Reference Data in Botswana

1,911 indicators covering reference data for Botswana.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Armed forces personnel 9,000 2020 down 14.3% 136th
Number of people living in the capital city 459,326 people 2100 down 0.5% 136th
Meaningful democratic electoral institutions, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 1st
Ratio of business trips to trips for personal reasons 0.5451 ratio 2021 up 417.5% 27th
Annual new cases of neonatal tetanus per million people 0 cases per million 2024 63rd
Net food imports by crop - Rice, broken 3,143 2019 down 59.1% 52nd
Total Reserves, per square kilometre 0.0117 units per square kilometre 2018 down 27.0% 134th
Industry jobs as a share of total employment 15.8% 2025 down 2.9% 137th
Prevalence rate of hypertension in adults aged 30-79 44.1 2019 down 1.3% 35th
Nitrogen use efficiency 4.5% 2014 down 69.0% 198th
Share of men defined as underweight, healthy, overweight and obese 11.4% 2014 down 22.4% 48th
Wildfire area burned by land cover type, per square kilometre 0.0442 hectares per square kilometre 2023 up 71.9% 4th
Area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per square kilometre 18.7 hectares per square kilometre 2023 up 163.5% 2nd
Share of children who are overweight or obese 11.5% 2024 up 7.5% 21st
Commercial bank branches 7.95 per 100,000 adults 2024 down 12.2% 119th
Years a country was a European overseas colony, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2022 1st
Share of government spending going to interest payments 4.0% 2023 up 107.5% 100th
Reported versus estimated cases of polio 0 cases 2023 26th
Paralytic polio: estimated cases by world region 0 cases 2023 26th
Reported cases of paralytic polio by world region 0 cases 2023 26th
Reported paralytic polio cases per million 0 cases per million 2023 26th
Reported cases of paralytic polio 0 cases 2023 26th
Malnutrition: Number of children who are stunted 62,400 2024 down 0.8% 89th
IPAC Dashboard indicators — Geothermal 0 Index 2024 37th
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2) - LULUCF 41,329 2019 down 0.0% 15th
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2) - Land Use change 40,514 2019 unchanged 15th
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2) - AFOLU 41,329 2019 down 0.0% 15th
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - LULUCF 41,334 2019 down 0.0% 16th
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Land Use change 40,514 2019 unchanged 16th
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - AFOLU, per square 0.0784 units per square kilometre 2019 down 6.0% 83rd
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - AFOLU, per capita 0.019 units per person 2019 down 19.8% 4th
Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Savanna fires 1.61 2019 down 46.9% 33rd
Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - LULUCF 0.0086 2019 up 1,128.6% 83rd
Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Land Use change 0 2019 70th
Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Fires in humid tropical forests 0 2019 70th
Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Forest fires 0.0086 2019 up 1,128.6% 83rd
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Savanna fires 427.32 2019 down 46.9% 33rd
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - LULUCF 2.28 2019 up 1,166.5% 83rd
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Land Use change 0 2019 70th
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Fires in humid 0 2019 70th
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Forest fires 2.28 2019 up 1,166.5% 83rd
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2) - Fires in organic soils 0 2019 6th
Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Savanna fires 17.66 2019 down 46.9% 33rd
Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - LULUCF 0.0943 2019 up 1,174.3% 83rd
Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Land Use change 0 2019 70th
Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Fires in humid tropical forests 0 2019 70th
Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Fires in organic soils 0 2019 6th
Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Forest fires 0.0943 2019 up 1,174.3% 83rd
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - Savanna fires 494.51 2019 down 46.9% 33rd
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - LULUCF 2.64 2019 up 1,166.5% 83rd
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - Land Use change 0 2019 70th
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - Fires in humid 0 2019 70th
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - Fires in organic 0 2019 6th
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - Forest fires 2.64 2019 up 1,166.5% 83rd
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Savanna fires 921.84 2019 down 46.9% 33rd
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Fires in humid tropical 0 2019 70th
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Fires in organic soils 0 2019 6th
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Forest fires 4.92 2019 up 1,166.8% 83rd
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - AFOLU, per 0.0032 units per square kilometre 2019 down 50.1% 181st
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - AFOLU, per capita 0.0008 units per person 2019 down 57.4% 39th