Country profile
Botswana
Africa · Capital: Gaborone · Currency: Botswana pula (BWP)
Botswana is a country in Africa, with its capital at Gaborone. It has a GDP of $19.29B (2024), a population of 2.6M (2025), a GDP per capita of $7,650.
- GDP
- $19.29B
- GDP per capita
- $7,650
- Population
- 2.6M
- GDP per capita (PPP)
- $20,698
2024 · #131 of 200
2024 · #103 of 200
2025 · #143 of 216
2025 · #92 of 185
Economy
- GDP
- $19.29B2024 · #131
- GDP per capita
- $7,6502024 · #103
- GDP growth
- -2.78%2024 · #194
- Inflation
- 2.82%2024 · #77
- Unemployment
- 24.48%2025 · #178
- Population
- 2.6M2025 · #143
- GDP (PPP)
- $53.03B2025 · #128
- GDP per capita (PPP)
- $20,6982025 · #92
- Gini index
- 54.92015 · #160
- Government debt
- 47%2026 · #76
People
- Median age
- 27.1 yrs2024 · #161
- Fertility rate
- 2.7 children/woman2024 · #65
- Urbanization
- 68.0%2025 · #98
- Net migration
- −5,665/yr2025 · #139
- Life expectancy
- 69.3 yrs2024 · #157
- HDI
- 0.7312023 · #111
- Homicide rate
- 11.4 per 100k2021 · #147
Money
- Corporate tax
- 22%2024 · #112
- Top income tax
- 25%2024 · #102
Figures
- Internet users
- 57.5%2024 · #139
- CO₂ per capita
- 2.7 t2024 · #98
- Area
- 582,000 km²#48
- Population density
- 4 /km²2025 · #207
- McDonald's
- 02024
- Unicorn startups
- 02026-03
- Billionaires
- 02026
- Passport power
- 82 destinations2026 · #112
- Corruption index
- 57/1002024 · #45
- Military spending
- 2.8%2024 · #28
- Renewable energy
- 27.4%2021 · #87
Globenomics Company Index
The largest companies headquartered in Botswana.
- 1Botswana Power CorporationElectric power industryRevenue · 2020 · ~$296.66M
- 2Botswana Telecommunications CorporationTelecommunications947 employees