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Botswana vs Zimbabwe

119 shared metrics.

BotswanaLeads in 67

vs119 shared

ZimbabweLeads in 52

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Botswana

Quick notes before you compare the numbers.

Identity

Formal name: Republic of Botswana.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

Botswana's Okavango Delta floods during the dry season and never reaches the sea.

UNESCO

Zimbabwe

Quick notes before you compare the numbers.

Identity

Formal name: Republic of Zimbabwe.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

Zimbabwe's 100-trillion-dollar note is a real hyperinflation artifact from 2008.

Smithsonian

Analysis

Botswana leads in 67 of 119 shared metrics, while Zimbabwe leads in 52.

Botswana's Education Spending (% GDP) is 19.9x that of Zimbabwe (8.1% of GDP vs 0.38% of GDP).

Botswana's ATMs per 100,000 Adults is 8.6x that of Zimbabwe (35.62 per 100k vs 3.7 per 100k).

Botswana's Military Spending is 7.1x that of Zimbabwe (2.8% of GDP vs 0.35% of GDP).

Botswana's Health Spending Per Capita is 5.8x that of Zimbabwe ($477.83 vs $70.66).

Botswana's Credit Card Ownership is 5.3x that of Zimbabwe (7.3% of adults vs 1.2% of adults).

Key Comparisons

Education Spending (% GDP)Botswana leads

Botswana

8.1% of GDP

Zimbabwe

0.38% of GDP

ATMs per 100,000 AdultsBotswana leads

Botswana

35.62 per 100k

Zimbabwe

3.7 per 100k

Military SpendingBotswana leads

Botswana

2.8% of GDP

Zimbabwe

0.35% of GDP

Health Spending Per CapitaBotswana leads

Botswana

$477.83

Zimbabwe

$70.66

Credit Card OwnershipBotswana leads

Botswana

7.3% of adults

Zimbabwe

1.2% of adults

Spirits ConsumptionBotswana leads

Botswana

7.3 L/adult/yr

Zimbabwe

2.7 L/adult/yr

172% higher

Comparison of Botswana and Zimbabwe across 119 metrics
				Winner
Education Spending (% GDP)	8.1% of GDP	0.38% of GDP	1994% higher	Botswana
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	35.62 per 100k	3.7 per 100k	861% higher	Botswana
Military Spending	2.8% of GDP	0.35% of GDP	707% higher	Botswana
Health Spending Per Capita	$477.83	$70.66	576% higher	Botswana
Credit Card Ownership	7.3% of adults	1.2% of adults	532% higher	Botswana
Spirits Consumption	1.0 L/person/yr	0.21 L/person/yr	373% higher	Botswana
Beer Consumption	2.6 L/person/yr	0.69 L/person/yr	270% higher	Botswana
Milk Consumption per Person	117.74 kg/person/yr	31.9 kg/person/yr	269% higher	Botswana
Vehicles per 1,000 People	292.32 per 1k people	80.92 per 1k people	261% higher	Botswana
CO2 Per Capita	3.0 t/person/yr	0.82 t/person/yr	259% higher	Botswana
Liberal Democracy Index	0.52	0.15	254% higher	Botswana
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$20,538.13	$5,928.08	246% higher	Botswana
Tourism Revenue	$217,000,000	$66,000,000	229% higher	Botswana
GNI Per Capita	$7,750	$2,400	223% higher	Botswana
Lowest Elevation	513 m	162 m	217% higher	Botswana
Youth Unemployment Rate	46% of youth labor force	15.55% of youth labor force	196% higher	Botswana
Electricity Use (Per Capita)	1.5K kWh/person	538.8 kWh/person	183% higher	Botswana
Energy Use (Per Capita)	1.2K kg oil eq/person	416.59 kg oil eq/person	180% higher	Botswana
University Enrollment Rate	21.41%	7.7%	176% higher	Botswana
Alcohol Consumption	7.3 L/adult/yr	2.7 L/adult/yr	172% higher	Botswana
Doctors (per 1,000)	0.38 per 1k	0.14 per 1k	171% higher	Botswana
Unemployment Rate	23.14%	8.6%	170% higher	Botswana
Corruption Perceptions Index	58 pts	22 pts	164% higher	Botswana
Safe Drinking Water (%)	63.29%	25.46%	149% higher	Botswana
Electoral Democracy Index	0.67	0.27	148% higher	Botswana
Coal Electricity Share	98.25%	42.88%	129% higher	Botswana
Electricity Carbon Intensity	851.31 gCO2/kWh	384.02 gCO2/kWh	122% higher	Botswana
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	2.4% of GDP	1.1% of GDP	115% higher	Botswana
Internet Users (%)	81%	38%	113% higher	Botswana
Sanitation Access (%)	72.12%	34.64%	108% higher	Botswana
Irrigated Land	25 km²	1.7K km²	99% lower	Zimbabwe
Inflation Rate	2.8%	104.7%	97% lower	Zimbabwe
Water Withdrawal	0.21 B m³	4.9 B m³	96% lower	Zimbabwe
Official Languages Count	1.0	16	94% lower	Zimbabwe
Freedom of Expression Index	0.80	0.41	93% higher	Botswana
Population Density	4.4 /km²	42.24 /km²	90% lower	Zimbabwe
Air Passengers	172.7K	92.5K	87% higher	Botswana
Population	2.52M	17.47M	86% lower	Zimbabwe
Imports (% GDP)	43.71% of GDP	23.44% of GDP	86% higher	Botswana
Firms Asked for Bribes	6.1% of firms	44.46% of firms	86% lower	Zimbabwe
Armed Forces Personnel	9.0K	51.0K	82% lower	Zimbabwe
High-Tech Exports (%)	0.54%	2.8%	81% lower	Zimbabwe
Water Stress (%)	8.9%	40.05%	78% lower	Zimbabwe
Political Corruption Index	0.20	0.85	76% lower	Zimbabwe
Railway Length	888 km	3.4K km	74% lower	Zimbabwe
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	164 per 100 people	94 per 100 people	74% higher	Botswana
Railway Network	886 km	3.1K km	72% lower	Zimbabwe
Government Debt (% GDP)	19.6% of GDP	69.9% of GDP	72% lower	Zimbabwe
Firms Making Informal Payments	8.6% of firms	31.14% of firms	72% lower	Zimbabwe
Electric Generating Capacity	758.0K kW	2.49M kW	70% lower	Zimbabwe
Women in Parliament (%)	8.7%	28.09%	69% lower	Zimbabwe
Urban Population (%)	67.46%	39.89%	69% higher	Botswana
Electricity Generation	2.6 TWh	8.3 TWh	69% lower	Zimbabwe
Homicide Rate	11.37 per 100k	6.8 per 100k	68% higher	Botswana
Renewable Energy (%)	27.4%	82.4%	67% lower	Zimbabwe
All-Time Olympic Gold Medals	1.0 gold medals	3.0 gold medals	67% lower	Zimbabwe
Smoking Rate	18.7%	11.3%	65% higher	Botswana
Tobacco Use Prevalence	17.7% of adults	10.8% of adults	64% higher	Botswana
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	2.0 sites	5.0 sites	60% lower	Zimbabwe
Health Spending (% GDP)	5.7% of GDP	3.6% of GDP	58% higher	Botswana
GDP (Nominal)	$19,402,063,512.91	$41,539,411,516.44	53% lower	Zimbabwe
Exports (% GDP)	27.39% of GDP	18.05% of GDP	52% higher	Botswana
Suicide Rate	8.3 per 100k	17.34 per 100k	52% lower	Zimbabwe
Time Zones Count	3.0 time zones	2.0 time zones	50% higher	Botswana
Broadband Access (%)	3.0 per 100 people	2.0 per 100 people	50% higher	Botswana
All-Time Olympic Medals	4.0 medals	8.0 medals	50% lower	Zimbabwe
Land Area	566.7K km²	386.9K km²	46% higher	Botswana
Total CO2 Emissions	6.9 Mt CO2e	12.86 Mt CO2e	46% lower	Zimbabwe
Teen Birth Rate	53.8 per 1k	98.06 per 1k	45% lower	Zimbabwe
Road Traffic Death Rate	16.5 per 100k	29.9 per 100k	45% lower	Zimbabwe
Nurses & Midwives	3.1 per 1k	2.1 per 1k	42% higher	Botswana
Highest Elevation	1.5K m	2.6K m	42% lower	Zimbabwe
Forest Coverage (%)	26.29%	44.74%	41% lower	Zimbabwe
Obesity Rate	17.46%	12.43%	40% higher	Botswana
Women in Senior Management	48.21% of managers	34.42% of managers	40% higher	Botswana
Meat Consumption per Person	24.44 kg/person/yr	17.67 kg/person/yr	38% higher	Botswana
Land Border Length	4.3K km	3.2K km	35% higher	Botswana
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	15 days/yr	22 days/yr	32% lower	Zimbabwe
Capital Elevation	1.0K m	1.5K m	32% lower	Zimbabwe
Scientific Publications	392.69	563.05	30% lower	Zimbabwe
Dependency Ratio	56.66% of working-age pop.	80.1% of working-age pop.	29% lower	Zimbabwe
Firms with Female Top Manager	22.97% of firms	17.77% of firms	29% higher	Botswana
Median Age	22.9 years	17.8 years	28% higher	Botswana
Insufficient Physical Activity	22.67% of adults	17.65% of adults	28% higher	Botswana
Solar Electricity Share	0.29%	0.39%	26% lower	Zimbabwe
Birth Rate	21.16 per 1k	28.18 per 1k	25% lower	Zimbabwe
Border Neighbors	3.0	4.0	25% lower	Zimbabwe
Electricity Access (%)	76%	62%	23% higher	Botswana
Human Development Index	0.73	0.60	22% higher	Botswana
Digital Payments Used	56.95% of adults	46.7% of adults	22% higher	Botswana
Firms Hit by Power Outages	64.16% of firms	52.54% of firms	22% higher	Botswana
Youth Population (%)	32.13%	40.87%	21% lower	Zimbabwe
Fertility Rate	2.7 children/woman	3.4 children/woman	20% lower	Zimbabwe
Mobile Money Accounts	51.62% of adults	43.33% of adults	19% higher	Botswana
Seafood Consumption per Person	2.4 kg/person/yr	2.8 kg/person/yr	15% lower	Zimbabwe
Forest Area	149.0K km²	173.1K km²	14% lower	Zimbabwe
Airports	127	147	14% lower	Zimbabwe
Elderly Population (%)	4.0%	3.6%	12% higher	Botswana
Informal Employment Share	75.58% of employed people	85% of employed people	11% lower	Zimbabwe
Child Mortality	39.6 per 1k births	44.2 per 1k births	10% lower	Zimbabwe
Life Expectancy	69.2 years	62.8 years	10% higher	Botswana
Food Waste per Person	96.68 kg/person/yr	88.01 kg/person/yr	10% higher	Botswana
Agricultural Land (%)	45.63%	41.79%	9% higher	Botswana
Can Raise Emergency Money	78.75% of adults	86.26% of adults	9% lower	Zimbabwe
Average Weekly Work Hours	42.92 hrs/week	46.16 hrs/week	7% lower	Zimbabwe
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	3.7% of GDP	4.0% of GDP	7% lower	Zimbabwe
Death Rate	6.8 per 1k	6.4 per 1k	6% higher	Botswana
Infant Mortality	38.2 per 1k births	40.6 per 1k births	6% lower	Zimbabwe
Women's Political Empowerment	0.70	0.73	4% lower	Zimbabwe
Life Evaluation Score	3.5 pts	3.3 pts	4% higher	Botswana
Hypertension Prevalence	44.4% of adults	43.2% of adults	3% higher	Botswana
Protected Land (%)	29.1%	28.3%	3% higher	Botswana
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	18.91 µg/m³	19.49 µg/m³	3% lower	Zimbabwe
Coastline Length	0 km	0 km	ranked higher	Botswana
Wind Electricity Share	0%	0%	ranked higher	Botswana
GDP Growth Rate	-2.99%	1.7%	ranked lower	Zimbabwe
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0 per 1M people	0.06 per 1M people	ranked lower	Zimbabwe
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0 per 100k people	0.01 per 100k people	ranked lower	Zimbabwe
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0 per 1M people	0 per 1M people	ranked higher	Botswana

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Analysis

Botswana leads in 67 of 119 shared metrics, while Zimbabwe leads in 52.

Botswana's Education Spending (% GDP) is 19.9x that of Zimbabwe (8.1% of GDP vs 0.38% of GDP).

Botswana's ATMs per 100,000 Adults is 8.6x that of Zimbabwe (35.62 per 100k vs 3.7 per 100k).

Botswana's Military Spending is 7.1x that of Zimbabwe (2.8% of GDP vs 0.35% of GDP).

Botswana's Health Spending Per Capita is 5.8x that of Zimbabwe ($477.83 vs $70.66).

Botswana's Credit Card Ownership is 5.3x that of Zimbabwe (7.3% of adults vs 1.2% of adults).

Key Comparisons

Education Spending (% GDP)Botswana leads

Botswana

8.1% of GDP

Zimbabwe

0.38% of GDP

ATMs per 100,000 AdultsBotswana leads

Botswana

35.62 per 100k

Zimbabwe

3.7 per 100k

Military SpendingBotswana leads

Botswana

2.8% of GDP

Zimbabwe

0.35% of GDP

Health Spending Per CapitaBotswana leads

Botswana

$477.83

Zimbabwe

$70.66

Credit Card OwnershipBotswana leads

Botswana

7.3% of adults

Zimbabwe

1.2% of adults

Spirits ConsumptionBotswana leads

Botswana

1.0 L/person/yr

Zimbabwe

0.21 L/person/yr

Education Spending (% GDP)

8.1% of GDP

0.38% of GDP

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

35.62 per 100k

3.7 per 100k

Military Spending

2.8% of GDP

0.35% of GDP

Health Spending Per Capita

$477.83

$70.66

Credit Card Ownership

7.3% of adults

1.2% of adults

Spirits Consumption

1.0 L/person/yr

0.21 L/person/yr

Beer Consumption

2.6 L/person/yr

0.69 L/person/yr

Milk Consumption per Person

117.74 kg/person/yr

31.9 kg/person/yr

Vehicles per 1,000 People

292.32 per 1k people

80.92 per 1k people

CO2 Per Capita

3.0 t/person/yr

0.82 t/person/yr

Liberal Democracy Index

0.52

0.15

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

$20,538.13

$5,928.08

Tourism Revenue

$217,000,000

$66,000,000

GNI Per Capita

$7,750

$2,400

Lowest Elevation

513 m

162 m

Youth Unemployment Rate

46% of youth labor force

15.55% of youth labor force

Electricity Use (Per Capita)

1.5K kWh/person

538.8 kWh/person

Energy Use (Per Capita)

1.2K kg oil eq/person

416.59 kg oil eq/person

University Enrollment Rate

21.41%

7.7%

Alcohol Consumption

7.3 L/adult/yr

2.7 L/adult/yr

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Education Spending (% GDP)

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

Military Spending

Health Spending Per Capita

Credit Card Ownership

Spirits Consumption

Beer Consumption

Milk Consumption per Person

Vehicles per 1,000 People

CO2 Per Capita

Liberal Democracy Index

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

Tourism Revenue

GNI Per Capita

Lowest Elevation

Youth Unemployment Rate

Electricity Use (Per Capita)

Energy Use (Per Capita)

University Enrollment Rate

Alcohol Consumption

Doctors (per 1,000)

Unemployment Rate

Corruption Perceptions Index

Safe Drinking Water (%)

Electoral Democracy Index

Coal Electricity Share

Electricity Carbon Intensity

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

Internet Users (%)

Sanitation Access (%)

Irrigated Land

Inflation Rate

Water Withdrawal

Official Languages Count

Freedom of Expression Index

Population Density

Air Passengers

Population

Imports (% GDP)

Firms Asked for Bribes

Armed Forces Personnel

High-Tech Exports (%)

Water Stress (%)

Political Corruption Index

Railway Length

Mobile Subscriptions (%)

Railway Network

Government Debt (% GDP)

Firms Making Informal Payments

Electric Generating Capacity

Women in Parliament (%)

Urban Population (%)

Electricity Generation

Homicide Rate

Renewable Energy (%)

All-Time Olympic Gold Medals

Smoking Rate

Tobacco Use Prevalence

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Health Spending (% GDP)

GDP (Nominal)

Exports (% GDP)

Suicide Rate

Time Zones Count

Broadband Access (%)

All-Time Olympic Medals

Land Area

Total CO2 Emissions

Teen Birth Rate

Road Traffic Death Rate

Nurses & Midwives

Highest Elevation