export/import, 1961-2016) — Import quantity 93 m3 2016 down 76.8% 100th
Wood fuel, all species (export/import, 1961-2016) — Import value 16 1000 USD 2016 down 81.4% 109th
Wood pellets — Import quantity 9 t 2024 up 800.0% 108th
Wood pellets — Import value 2 1000 USD 2024 down 93.9% 124th
NPK fertilizers — Export quantity 211 t 2023 up 60,185.7% 83rd
NPK fertilizers — Export value 86.1 1000 USD 2023 up 4,361.1% 93rd
Drivers of deforestation 1.29 hectares 2023 down 94.2% 135th
Wood pellets, briquettes and other agglomerates — Import quantity 2,336 t 2024 up 233,500.0% 62nd
Wood pellets, briquettes and other agglomerates — Import value 1,146 1000 USD 2024 up 3,372.7% 56th
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 30 - Environmental causes 376.85 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants 2019 up 2.4% 60th
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 30 - Environmental causes 59.21 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants 2019 down 18.0% 82nd
Wood briquettes and other agglomerates — Import quantity 2,327 t 2024 up 32.0% 41st
Wood briquettes and other agglomerates — Import value 1,144 1000 USD 2024 up 39.5% 35th
Oriented strand board (OSB) — Export quantity 31 m3 2024 69th
Oriented strand board (OSB) — Export value 9 1000 USD 2024 up 800.0% 75th
Credit to Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing — Value Standard Local 1,959 million SLC 2024 up 144.5% 81st
Credit to Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing — Value Standard Local 1,330 million SLC 2024 up 60.0% 80th
Credit to Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing — Agriculture orientation 1.29 2024 up 39.0% 25th
Roundwood, coniferous — Import quantity 46,200 m3 2024 up 258.7% 48th
Roundwood, coniferous — Import value 10,600 1000 USD 2024 up 983.8% 44th
Roundwood, coniferous — Export quantity 0 m3 2024 128th
Roundwood, coniferous — Export value 0 1000 USD 2024 down 100.0% 129th
Roundwood, non-coniferous — Import quantity 3,234 m3 2024 down 43.7% 90th
Roundwood, non-coniferous — Import value 649 1000 USD 2024 down 48.1% 92nd
Roundwood, non-coniferous — Export quantity 268 m3 2024 up 13,300.0% 134th
Roundwood, non-coniferous — Export value 197 1000 USD 2024 119th
15.1.1 Forest area — Value 15,730 1000 ha 2025 up 0.0% 35th
15.1.1 Forest area as a proportion of total land area — Value 27.76 % 2025 up 0.0% 113th
15.1.1 Land area — Value 56,673 1000 ha 2025 unchanged 41st
15.2.1 Above-ground biomass in forest — Value 155.25 t/ha 2025 unchanged 61st
15.2.1 Proportion of forest area within legally established protected 10.89 % 2025 unchanged 111th
Freshwater Fish — Other uses 0 1000 t 2023 6th
Share of global plastic waste imports 0.0% 2023 up 2,090.2% 113th