Botswana vs Namibia
Botswana vs Namibia: Internet users
Internet users in 2024: 57.5% in Botswana and 64.9% in Namibia, by ITU estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Namibia, by 7.4 percentage points, or 1.13 times that in Botswana.
% of people · ITU
What the numbers say
- Namibia has been higher since 2019, when it overtook Botswana.
- In 2024, Botswana ranked 139 and Namibia ranked 131 of 182 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: 71.2% in 2024.
Every year
% of people · ITU
| Year | Botswana | Namibia | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | – | 73.6 |
| 2024 | 57.5 | 64.9 | 71.2 |
| 2023 | – | 63.7 | 69.2 |
| 2022 | 57.9 | 63 | 67 |
| 2021 | 54.7 | 60.3 | 63.8 |
| 2020 | 51.7 | 57.9 | 60.1 |
| 2019 | 48.8 | 49.8 | 53.9 |
| 2018 | 46.1 | 42.8 | 49.4 |
| 2017 | 43.6 | 36.8 | 46.3 |
| 2016 | 41.2 | 31 | 43.6 |
| 2015 | 38.9 | 25.7 | 39.9 |
| 2014 | 36.7 | 14.8 | 37.4 |
| 2013 | 30 | 13.9 | 35.3 |
| 2012 | 16 | 12.9 | 33.3 |
| 2011 | 9 | 12 | 30.9 |
| 2010 | 6 | 11.6 | 28.4 |
| 2009 | 6.2 | 6.5 | 25.3 |
| 2008 | 6.3 | 5.3 | 22.8 |
| 2007 | 5.3 | 4.8 | 20.2 |
| 2006 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 17.2 |
| 2005 | 3.3 | 4 | 15.6 |
| 2004 | 3.3 | 3.8 | – |
| 2003 | 3.3 | 3.4 | – |
| 2002 | 3.4 | 2.6 | – |
| 2001 | 3.4 | 2.4 | – |
| 2000 | 2.9 | 1.6 | – |
| 1999 | 1.1 | 0.3 | – |
| 1998 | 0.6 | 0.3 | – |
| 1997 | 0.3 | 0.1 | – |
| 1996 | 0.2 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0.1 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – | – |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of people who used the internet in the last three months, from anywhere.
- Source: ITU, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 182 countries with a value in 2024, 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