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

Zimbabwe’s highest peak towers 1,097 m above Botswana’s

Botswana: 1,495 m (2026 edition) · Zimbabwe: 2,592 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 48% of Zimbabwe, versus 46% of Botswana

Botswana: 45.6% (2024) · Zimbabwe: 48.1% (2024)

Zimbabwe has 6.6 times as many people as Botswana

Botswana: 2.56 million (2025) · Zimbabwe: 17 million (2025)

Zimbabwe is 9.7 times as densely populated as Botswana

Botswana: 5 per km² (2025) · Zimbabwe: 44 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Botswana is 5.1 years older than in Zimbabwe

Botswana: 22.9 years (2023) · Zimbabwe: 17.8 years (2023)

Women in Zimbabwe have 1.0 more children on average than in Botswana

Botswana: 2.7 children per woman (2024) · Zimbabwe: 3.67 children per woman (2024)

4.1% of people in Botswana are 65 or older, versus 3.6% in Zimbabwe

Botswana: 4.1% (2025) · Zimbabwe: 3.6% (2025)

Zimbabwe hosts 53% more refugees per resident than Botswana

Botswana: 0.3 per 1,000 (2025) · Zimbabwe: 0.5 per 1,000 (2025)

Zimbabwe has produced 0.6 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Botswana none

Botswana: 0 (2026) · Zimbabwe: 0.6 (2026)

Zimbabwe has 15 official languages, Botswana 2

Botswana: 2 (2026) · Zimbabwe: 15 (2026)

Zimbabwe’s economy is 2.6 times the size of Botswana’s

Botswana: $19.9 billion (2025) · Zimbabwe: $51.2 billion (2025)

Botswana produces 3.2 times as much per person as Zimbabwe

Botswana: Int$20,698 (2025) · Zimbabwe: Int$6,470 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Botswana than in Zimbabwe (Gini 4.6 points higher)

Botswana: 54.9 (2015) · Zimbabwe: 50.3 (2019)

Botswana: no data · Zimbabwe: 49.2% (2019)

Unemployment is 24% in Botswana, versus 9.3% in Zimbabwe

Botswana: 24.5% (2025) · Zimbabwe: 9.3% (2025)

Botswana spends 3.1% of its GDP on the military, Zimbabwe 0.6%

Botswana: 3.1% (2025) · Zimbabwe: 0.6% (2025)

Botswana’s central government collects 22% of GDP in tax, Zimbabwe’s 7.2%

Botswana: 22.4% (2023) · Zimbabwe: 7.2% (2018)

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

Botswana: 38% (2025) · Zimbabwe: 47% (2025)

Botswana spends 7.8 times as much on health per person as Zimbabwe

Botswana: $490 (2023) · Zimbabwe: $63 (2023)

A baby in Zimbabwe is 94% more likely to die before turning one than in Botswana

Botswana: 32.1 per 1,000 (2024) · Zimbabwe: 62.4 per 1,000 (2024)

Botswana has 2.8 times as many doctors per person as Zimbabwe

Botswana: 0.4 per 1,000 (2023) · Zimbabwe: 0.1 per 1,000 (2023)

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

The suicide rate in Botswana is 4% higher than in Zimbabwe

Botswana: 15.7 per 100k (2023) · Zimbabwe: 15.1 per 100k (2023)

18% of adults in Botswana are obese, versus 13% in Zimbabwe

Botswana: 18.1% (2024) · Zimbabwe: 13.1% (2024)

18% of adults in Botswana smoke, versus 11% in Zimbabwe

Botswana: 18% (2024) · Zimbabwe: 11% (2024)

People in Botswana rate their lives 0.12 points higher than in Zimbabwe

Botswana: 3.46 (2025) · Zimbabwe: 3.35 (2025)

Adults in Zimbabwe drink 11% more alcohol than in Botswana

Botswana: 4.9 litres (2023) · Zimbabwe: 5.4 litres (2023)

Zimbabwe has 33% more meat per person than Botswana

Botswana: 43.3 kg (2023) · Zimbabwe: 57.6 kg (2023)

Botswana has 320 kcal more food per person per day than Zimbabwe

Botswana: 2,714 kcal (2023) · Zimbabwe: 2,393 kcal (2023)

Workers in Zimbabwe put in 53 more hours a year than in Botswana

Botswana: 2,258 hours (2023) · Zimbabwe: 2,311 hours (2023)

Adults in Botswana went to school 1.5 years longer than in Zimbabwe

Botswana: 10.5 years (2023) · Zimbabwe: 8.9 years (2023)

Botswana: 0.62 (2019) · Zimbabwe: no data

Zimbabwe has 3 more World Heritage sites than Botswana (5 against 2)

Botswana: 2 (2026) · Zimbabwe: 5 (2026)

Zimbabwe has won 8 Olympic medals, Botswana 4

Botswana: 4 (2026 edition) · Zimbabwe: 8 (2026 edition)

57% of people in Botswana are online, versus 42% in Zimbabwe

Botswana: 57% (2024) · Zimbabwe: 42% (2024)

Home internet in Botswana is 2 times as fast as in Zimbabwe

Botswana: 94 Mbps (2026) · Zimbabwe: 46 Mbps (2026)

80% of people in Botswana have electricity, versus 62% in Zimbabwe

Botswana: 80.2% (2024) · Zimbabwe: 62% (2024)

68% of people in Botswana live in cities, versus 40% in Zimbabwe

Botswana: 68% (2025) · Zimbabwe: 40% (2025)

Botswana has 164 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Zimbabwe 94

Botswana: 164 (2024) · Zimbabwe: 94 (2024)

Zimbabwe’s railway network is 3.5 times as long as Botswana’s

Botswana: 886 km (2021) · Zimbabwe: 3,120 km (2020)

Airlines from Botswana fly 12 times as many passengers per resident as those from Zimbabwe

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

Forest covers 36% of Zimbabwe, but only 28% of Botswana

Botswana: 27.8% (2024) · Zimbabwe: 35.7% (2024)

The average person in Botswana emits 3.6 times as much CO₂ as someone in Zimbabwe

Botswana: 3 t (2024) · Zimbabwe: 0.8 t (2024)

57% of Zimbabwe’s electricity is renewable, versus 0.3% in Botswana

Botswana: 0.3% (2024) · Zimbabwe: 57.1% (2024)

The air in Zimbabwe carries 20% more fine dust than in Botswana

Botswana: 16.7 µg/m³ (2024) · Zimbabwe: 20.1 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 68% more likely to be murdered in Botswana than in Zimbabwe

Botswana: 11.4 per 100k (2021) · Zimbabwe: 6.8 per 100k (2022)

Roads in Zimbabwe are 2.1 times as deadly as in Botswana

Botswana: 21.9 per 100k (2023) · Zimbabwe: 45.6 per 100k (2023)

Botswana is on average 0.4 °C warmer than Zimbabwe

Botswana: 22.4°C (2016–2025 avg) · Zimbabwe: 22°C (2016–2025 avg)

Zimbabwe gets 63% more rain than Botswana

Botswana: 462 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Zimbabwe: 751 mm (2016–2025 avg)