Health in Botswana 731 indicators covering health for Botswana. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Life expectancy at birth, by sex 71.7 years 2023 up 13.5% 175th Prevalence of undernourishment 24.0% 2023 up 15.4% 18th Immunization, measles second dose 77.0% 2024 down 9.4% 119th Number of maternal deaths 95.07 Deaths 2023 down 26.2% 80th Maternal mortality ratio 155.1 Deaths per 100 000 live births 2023 down 29.9% 48th Antiretroviral therapy coverage 95.0% 2024 up 41.8% 3rd Tuberculosis treatment success rate 84.0% 2023 up 15.1% 96th Prevalence of hypertension, female 47.0% 2019 down 2.5% 10th Prevalence of hypertension, male 40.3% 2019 down 0.7% 66th Prevalence of hypertension 44.1% 2019 down 1.3% 35th Treatment for hypertension, female 47.5% 2019 up 23.1% 102nd Treatment for hypertension, male 32.5% 2019 up 45.1% 107th Treatment for hypertension 41.4% 2019 up 29.8% 101st Share of women defined as underweight, healthy, overweight or obese 6.3% 2014 down 19.2% 64th Deaths rates from disasters vs. GDP per capita 0.3513 deaths per 100,000 people 2025 — 31st Number of youth deaths 2,318 deaths 2024 down 27.9% 98th Number of deaths ages 10-19 years 373 2024 down 8.4% 113th Number of deaths ages 5-9 years, female 56 2024 down 37.8% 108th Number of deaths ages 5-9 years, male 83 2024 down 32.5% 105th Number of deaths ages 10-14 years, female 58 2024 down 21.6% 110th Number of deaths ages 10-14 years, male 89 2024 down 11.0% 108th Number of deaths ages 10-19 years, female 137 2024 down 11.0% 113th Number of deaths ages 10-19 years, male 236 2024 down 6.7% 113th Number of deaths ages 15-19 years, female 79 2024 down 1.2% 110th Number of deaths ages 15-19 years, male 147 2024 down 3.9% 111th Number of deaths ages 20-24 years, female 160 2024 down 17.1% 98th Number of deaths ages 20-24 years, male 288 2024 down 5.0% 106th Deaths from terrorism, by target 0 deaths 2021 — 2nd Deaths from suicide and other terrorist attacks 0 deaths 2021 — 58th Suicide and other terrorist attacks 0 attacks 2021 — 79th Deaths from terrorist attacks, by method of attack 0 deaths 2021 — 21st Terrorism deaths rate 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — 58th Deaths from terrorist attacks by method 0 deaths 2021 — 21st Terrorism deaths 0 deaths 2021 — 58th Share of deaths from terrorism 0.0% 2021 — 58th Prevalence of HIV, total 15.7% 2024 down 29.0% 4th Number of people who are undernourished 600,000 2023 up 50.0% 73rd External health expenditure channeled through government 44.5% 2023 up 171.4% 74th Mental health and substance use disorders death rate by age group 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — 1st Death rate from cardiomyopathy, myocarditis and endocarditis 10.56 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 25.9% 33rd Expected share of deaths from non-communicable diseases 19.0% 2021 down 24.9% 92nd Expected chances of death from non-communicable diseases, by gender 17.6% 2021 down 36.7% 121st Healthy life expectancy 53.1 Years 2021 up 4.6% 171st Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 20.3% 2021 down 12.9% 56th Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 17.6% 2021 down 36.7% 121st Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 19.0% 2021 down 24.9% 92nd Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning 1.05 per 100,000 population 2021 down 43.9% 53rd Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female 1.15 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 45.2% 22nd Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male 0.96 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 41.5% 80th Suicide mortality rate, female 5.53 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 46.2% 49th Suicide mortality rate, male 11.19 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 45.6% 89th Suicide mortality rate 8.35 per 100,000 population 2021 down 45.7% 74th Nurses and midwives 3.02 per 1,000 people 2023 up 9.4% 113th What share of the population living with HIV are women? 61.7% 2024 up 3.5% 35th Prevalence rate of diabetes in adults 8.6 2014 up 21.1% 87th Child mortality rate 4.1% 2019 down 24.2% 43rd Neonatal mortality rate 2.1% 2019 down 14.1% 41st Number of neonatal deaths 1,004 deaths 2019 down 14.0% 93rd Total alcohol consumption per capita, female (liters of pure alcohol 2.45 2020 down 6.1% 70th Total alcohol consumption per capita (liters of pure alcohol, projecte 7.27 2020 down 2.7% 56th ← Previous Page 7 of 13 Next →