Botswana vs Namibia
Botswana vs Namibia: National power
National power in 2022: 0.02% of world capability in Botswana and 0.02% of world capability in Namibia, by Correlates of War estimates. In 2022 the value was higher in Namibia, by 0 percentage points, or 1.01 times that in Botswana.
% of world capability · Correlates of War
What the numbers say
- Namibia has been higher since 2021, when it overtook Botswana.
- In 2022, Botswana ranked 147 and Namibia ranked 146 of 195 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of world capability · Correlates of War
| Year | Botswana | Namibia |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.02 | 0.02 |
| 2021 | 0.02 | 0.02 |
| 2020 | 0.02 | 0.02 |
| 2019 | 0.02 | 0.02 |
| 2018 | 0.02 | 0.02 |
| 2017 | 0.02 | 0.02 |
| 2016 | 0.02 | 0.02 |
| 2015 | 0.02 | 0.02 |
| 2014 | 0.02 | 0.02 |
| 2013 | 0.02 | 0.02 |
| 2012 | 0.02 | 0.02 |
| 2011 | 0.02 | 0.02 |
| 2010 | 0.02 | 0.02 |
| 2009 | 0.02 | 0.02 |
| 2008 | 0.02 | 0.02 |
| 2007 | 0.02 | 0.02 |
| 2006 | 0.02 | 0.02 |
| 2005 | 0.02 | 0.02 |
| 2004 | 0.02 | 0.02 |
| 2003 | 0.02 | 0.02 |
| 2002 | 0.02 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 0.02 | 0.02 |
| 2000 | 0.02 | 0.02 |
| 1999 | 0.02 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 0.02 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 0.02 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 0.02 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 0.02 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 0.02 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 0.02 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 0.02 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 0.01 | 0.02 |
| 1989 | 0.01 | – |
| 1988 | 0.01 | – |
| 1987 | 0.01 | – |
| 1986 | 0.01 | – |
| 1985 | 0.01 | – |
| 1984 | 0.01 | – |
| 1983 | 0.01 | – |
| 1982 | 0.01 | – |
| 1981 | 0.01 | – |
| 1980 | 0.01 | – |
| 1979 | 0.01 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The Correlates of War’s Composite Index of National Capability: the country’s share of the world’s military spending, soldiers, iron and steel, energy use, people and city dwellers, averaged.
- Source: Correlates of War Project, National Material Capabilities v7.0; Singer, Bremer and Stuckey (1972), “Capability Distribution, Uncertainty, and Major Power War, 1820–1965”, in Bruce Russett (ed.), Peace, War, and Numbers, Sage, 19–48.
- Ranks count the 195 countries with a value in 2022, highest first.
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
- 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