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Botswana
Botswana, officially the Republic of Botswana, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Botswana is topographically flat, with approximately 70% of its territory being a part of the Kalahari Desert.
Summary from Wikipédia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Data refreshed on 2026.10.08 · source: Wikidata
The Institute's composite reading
Risque élevé
5.5 /10 risk
- Security 1.0
- Legitimacy 6.6
- Economy 2.0
- Diplomacy 5.0
- Influence 0.0
Security: 0 stable → 10 unstable · others: 0 weak → 10 strong. Computed from V-Dem, FH, CPI, RSF, World Bank, SIPRI, sanctions.
- Capital
- Gaborone
- Population
- 2,359,609 inh.
- Area
- 582,000 km²
- Currency
- BWP
- Regime
- parliamentary republic
Executive in office
Head of State
Duma Boko
Parliament
Assemblée nationale
63 seats
Economic indicators World Bank · 2025
GDP
20 G$
GDP / capita
7,778 $
Growth
-0.7 %
Inflation
2.7 %
Unemployment
24.5 %
Debt / GDP
19.7 %
Defense / GDP
2.8 %
Life expectancy
69.3 yrs
Governance indices V-Dem 2025 · Freedom House 2026 · CPI 2025 · RSF 2026
Democracy (V-Dem)
0.67/1
Freedoms (Freedom House)
75/100
Corruption (CPI)
58/100
Press freedom (RSF)
63/100
Military posture SIPRI · 2025
Global spending rank
#93
Annual budget
0.6 Md$
Defense effort
3.1 %PIB
Trade dependencies OEC · UN Comtrade · 2023
Exports
8 Md$
Imports
9 Md$
Balance
-2 Md$
Top exports
- 78% Diamants
Top imports
- 13% Pétrole raffiné
Export partners
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Belgique
21%
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Émirats arabes unis
13%
Import partners
-
Afrique du Sud
51%
Diplomatic alignment UNGA 2020-2024 · Bailey-Strezhnev-Voeten
Vote concordance with each power at UN General Assembly.
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USA
31%
-
GBR
33%
-
FRA
38%
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DEU
38%
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RUS
56%
-
CHN
67%
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IND
67%
Abstention: 25%
Society · human UNDP HDI 2023 · World Bank · WID · UNHCR 2025
HDI
0.731/1
Refugees hosted
847
Refugees originating
384
National anthem
Fatshe leno la rona
Alliances and organisations Institut · Wikidata
- UN
- WTO
- Commonwealth
- African Union
- SADC
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Global attention Wikipedia · 90 days
The country's Wikipedia article is usually read 2,576 times a day (French and English). On 2026.10.07: 2,776, or ×1.2.
French + English French usual level 2026.07.10 · 2026.10.07 Wikimedia statistics (CC0), human users
Sources and freshness
- Executive, government, parliament, anthem · Wikidata (CC0) · 2026-10-08
- Economy · World Bank (CC BY 4.0) · 2025
- Indices and figures · V-Dem 2026 (OWID) · Freedom House 2026 (OWID) · Transparency International CPI 2025 · RSF 2026 · PNUD IDH 2025 (OWID) · UNHCR 2025 · SIPRI 2026 (OWID) · read on 2026-10-08
- Memberships · Wikidata (CC0) · 2026-10-08
- Sanctions · US Treasury (OFAC), SDN and non-SDN lists · list of 2026-10-02 · read on 2026-10-08
- Sanctions · United Kingdom, UK Sanctions List (FCDO) · list of 2026-10-07 · read on 2026-10-08
- Sanctions · European Union, consolidated financial sanctions list · list of 2026-09-22 · read on 2026-10-08
- Institute dossier (sanctions, treaties, visits, capabilities) · as of 2026-05-01
- Summary · Wikipédia (CC BY-SA 4.0)