Botswana, is a country located at Southern Africa, it has an area of 581,730 Km2.

Botswana, with a population of 2,480,244 people, it is one of the least populous country in the world and it has a low population density, 4 people per km2.

It's capital is Gaborone and its currency is Pula

Botswana is holding the 128 position by nominal GDP. Its national debt in 2023 was 4,034 millions of euros (4,363 millions of dollars), ( 22.51% debt-to-GDP ratio) and its public debt per capita is €1,626 euros per inhabitant$1,759 dollars per inhabitant.

In terms of the human development index (HDI) of Botswana, which is the index used by the United Nations to measure the progress of a country, was 0.708 points in 2022, leaving it in 114th place in the table of 193 countries published.

If the reason to visit Botswana are business, you must know it's in the 87th of the Doing Business ranking , which provides objective measures of business regulations for local firms.

In the tables at the bottom of the page, you can see more information about the economy and demography of Botswana, if you want to see information about other countries click here

Gaborone: Monthly Temp.
Gaborone: Monthly Rainfall
Botswana Economy
Gouvernement
Annual GDP [+]2023€17,947M
Annual GDP [+]2023$19,411M
GDP per capita [+]2023€7,236
GDP per capita [+]2023$7,826
Debt (M.€.) [+]20234,034
Debt ($M) [+]20234,363
Debt (%GDP) [+]202322.51%
Debt Per Capita [+]2023€1,626
Debt Per Capita [+]2023$1,759
Deficit (M.€) [+]2023-751
Deficit ($M) [+]2023-812
Deficit (%GDP) [+]2023-4.19%
Expenditure (M.€) [+]20235,798.8
Expenditure ($M) [+]20236,271.9
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]20201,054.1
Education Expenditure ($M) [+]20201,203.1
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]202021.47%
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]2022833.5
Gov. Health Exp.($M) [+]2022875.5
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]202214.62%
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]2023454.0
Defence Expenditure ($M) [+]2023491.1
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]20237.83%
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]202332.35%
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2023€2,338
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2023$2,529
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2020€414
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2020$472
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2022€342
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2022$359
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2023€183
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2023$198
Moody's Rating [+]04/04/2025A3
S&P Rating [+]03/14/2025BBB+
Corruption Index [+]202359
Competitiveness Ranking [+]201991º
Fragile States Index [+]202453.6
Innovation Ranking [+]202487º
Labour
NMW [+]2024$140.5
NMW [+]2024€127.4
Human Capital Ranking [+]201791º
Markets
Euro / Pula [+]04/25/202515.6433
US Dollar exchange rate [+]04/25/202513.7741
Business
Doing Business [+]202087º
Passengers vehicles Year [+]December 20191,050
Annual Vehicles/ 1,000 p. [+]December 20190.42
Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]2015169.93
Taxes
Tax Revenue (%GDP) [+]202213.6%
Standard VAT [+]01/01/201112.00%
Top tax rate + SSC [+]202025.0%
Trade
Annual arrivals [+]2021314,000
Exports [+]2023€5,328.8M
Exports [+]2023$5,762.0M
Exports % GDP [+]202329.69%
Imports [+]2023€6,012.2M
Imports [+]2023$6,501.0M
Imports % GDP [+]202333.50%
Trade balance [+]2023€-683.5M
Trade balance [+]2023$-968.1M
Trade balance % GDP [+]2023-3.81%
Socio-Demography
Density [+]20234
Global Peace Ranking [+]202450º
Remittance received ($M) [+]201720.4
% Immigrant [+]20204.33%
% Emigrant [+]20202.50%
Birth Rate [+]202223.04‰
Remittance sent ($M) [+]2017164.9
Crude death rate [+]20226.90‰
Fertility Rate [+]20222.75
% risk of poverty [+]201516.1%
Population [+]20232,480,244
Immigrant stock [+]2020110,268
Emigrant stock [+]202063,561
HDI [+]20220.708
Gender Gap Ranking [+]202457º
Life expectancy [+]202265.91
Suicides [+]2015220
Suicide rate [+]20159.55
Number of homicides [+]2021273
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]202111.37
Energy and Environment
CO2 Tons per capita [+]20232.93
Consumption GWh [+]20233,879
Generation GWh [+]20232,584
Others
COVID-19 - Deaths [+]08/04/20242,801
COVID-19 - Confirmed [+]08/04/2024330,696
Fully vaccinated [+]12/31/20231,663,490
COVID-19 - Deaths per million population [+]08/04/20241,129.32
Doses administered [+]12/31/20233,171,667