Environment in Botswana 1,664 indicators covering environment for Botswana. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Above-ground forest biomass 155.25 tonnes per hectare 2025 unchanged 67th Above-ground biomass in forest 155.25 2025 unchanged 70th Forest area 15,730 2025 up 0.0% 44th Forest area as a proportion of total land area 27.8% 2025 up 0.0% 136th Share of forest area within protected areas 10.9% 2025 unchanged 134th Proportion of forest area within legally established protected areas 10.9% 2025 unchanged 133rd Legislation, Regulation, Act related to the prevention of 1 2025 unchanged 1st Hazardous pesticides — Export quantity 0.1672 t 2023 down 80.8% 76th Hazardous pesticides — Export value 4.56 1000 USD 2023 down 26.8% 70th Disinfectants, etc — Export quantity 0.055 t 2013 down 74.8% 127th Rail lines density (total route in km per 100 square km of land area) 0.2 km 2021 unchanged 73rd Ammonium sulphate — Agricultural Use 292 t 2014 — 76th Ozone (O₃) concentration 59 ppb 2015 up 3.5% 69th Amount of water- and sanitation-related official development 0.1443 2024 down 78.6% 134th Superphosphates, other — Import quantity 1 t 2023 — 75th Superphosphates, other — Import value 0.67 1000 USD 2023 — 77th Agriculture area actually irrigated — Area 2.5 1000 ha 2014 up 733.3% 85th Agriculture area actually irrigated — Share in Agricultural land 0.01 % 2014 — 90th Agriculture, forestry, fishing, Recurrent (central government) 1,693 million SLC 2024 up 65.9% 51st Agriculture, forestry, fishing, Recurrent (central government) 124.83 million USD 2024 up 9.8% 49th Agriculture, forestry, fishing, Recurrent (central government) 112.1 million USD 2024 up 7.3% 48th Agriculture, forestry, fishing, Capital (central government) 96.66 million USD 2024 down 19.6% 28th Agriculture, forestry, fishing, Capital (central government) 1,311 million SLC 2024 up 21.5% 36th Agriculture, forestry, fishing, Capital (central government) 86.81 million USD 2024 down 21.4% 27th Ammonium nitrate (AN) — Agricultural Use 60,154 t 2014 — 23rd Compounds of mercury chemically defined, excluding amalgams — Import 0.0066 t 2023 down 99.9% 85th Compounds of mercury chemically defined, excluding amalgams — Import 7.65 1000 USD 2023 down 27.0% 60th Proportion of forest area with a long-term management plan 10.9% 2025 unchanged 107th Protection of Biodiversity and Landscape (general government) 712.99 million SLC 2024 — 35th Protection of Biodiversity and Landscape (general government) 52.57 million USD 2024 — 38th Protection of Biodiversity and Landscape (general government) 47.21 million USD 2024 — 37th Herbicides — Export value 0.5593 1000 USD 2010 down 2.6% 104th Fungicides — Export value 0.05 1000 USD 2012 up 72.4% 108th Other NP compounds — Agricultural Use 1,698 t 2014 — 45th Household and ambient air pollution attributable DALYs 59,025 2019 down 0.4% 119th Animal waste — Energy production 1 TJ 2003 unchanged 25th Animal waste — Energy consumption 1 TJ 2003 unchanged 23rd Lake water quality turbidity 37.1% 2021 — 9th Lake water quality trophic state 9.6% 2021 — 4th Urea — Production 0 t 2019 — 42nd Superphosphates above 35% — Agricultural Use 1 t 2014 — 64th Herbicides — Export quantity 0.013 t 2010 down 88.8% 103rd Fungicides — Export quantity 0.003 t 2012 down 95.9% 102nd Protection of Biodiversity and Landscape, Recurrent (central) 548.81 million SLC 2024 up 53.3% 25th Protection of Biodiversity and Landscape, Recurrent (central) 40.46 million USD 2024 up 1.5% 25th Protection of Biodiversity and Landscape, Recurrent (central) 36.34 million USD 2024 down 0.8% 23rd NPK fertilizers — Production 0 t 2019 — 40th Protection of Biodiversity and Landscape, Capital (central government) 164.18 million SLC 2024 up 557.2% 20th Protection of Biodiversity and Landscape, Capital (central government) 10.87 million USD 2024 up 324.6% 18th Protection of Biodiversity and Landscape, Capital (central government) 12.1 million USD 2024 up 335.3% 20th Ammonium sulphate — Production 0 t 2019 — 29th Rural population density 300.97 rural population per sq. km of arable land 2011 down 26.6% 26th Share of forest with a long-term management plan 10.9% 2025 unchanged 104th Agriculture, forestry, fishing, Recurrent (general government) 1,693 million SLC 2024 — 31st Agriculture, forestry, fishing, Recurrent (general government) 112.1 million USD 2024 — 38th Agriculture, forestry, fishing, Recurrent (general government) 124.83 million USD 2024 — 40th Agriculture, forestry, fishing, Capital (general government) 86.81 million USD 2024 — 22nd Agriculture, forestry, fishing, Capital (general government) 96.66 million USD 2024 — 21st Agriculture, forestry, fishing, Capital (general government) 1,311 million SLC 2024 — 23rd DDT (clofenotane (INN)) — Import value 298.84 1000 USD 2023 up 264.1% 16th ← Previous Page 27 of 28 Next →