Botswana: 0 km (2026 edition) · Zambia: 0 km (2026 edition)

Zambia’s highest peak towers 835 m above Botswana’s

Botswana: 1,495 m (2026 edition) · Zambia: 2,330 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 46% of Botswana, versus 32% of Zambia

Botswana: 45.6% (2024) · Zambia: 32.1% (2024)

Zambia has 8.6 times as many people as Botswana

Botswana: 2.56 million (2025) · Zambia: 21.9 million (2025)

Zambia is 6.5 times as densely populated as Botswana

Botswana: 5 per km² (2025) · Zambia: 29 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Botswana is 5.4 years older than in Zambia

Botswana: 22.9 years (2023) · Zambia: 17.5 years (2023)

Women in Zambia have 1.3 more children on average than in Botswana

Botswana: 2.7 children per woman (2024) · Zambia: 4.04 children per woman (2024)

4.1% of people in Botswana are 65 or older, versus 2.0% in Zambia

Botswana: 4.1% (2025) · Zambia: 2% (2025)

Zambia hosts 11 times as many refugees per resident as Botswana

Botswana: 0.3 per 1,000 (2025) · Zambia: 3.8 per 1,000 (2025)

Botswana and Zambia are practically level

Botswana: 0 (2026) · Zambia: 0 (2026)

Botswana has 2 official languages, Zambia 1

Botswana: 2 (2026) · Zambia: 1 (2026)

Zambia’s economy is 45% larger than Botswana’s

Botswana: $19.9 billion (2025) · Zambia: $28.9 billion (2025)

Botswana produces 4.7 times as much per person as Zambia

Botswana: Int$20,698 (2025) · Zambia: Int$4,379 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Botswana than in Zambia (Gini 3.4 points higher)

Botswana: 54.9 (2015) · Zambia: 51.5 (2022)

Botswana: no data · Zambia: 71.7% (2022)

Unemployment is 24% in Botswana, versus 5.9% in Zambia

Botswana: 24.5% (2025) · Zambia: 5.9% (2025)

Botswana spends 3.1% of its GDP on the military, Zambia 1.3%

Botswana: 3.1% (2025) · Zambia: 1.3% (2025)

Botswana’s central government collects 22% of GDP in tax, Zambia’s 19%

Botswana: 22.4% (2023) · Zambia: 18.8% (2024)

Botswana’s price level (US = 100) is 1.2× Zambia’s

Botswana: 38% (2025) · Zambia: 30% (2025)

Botswana spends 6.2 times as much on health per person as Zambia

Botswana: $490 (2023) · Zambia: $80 (2023)

A baby in Zambia is 8% more likely to die before turning one than in Botswana

Botswana: 32.1 per 1,000 (2024) · Zambia: 34.6 per 1,000 (2024)

Botswana has 17% more doctors per person than Zambia

Botswana: 0.4 per 1,000 (2023) · Zambia: 0.3 per 1,000 (2022)

Botswana: 2.4 per 1,000 (2022) · Zambia: no data

The suicide rate in Zambia is 32% higher than in Botswana

Botswana: 15.7 per 100k (2023) · Zambia: 20.7 per 100k (2023)

18% of adults in Botswana are obese, versus 10% in Zambia

Botswana: 18.1% (2024) · Zambia: 10.1% (2024)

18% of adults in Botswana smoke, versus 14% in Zambia

Botswana: 18% (2024) · Zambia: 14.3% (2024)

People in Zambia rate their lives 0.64 points higher than in Botswana

Botswana: 3.46 (2025) · Zambia: 4.11 (2025)

Adults in Botswana drink 2.3 times as much alcohol as in Zambia

Botswana: 4.9 litres (2023) · Zambia: 2.1 litres (2023)

Botswana has 2.5 times as much meat per person as Zambia

Botswana: 43.3 kg (2023) · Zambia: 17.6 kg (2023)

Botswana has 544 kcal more food per person per day than Zambia

Botswana: 2,714 kcal (2023) · Zambia: 2,170 kcal (2023)

Workers in Botswana put in 59 more hours a year than in Zambia

Botswana: 2,258 hours (2023) · Zambia: 2,200 hours (2023)

Adults in Botswana went to school 3.1 years longer than in Zambia

Botswana: 10.5 years (2023) · Zambia: 7.4 years (2023)

Botswana welcomed 9.1 times as many tourists per resident as Zambia (2019)

Botswana: 0.62 (2019) · Zambia: 0.07 (2019)

Botswana has 1 more World Heritage site than Zambia (2 against 1)

Botswana: 2 (2026) · Zambia: 1 (2026)

Botswana has won 4 Olympic medals, Zambia 3

Botswana: 4 (2026 edition) · Zambia: 3 (2026 edition)

57% of people in Botswana are online, versus 17% in Zambia

Botswana: 57% (2024) · Zambia: 17% (2024)

Home internet in Botswana is 36% faster than in Zambia

Botswana: 94 Mbps (2026) · Zambia: 69 Mbps (2026)

80% of people in Botswana have electricity, versus 54% in Zambia

Botswana: 80.2% (2024) · Zambia: 53.6% (2024)

68% of people in Botswana live in cities, versus 46% in Zambia

Botswana: 68% (2025) · Zambia: 46% (2025)

Botswana has 164 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Zambia 109

Botswana: 164 (2024) · Zambia: 109 (2024)

Zambia’s railway network is 41% longer than Botswana’s

Botswana: 886 km (2021) · Zambia: 1,248 km (2019)

Airlines from Botswana fly 4.6 times as many passengers per resident as those from Zambia

Botswana: 0.07 (2023) · Zambia: 0.01 (2023)

Forest covers 60% of Zambia, but only 28% of Botswana

Botswana: 27.8% (2024) · Zambia: 60.5% (2024)

The average person in Botswana emits 5.2 times as much CO₂ as someone in Zambia

Botswana: 3 t (2024) · Zambia: 0.6 t (2024)

87% of Zambia’s electricity is renewable, versus 0.3% in Botswana

Botswana: 0.3% (2024) · Zambia: 87.5% (2024)

The air in Zambia carries 52% more fine dust than in Botswana

Botswana: 16.7 µg/m³ (2024) · Zambia: 25.4 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 2.2 times as likely to be murdered in Botswana as in Zambia

Botswana: 11.4 per 100k (2021) · Zambia: 5.2 per 100k (2015)

Roads in Zambia are 15% deadlier than in Botswana

Botswana: 21.9 per 100k (2023) · Zambia: 25.2 per 100k (2023)

Botswana and Zambia are practically level

Botswana: 22.4°C (2016–2025 avg) · Zambia: 22.3°C (2016–2025 avg)

Zambia gets 2.4 times as much rain as Botswana

Botswana: 462 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Zambia: 1,116 mm (2016–2025 avg)