Botswana's hdi rose from 0.6 in 1994 to 0.7 in 2023.
Botswana · Quality of life
Human development, happiness, safety, access and environment.
14 indicators · 13 with data
Botswana's life satisfaction fell from 4.6 in 2011 to 3.5 in 2025.
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- Life expectancyup +0.1 yrs158th of 217
- Healthy life expectancy at birthdown −3.2 yrs171st of 185
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- Gini indexdown −3.5 %85th of 87*
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- Air pollution (PM2.5)down −1.1 %67th of 200
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- Homicide rateup +21.7 %90th of 116
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- Safe drinking waterdown −0.6 pts98th of 148
- Access to electricity (% of population)up +4.2 pts171st of 215
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- Internet usersdown −0.4 pts139th of 182
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- Expected years of schoolingunchanged +0.0 yrs149th of 195
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- Unemploymentup +0.7 pts182nd of 185
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- Women in parliamentup +0.3 pts167th of 184
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These indicators exist in the registry but no source reports a value for Botswana.
- Housing cost overburden rateNo data