Botswana vs Namibia
Botswana vs Namibia: GDP per person
GDP per person in 2025: $6,791 in Botswana and $4,019 in Namibia, by World Bank estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Botswana, by $2,772, or 1.69 times that in Namibia.
US dollars at 2015 prices · World Bank
What the numbers say
- Botswana has been higher since 1988, when it overtook Namibia.
- The world as a whole: $12,130 in 2025.
Every year
US dollars at 2015 prices · World Bank
| Year | Botswana | Namibia | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $6,791 | $4,019 | $12,130 |
| 2024 | $6,952 | $4,032 | $11,890 |
| 2023 | $7,269 | $3,973 | $11,670 |
| 2022 | $7,160 | $3,906 | $11,450 |
| 2021 | $6,896 | $3,810 | $11,170 |
| 2020 | $6,254 | $3,787 | $10,580 |
| 2019 | $6,952 | $4,243 | $11,000 |
| 2018 | $6,844 | $4,400 | $10,820 |
| 2017 | $6,663 | $4,477 | $10,590 |
| 2016 | $6,491 | $4,649 | $10,360 |
| 2015 | $6,141 | $4,774 | $10,190 |
| 2014 | $6,547 | $4,702 | $10,000 |
| 2013 | $6,285 | $4,549 | $9,811 |
| 2012 | $5,743 | $4,421 | $9,654 |
| 2011 | $5,850 | $4,303 | $9,515 |
| 2010 | $5,585 | $4,165 | $9,322 |
| 2009 | $5,179 | $3,989 | $9,028 |
| 2008 | $6,159 | $4,036 | $9,266 |
| 2007 | $6,086 | $3,988 | $9,191 |
| 2006 | $5,865 | $3,835 | $8,913 |
| 2005 | $5,514 | $3,628 | $8,639 |
| 2004 | $5,369 | $3,583 | $8,409 |
| 2003 | $5,320 | $3,232 | $8,151 |
| 2002 | $5,175 | $3,146 | $8,011 |
| 2001 | $4,972 | $3,055 | $7,932 |
| 2000 | $5,063 | $3,084 | $7,880 |
| 1999 | $5,071 | $3,050 | $7,639 |
| 1998 | $4,725 | $3,025 | $7,479 |
| 1997 | $4,809 | $3,004 | $7,382 |
| 1996 | $4,543 | $2,958 | $7,203 |
| 1995 | $4,399 | $2,945 | $7,058 |
| 1994 | $4,219 | $2,918 | $6,944 |
| 1993 | $4,186 | $2,959 | $6,819 |
| 1992 | $4,227 | $3,104 | $6,801 |
| 1991 | $4,224 | $2,989 | $6,773 |
| 1990 | $4,039 | $2,857 | $6,804 |
| 1989 | $3,889 | $2,975 | $6,741 |
| 1988 | $3,536 | $3,112 | $6,620 |
| 1987 | $3,050 | $3,197 | $6,446 |
| 1986 | $2,817 | $3,188 | $6,326 |
| 1985 | $2,694 | $3,138 | $6,233 |
| 1984 | $2,603 | $3,214 | $6,120 |
| 1983 | $2,485 | $3,310 | $5,947 |
| 1982 | $2,276 | $3,462 | $5,903 |
| 1981 | $2,111 | $3,538 | $5,986 |
| 1980 | $2,003 | $3,544 | $5,980 |
| 1979 | $1,859 | – | $5,978 |
| 1978 | $1,761 | – | $5,843 |
| 1977 | $1,636 | – | $5,710 |
| 1976 | $1,539 | – | $5,591 |
| 1975 | $1,465 | – | $5,410 |
| 1974 | $1,419 | – | $5,467 |
| 1973 | $1,371 | – | $5,465 |
| 1972 | $1,184 | – | $5,236 |
| 1971 | $972 | – | $5,061 |
| 1970 | $786 | – | $4,964 |
| 1969 | $674 | – | $4,885 |
| 1968 | $589 | – | $4,707 |
| 1967 | $535 | – | $4,535 |
| 1966 | $508 | – | $4,461 |
| 1965 | $481 | – | $4,321 |
| 1964 | $461 | – | $4,176 |
| 1963 | $442 | – | $3,999 |
| 1962 | $427 | – | $3,889 |
| 1961 | $410 | – | $3,759 |
| 1960 | $394 | – | $3,667 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The value of everything produced in the country in a year, divided by its people, in 2015 US dollars so that years compare.
- Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators.
- Ranks count the 186 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Botswana vs Namibia
Health
- Life expectancyBotswana: 69.2 years in 2023Namibia: 67.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBotswana: 3.3 per 100 live births in 2024Namibia: 4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBotswana: 28.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023Namibia: 27.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionBotswana: 3.97% in 2017Namibia: 3.46% in 2017
- Suicide rateBotswana: 10 per 100,000 people in 2017Namibia: 11.8 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBotswana: 2.48 million people in 2023Namibia: 2.96 million people in 2023
- Population growthBotswana: 1.64% a year in 2023Namibia: 2.37% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBotswana: 2.73 births per woman in 2023Namibia: 3.21 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBotswana: 68% in 2025Namibia: 50.9% in 2025
- Median ageBotswana: 22.9 years in 2023Namibia: 21 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBotswana: 4% in 2023Namibia: 3.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateBotswana: -2.6 per 1,000 people in 2023Namibia: 3.9 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBotswana: 3.11% of GDP in 2025Namibia: 2.77% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsBotswana: $595M in 2025Namibia: $386M in 2025
- Military spending per personBotswana: $242 in 2025Namibia: $134 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBotswana: 8.9% of government spending in 2025Namibia: 7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBotswana: 9,000 people in 2020Namibia: 16,000 people in 2020
- National powerBotswana: 0.02% of world capability in 2022Namibia: 0.02% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBotswana: 0.92% of the labour force in 2020Namibia: 1.67% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBotswana: 11 million TIV in 2024Namibia: 0 TIV in 2025