Botswana
Republic of Botswana
- Region
- Africa · Southern Africa
- Capital
- Gaborone
- Population
- 2,562,122 (2025)
- Government
- parliamentary republic
- Currency
- Botswana pula (BWP)
- Official languages
- English, Tswana
- Spoken languages
- Setswana 77.3%, Sekalanga 7.4%, Shekgalagadi 3.4%, English (official) 2.8%, Zezuru/Shona 2%, Sesarwa 1.7%, Sembukushu 1.6%, Ndebele 1%, other 2.8% (2011 est.)
- Written scripts
- Latin
- Area
- 582,000 km²
- Coastline
- Landlocked
- UN member
- Yes
- Affiliations
- African Union, IMF, SADC, WCO, WTO
- Borders
- Namibia , South Africa , Zambia , Zimbabwe
Political stability
84 / 100
Economic stability
66 / 100
Population stability
51 / 100
0–100, higher is more stable. Political: World Bank governance score. Economic: government effectiveness, regulatory quality, and inflation proximity to 2% (World Bank). Population: stability of growth and net migration rates (World Bank).
Trade profile
- Key exports
- diamonds, copper ore, insulated wire, carbonates, cattle (2023)
- Key imports
- refined petroleum, diamonds, cars, flavored water, electricity (2023)
- Natural resources
- diamonds, copper, nickel, salt, soda ash, potash, coal, iron ore, silver
- Luxury goods
- diamonds
- Primary route
- Durban and Cape corridor to Asia and Europe
- Secondary route
- Regional overland corridors to inland markets
xin.bz coverage
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Trade research
- WTO trade profile — tariffs, trade in goods and services, top partners
- World Bank country data — GDP, trade share of GDP, logistics indicators
- OEC trade profile — export/import composition and partners, visualized
- ITC Trade Map — detailed trade statistics by product (ITC/UN Comtrade)
- CIA World Factbook — geography, economy, transportation infrastructure
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Sources: mledoze/countries (ODbL), CIA World Factbook (public domain), World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), flag-icons (MIT). Stability scores are xin.bz composites of the cited World Bank indicators; routes and commodity notes are xin.bz assessments. Informational only — verify with official sources.