Botswana's life expectancy rose from 54.7 yrs in 1995 to 69.3 yrs in 2024.
Botswana · Health
Longevity, mortality, health system capacity and risk factors.
23 indicators · 22 with data
Botswana's healthy life expectancy at birth rose from 41.3 yrs in 2000 to 53.1 yrs in 2021.
Botswana's infant mortality fell from 40.6 ‰ in 1995 to 32.1 ‰ in 2024.
Botswana's under-5 mortality rate fell from 66.4 ‰ in 1995 to 33.3 ‰ in 2024.
Botswana's maternal mortality ratio fell from 182.0 /100k in 1994 to 155.0 /100k in 2023.
Botswana's ncd mortality fell from 22.8 % in 2000 to 19.0 % in 2021.
Botswana's suicide mortality rate fell from 12.1 /100k in 2000 to 8.4 /100k in 2021.
Botswana's mortality caused by road traffic injury fell from 31.8 /100k in 2000 to 26.4 /100k in 2019.
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- Health spendingup +0.5 pts98th of 192
- Current health expenditure per capita (current US$)up +2.5 %94th of 191
- Out-of-pocket expenditure (% of current health expenditure)down −0.1 pts8th of 192
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- Physiciansdown −6.9 %47th of 63
- Nurses and midwivesdown −8.3 %48th of 79
- Hospital bedsdown −1.3 %71st of 113*
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- Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12–23 months)unchanged +0.0 pts31st of 192
- Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12–23 months)unchanged +0.0 pts59th of 192
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- Prevalence of HIV (ages 15–49)down −0.9 pts145th of 148
- Incidence of tuberculosisdown −18.3 %162nd of 208
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- Safe drinking waterdown −0.6 pts98th of 148
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- Safe sanitationNo data