Gender in Botswana 245 indicators covering gender for Botswana. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Child population (UN estimates and projections) 855.49 2030 up 10.0% 130th Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), annual growth 0.6449 % change on previous year 2030 up 164.5% 48th Population 1,910 2030 up 20.3% 145th Working-age population (UN estimates and projections) 1,910 2030 up 20.3% 145th Population (UN estimates and projections), annual growth rate 1.83 % change on previous year 2030 down 10.6% 61st Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 29,466 2025 up 6.0% 123rd Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 30,240 2025 up 6.0% 126th Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 29,267 2025 up 8.5% 124th Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 30,023 2025 up 8.9% 127th Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 29,174 2025 up 9.7% 124th Age population, age 02, male, interpolated 29,925 2025 up 10.1% 127th Age population, age 03, female, interpolated 30,402 2025 up 15.6% 122nd Age population, age 03, male, interpolated 30,984 2025 up 15.6% 125th Age population, age 04, female, interpolated 29,928 2025 up 14.8% 124th Age population, age 04, male, interpolated 30,270 2025 up 14.0% 127th Age population, age 05, female, interpolated 27,890 2025 up 8.1% 131st Age population, age 05, male, interpolated 28,143 2025 up 7.0% 132nd Women's universal right to vote 1 2025 unchanged 1st Universal suffrage women lexical, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 1st Inactivity rate (ILO modelled estimates) 30.74 2027 down 17.4% 157th Women's Political Empowerment Index 0.699 2025 down 5.9% 110th Women's Civil Liberties Index 0.73 2025 down 14.1% 77th Women's Civil Society Participation Index 0.811 2025 up 1.0% 57th Women's Political Participation Index 0.593 2025 down 3.4% 156th Women's political empowerment index vs. electoral democracy index 0.699 2025 down 5.9% 110th Key features of women's political empowerment 0.699 2025 down 5.9% 110th Key features of womens political empowerment, annual growth rate -1.69 % change on previous year 2025 down 152.5% 134th Key features of womens political empowerment, gaps filled 0.699 2025 down 5.9% 110th Gender of the head of government, gaps filled 0 2025 — 20th Prevalence of obesity, female 30.5% 2024 up 28.6% 75th Prevalence of obesity, male 8.7% 2024 up 32.2% 148th Life expectancy at age 60, female 19.69 years 2024 up 12.4% 145th Life expectancy at age 60, male 16.73 years 2024 up 9.8% 148th Share of women who are obese 30.5% 2024 up 28.6% 78th Share of women who are overweight or obese 57.6% 2024 up 15.4% 94th Share of overweight men vs. women 28.2% 2024 up 16.2% 158th Share of women expected to survive to the age of 65 75.3% 2024 up 29.2% 163rd Share of women who are married or in a union 4.1% 2017 down 15.7% 129th Population, per capita 1 units per person 2024 unchanged 27th Population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP 2024 down 6.9% 100th Population, annual growth rate 1.65 % change on previous year 2024 up 12.6% 67th Key features of womens political empowerment, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 36.1% 36th Women and men have the same rights to own property 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st Married women are required by law to obey their husbands 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st Total calories from animal protein vs. mean male height 106.4 kilocalories per day per capita 2023 up 18.6% 136th Women, Business and the Law Index 63.75 index (0–100) 2023 unchanged 151st Women can apply for a passport in the same way as men 0 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 — 162nd Women can register a business on the same terms as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st Women can get a divorce on the same terms as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st Women have the same rights to remarry as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st Women can open a bank account in the same way as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st Equal access to financial services for women and men 0 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 — 94th Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), per capita 0.0003 units per person 2025 down 7.0% 56th Women can open bank account same as men, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2023 — 1st Women can register a business in the same way as men, annual growth 0 % change on previous year 2023 — 1st Population, per square kilometre 4.38 units per square kilometre 2023 up 15.9% 179th Population (UN estimates and projections), per capita 0.0007 units per person 2025 up 3.6% 129th Labor force, female 560,222 2025 up 35.6% 136th Labor force, female, per capita 0.2187 units per person 2025 up 16.6% 75th Primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index 1.01 index 2025 down 1.8% 73rd Page 1 of 5 Next →