Botswana vs Zimbabwe
Botswana vs Zimbabwe: Internet users
Internet users in 2024: 57.5% in Botswana and 41.6% in Zimbabwe, by ITU estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Botswana, by 15.8 percentage points, or 1.38 times that in Zimbabwe.
% of people · ITU
What the numbers say
- Botswana has been higher since 2011, when it overtook Zimbabwe.
- In 2024, Botswana ranked 139 and Zimbabwe ranked 151 of 182 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: 71.2% in 2024.
Every year
% of people · ITU
| Year | Botswana | Zimbabwe | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | – | 73.6 |
| 2024 | 57.5 | 41.6 | 71.2 |
| 2023 | – | 38.7 | 69.2 |
| 2022 | 57.9 | 36.3 | 67 |
| 2021 | 54.7 | 32.6 | 63.8 |
| 2020 | 51.7 | 29.3 | 60.1 |
| 2019 | 48.8 | 26.6 | 53.9 |
| 2018 | 46.1 | 25 | 49.4 |
| 2017 | 43.6 | 24.4 | 46.3 |
| 2016 | 41.2 | 23.1 | 43.6 |
| 2015 | 38.9 | 22.7 | 39.9 |
| 2014 | 36.7 | 16.4 | 37.4 |
| 2013 | 30 | 15.5 | 35.3 |
| 2012 | 16 | 12 | 33.3 |
| 2011 | 9 | 8.4 | 30.9 |
| 2010 | 6 | 6.4 | 28.4 |
| 2009 | 6.2 | 4 | 25.3 |
| 2008 | 6.3 | 3.5 | 22.8 |
| 2007 | 5.3 | 3 | 20.2 |
| 2006 | 4.3 | 2.4 | 17.2 |
| 2005 | 3.3 | 2.4 | 15.6 |
| 2004 | 3.3 | 2.1 | – |
| 2003 | 3.3 | 1.8 | – |
| 2002 | 3.4 | 1.1 | – |
| 2001 | 3.4 | 0.8 | – |
| 2000 | 2.9 | 0.4 | – |
| 1999 | 1.1 | 0.2 | – |
| 1998 | 0.6 | 0.1 | – |
| 1997 | 0.3 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0.2 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0.1 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | – | 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 Zimbabwe
Health
- Life expectancyBotswana: 69.2 years in 2023Zimbabwe: 62.8 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBotswana: 3.3 per 100 live births in 2024Zimbabwe: 6.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBotswana: 28.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023Zimbabwe: 33.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionBotswana: 3.97% in 2017Zimbabwe: 3.19% in 2017
- Suicide rateBotswana: 10 per 100,000 people in 2017Zimbabwe: 26.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBotswana: 2.48 million people in 2023Zimbabwe: 16.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthBotswana: 1.64% a year in 2023Zimbabwe: 1.68% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBotswana: 2.73 births per woman in 2023Zimbabwe: 3.72 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBotswana: 68% in 2025Zimbabwe: 40.5% in 2025
- Median ageBotswana: 22.9 years in 2023Zimbabwe: 17.8 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBotswana: 4% in 2023Zimbabwe: 3.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateBotswana: -2.6 per 1,000 people in 2023Zimbabwe: -6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBotswana: 3.11% of GDP in 2025Zimbabwe: 0.56% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsBotswana: $595M in 2025Zimbabwe: $134M in 2025
- Military spending per personBotswana: $242 in 2025Zimbabwe: $10 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBotswana: 8.9% of government spending in 2025Zimbabwe: 5.3% of government spending in 2005
- Armed forces personnelBotswana: 9,000 people in 2020Zimbabwe: 51,000 people in 2020
- National powerBotswana: 0.02% of world capability in 2022Zimbabwe: 0.08% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBotswana: 0.92% of the labour force in 2020Zimbabwe: 0.88% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBotswana: 11 million TIV in 2024Zimbabwe: 20 million TIV in 2023