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

Human development rose from 0.590 in 1990 to 0.731 in 2023.

UNDP Human Development Report, 2025 edition. 34 annual values, none interpolated.

Twenty years here

The world report

Life expectancy at birth: 69.3 years2024at birthUp 14.9 years from 54.4 years in 2005
Internet users: 57%2024of people onlineUp 53 points from 4% in 2006
Urban population: 68%2025of people in towns and citiesUp 8 points from 60% in 2006
Births per woman: 2.702024births per womanDown 0.38 from 3.08 in 2005
Renewable share of energy: 27%2021of energy usedDown 7 points from 34% in 2004
Access to electricity: 80%2024of people with electricityUp 43 points from 38% in 2005
Infant mortality: 322024deaths before age one, per 1,000 birthsDown 12 from 44 in 2005
CO2 emissions per person: 2.7 t2024of CO2 per person a yearUp 0.4 t from 2.4 t in 2005
Forest area: 26%2023of land under forestDown 4 points from 30% in 2004

World Bank, from the first to the last observed year of each indicator; each has its own window.

All indexes, 1990–2025

36 years · 12 series · 5 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	0.590	60.1	—	—	4.51	49.0	—	40	2.2	33.2	—	—
1991	0.590	58.9	0.0	45.5	4.37	49.5	10	40	2.1	33.0	—	—
1992	0.589	58.2	—	46.8	4.26	46.1	9	41	2.5	32.8	—	—
1993	0.588	57.3	—	47.9	4.15	47.3	12	41	2.4	32.5	—	—
1994	0.580	56.0	—	48.8	4.02	49.8	14	42	2.2	32.3	—	—
1995	0.583	54.7	0.1	49.6	3.79	48.9	16	41	2.2	32.1	—	—
1996	0.584	54.3	0.2	50.4	3.57	46.4	18	41	2.0	31.9	—	—
1997	0.587	53.6	0.3	51.0	3.43	45.8	21	40	2.0	31.7	—	—
1998	0.588	53.0	0.6	51.7	3.36	39.2	23	40	2.4	31.5	—	—
1999	0.592	52.5	1.1	52.5	3.31	41.6	25	40	2.5	31.3	—	—
2000	0.594	52.3	2.9	53.2	3.29	38.5	27	39	2.4	31.1	—	—
2001	0.595	52.2	3.4	54.0	3.25	37.5	25	39	2.3	30.9	—	—
2002	0.594	52.4	3.4	55.0	3.18	36.1	27	40	2.4	30.7	—	—
2003	0.602	52.9	3.4	56.1	3.11	36.2	33	41	2.3	30.5	—	—
2004	0.608	53.6	3.3	57.3	3.06	34.3	35	44	2.2	30.3	—	—
2005	0.616	54.4	3.3	58.5	3.08	33.0	38	44	2.4	30.1	—	—
2006	0.627	55.1	4.3	59.6	3.11	31.8	40	46	2.2	29.8	5292	12563
2007	0.640	56.7	5.3	60.8	3.13	29.0	42	50	2.3	29.6	5529	13389
2008	0.645	57.7	6.3	61.8	3.13	27.8	45	53	2.3	29.4	5503	13810
2009	0.644	58.3	6.2	62.8	3.13	28.9	43	53	2.1	29.2	5083	11686
2010	0.652	59.1	6.0	63.5	3.14	29.9	52	53	1.7	29.0	6216	12753
2011	0.661	59.7	9.0	64.0	3.10	28.9	53	54	1.9	28.8	7287	13635
2012	0.667	60.4	16.0	64.4	3.07	27.8	56	50	1.7	28.6	6596	12737
2013	0.676	61.2	30.0	64.8	3.05	26.7	58	47	2.6	28.4	6667	13621
2014	0.685	62.2	36.7	65.1	3.03	25.8	60	46	3.3	28.2	7122	15003
2015	0.690	63.2	38.9	65.4	3.01	26.1	62	44	3.2	28.0	6141	14144
2016	0.696	64.3	41.2	65.7	2.99	26.7	64	43	3.0	27.8	6749	16228
2017	0.704	65.4	43.6	66.0	2.97	26.7	67	40	3.3	27.5	7105	15701
2018	0.710	66.4	46.1	66.2	2.94	25.6	68	39	3.6	27.3	7408	15786
2019	0.718	67.2	48.8	66.3	2.91	26.2	70	37	3.1	27.1	7172	15960
2020	0.718	67.6	51.7	66.5	2.86	27.7	72	37	2.6	26.9	6323	15292
2021	0.700	63.3	54.7	66.5	2.83	27.4	74	35	2.7	26.7	7808	17961
2022	0.729	68.8	57.9	66.6	2.79	—	76	34	2.8	26.5	8329	19974
2023	0.731	69.2	—	67.0	2.73	—	76	33	2.7	26.3	7827	21029
2024	—	69.3	57.5	67.5	2.70	—	80	32	2.7	—	7650	20612
2025	—	—	—	68.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	7778	20698
On the profile	0.731	69.3	57.5	68.0	2.70	27.4	—	—	2.7	26.3	7778	20698

Sources: HDI: UNDP HDR 2025; 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 2026-10-04. Observed years only.

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