Botswana
Depression in Botswana
Depression in Botswana: 3.81% in 1990 and 3.97% in 2017, by IHME estimates.
- Latest, 2017
- 3.97%
- Since 1990
- +0.16 percentage points
- Rank, 2017
- 37 of 195
- counting from the highest
- World, 2017
- 3.44%
% of people · IHME
What the numbers say
- The highest was 4.06% in 2004, the lowest 3.81% in 1990.
Every year
% of people · IHME
| Year | Botswana | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 3.97 | 3.44 |
| 2016 | 3.98 | 3.44 |
| 2015 | 3.99 | 3.44 |
| 2014 | 3.99 | 3.44 |
| 2013 | 4 | 3.44 |
| 2012 | 4.01 | 3.44 |
| 2011 | 4.02 | 3.44 |
| 2010 | 4.03 | 3.44 |
| 2009 | 4.03 | 3.45 |
| 2008 | 4.04 | 3.48 |
| 2007 | 4.05 | 3.5 |
| 2006 | 4.06 | 3.52 |
| 2005 | 4.06 | 3.53 |
| 2004 | 4.06 | 3.53 |
| 2003 | 4.06 | 3.53 |
| 2002 | 4.05 | 3.53 |
| 2001 | 4.05 | 3.53 |
| 2000 | 4.04 | 3.53 |
| 1999 | 4.03 | 3.54 |
| 1998 | 4.01 | 3.54 |
| 1997 | 3.98 | 3.54 |
| 1996 | 3.96 | 3.55 |
| 1995 | 3.94 | 3.55 |
| 1994 | 3.91 | 3.55 |
| 1993 | 3.89 | 3.55 |
| 1992 | 3.86 | 3.55 |
| 1991 | 3.84 | 3.55 |
| 1990 | 3.81 | 3.54 |
Good to know
- The share of people living with a depressive disorder, as the Global Burden of Disease study estimates it.
- Source: IHME, Global Burden of Disease, via Our World in Data.
- Ranks count the 195 countries with a value in 2017, 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 in numbers
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Military
- Military spending3.11% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$595M in 2025
- Military spending per person$242 in 2025
- Military share of state spending8.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel9,000 people in 2020
- National power0.02% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.92% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports11 million TIV in 2024