Botswana, year by year

Every index this site holds for Botswana, in time order: 12 series across 1990–2025, each value as its source published it. The profile shows the latest snapshot; this is the record behind it.

HDI since 1990

0.587 → 0.708 (+0.121)

UNDP Human Development Report, 2023-24 edition. 33 annual values, none interpolated; hover any point for its year.

Twenty years here

The world report →

Life expectancy at birth54.4 → 69.3 (+14.9)

Internet users4 → 57 (+53)

Urban population60 → 68 (+8)

Births per woman3.08 → 2.70 (-0.38)

Renewable share of energy34 → 27 (-7)

Access to electricity38 → 80 (+43)

Infant mortality44 → 32 (-12)

CO2 emissions per person2.4 → 2.7 (+0.4)

Forest area30 → 26 (-4)

World Bank observations, first to last available year per indicator (roughly 2005–2024; each series has its own window).

All indexes, 1990–2025

36 years · 12 series · 6 values marked for checking

Year	HDI0–1	Life expectancy at birthyears	Internet users% of people	Urban population% of people	Births per womanbirths	Renewable share of energy% of energy	Access to electricity% of people	Infant mortalityper 1,000 births	CO2 emissions per persont/year	Forest area% of land	GDP per capitaUS$	GDP per capita, PPPintl $
1990	0.587	60.1	—	—	4.51	49	—	40	2.2	33.2	—	—
1991	0.588	58.9	0	46	4.37	50	10	40	2.1	33.0	—	—
1992	0.585	58.2	—	47	4.26	46	9	41	2.5	32.8	—	—
1993	0.586	57.3	—	48	4.15	47	12	41	2.4	32.5	—	—
1994	0.576	56.0	—	49	4.02	50	14	42	2.2	32.3	—	—
1995	0.580	54.7	0	50	3.79	49	16	41	2.2	32.1	—	—
1996	0.580	54.3	0	50	3.57	46	18	41	2.0	31.9	—	—
1997	0.582	53.6	0	51	3.43	46	21	40	2.0	31.7	—	—
1998	0.581	53.0	1	52	3.36	39	23	40	2.4	31.5	—	—
1999	0.583	52.5	1	52	3.31	42	25	40	2.5	31.3	—	—
2000	0.581	52.3	3	53	3.29	39	27	39	2.4	31.1	—	—
2001	0.581	52.2	3	54	3.25	38	25	39	2.3	30.9	—	—
2002	0.579	52.4	3	55	3.18	36	27	40	2.4	30.7	—	—
2003	0.585	52.9	3	56	3.11	36	33	41	2.3	30.5	—	—
2004	0.591	53.6	3	57	3.06	34	35	44	2.2	30.3	—	—
2005	0.601	54.4	3	58	3.08	33	38	44	2.4	30.1	—	—
2006	0.615	55.1	4	60	3.11	32	40	46	2.2	29.8	5292	12563
2007	0.629	56.7	5	61	3.13	29	42	50	2.3	29.6	5529	13389
2008	0.637	57.7	6	62	3.13	28	45	53	2.3	29.4	5503	13810
2009	0.639	58.3	6	63	3.13	29	43	53	2.1	29.2	5083	11686
2010	0.652	59.1	6	63	3.14	30	52	53	1.7	29.0	6216	12753
2011	0.660	59.7	9	64	3.10	29	53	54	1.9	28.8	7287	13635
2012	0.664	60.4	16	64	3.07	28	56	50	1.7	28.6	6596	12737
2013	0.676	61.2	30	65	3.05	27	58	47	2.6	28.4	6667	13621
2014	0.683	62.2	37	65	3.03	26	60	46	3.3	28.2	7122	15003
2015	0.688	63.2	39	65	3.01	26	62	44	3.2	28.0	6141	14144
2016	0.697	64.3	41	66	2.99	27	64	43	3.0	27.8	6749	16228
2017	0.705	65.4	44	66	2.97	27	67	40	3.3	27.5	7105	15701
2018	0.700	66.4	46	66	2.94	26	68	39	3.6	27.3	7408	15786
2019	0.703	67.2	49	66	2.91	26	70	37	3.1	27.1	7172	15960
2020	0.701	67.6	52	66	2.86	28	72	37	2.6	26.9	6323	15292
2021	0.680	63.3	55	67	2.83	27	74	35	2.7	26.7	7808	17961
2022	0.708	68.8	58	67	2.79	—	76	34	2.8	26.5	8329	19974
2023	—	69.2	—	67	2.73	—	76	33	2.7	26.3	7827	21029
2024	—	69.3	57	67	2.70	—	80	32	2.7	—	7650	20612
2025	—	—	—	68	—	—	—	—	—	—	7778	20698
Profile shows	0.708	69.3	58	68	2.70	27	—	—	2.7	26.3	7778	20698

Sources: HDI — UNDP HDR 2023-24; Life expectancy at birth — World Bank SP.DYN.LE00.IN; Internet users — World Bank IT.NET.USER.ZS; Urban population — World Bank SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS; Births per woman — World Bank SP.DYN.TFRT.IN; Renewable share of energy — World Bank EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS; Access to electricity — World Bank EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS; Infant mortality — World Bank SP.DYN.IMRT.IN; CO2 emissions per person — World Bank EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5; Forest area — World Bank AG.LND.FRST.ZS; GDP per capita — World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.CD; GDP per capita, PPP — World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD. Profile snapshot from the site dataset regenerated 2026-09-01. Observed years only; IMF projections are excluded.

A dotted value moved sharply against the previous observed value in its series, which is the usual signature of a series break or a source revision; it is a prompt to check, not a judgement. In the last row, ≠ means the profile’s current figure differs from the latest value here by more than 2%: none do on this page.

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