2nd highest income inequality (Gini)54.9 · #2 of 155 · 2015
9th lowest population density5 per km² · #9 of 209 · 2025
8th lowest life satisfaction3.46 · #8 of 163 · 2025
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COUNTRYDUEL AFRICA
Surprising facts about Botswana
The comparisons that stand out most against its neighbours, its region and the world median.
Picked for surprise among Botswana’s neighbours, its region and the world median.
Botswana among 213 countries & territories
Each dot shows where Botswana sits between the lowest and the highest value in the world; “See it” opens the full visual against the
world median. Higher is not automatically better.
World twins
The countries most like Botswana across 12 indicators (GDP/person, Life exp., Median age, Fertility, Urban, Internet, Schooling, CO₂/person, Density, Temperature, Happiness, Obesity). Each indicator is standardised and compared by average distance; a resemblance, not a score.
Botswana
vs Namibia 
vs South Africa 
vs Zambia 
vs Zimbabwe