Africa · Capital Gaborone

Botswana

Botswana's best placing is 5th of 194 for forest per person.

Best placing: #5Forest per person
Top 10 placings: 2 / 16
Population: 2.6 million
Land area: 566,730 km²

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Best placings first. The bar shows how far up the ranking Botswana is.

Forest per person

#5 of 194

0.0582 km² of forest per person

World Bank · 2023

Land area per person

#8 of 194

0.221 km² of land per person

World Bank · 2023

Airports per person

#19 of 192

47.62 airports per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Airports

#42 of 193

122 airports

7th in Africa · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Forest

#44 of 194

148,998 km² of forest

15th in Africa · World Bank · 2023

Land area

#47 of 194

566,730 km² of land

23rd in Africa · World Bank · 2023

Railways per person

#43 of 134

346.59 km of railway per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2014

GDP per person

#91 of 182

7,778 GDP per person (US$)

World Bank · 2025

Forest by area

#107 of 194

26.3 % of land area covered by forest

World Bank · 2023

Airports by area

#125 of 191

2.15 airports per 10,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Railways

#94 of 135

888 km of railway

21st in Africa · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2014

GDP

#128 of 182

19,928,479,839 US$ (current prices)

29th in Africa · World Bank · 2025

Population

#141 of 195

2,562,122 people

44th in Africa · World Bank · 2025

Rainfall

#148 of 179

416 mm of precipitation per year

39th in Africa · World Bank · 2022

Railways by area

#119 of 133

1.57 km of railway per 1,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2014

Population by area

#187 of 194

4.52 people per km²

World Bank · 2025

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