Botswana
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| Botswana | |
 Flag of Botswana | |
| Population (In Millions) | 2.01 |
| Human Development Index | 118/169 |
| Gross Domestic Product (In USD Billions - World Bank) | 14.86 |
| Global Peace Index | 35/153 |
| Happy Planet Index | 141/143 |
| Social Institutions and Gender Index | 48/102 |
| Environmental Performance Index | 149/163 |
| Child Mortality Rate | 36.1 |
| More information on variables | |
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Geography
Botswana is is situated in Southern Africa, north of South Africa. It has borders with Namibia for 1360km, South Africa for 1840km and Zimbabwe for 813km. [1]
Quality of Life
UNDP Human Development Report Trends - 2011
According to the United Nations Development Programme, Botswana's HDI is 0.633, which gives the country a rank of 118 out of 187 countries with comparable data. The HDI of Sub-Saharan Africa as a region increased from 0.365 in 1980 to 0.463 today, placing Botswana above the regional average. [2].
Botswana's HDI breaks as follow:
Health: 0.523
Education: 0.693
Income: 0.698
Jobs and Earnings
Civic Engagement and Governance
According to the 2011 [[Global Peace Index], Botswana's peace rank is 35 out of 153 countries surveyed[3] with a score of 3 and classified as a "free" electoral democracy. Furthermore, Botswana with a score of 6.1 is perceived as the least corrupted African country, according to the 2011 Transparency International report [4].
Official Statistics
Central Statistics Office: Central Statistics Office
Happiness in Botswana
This is an overview of findings on [5].The available findings are presented in the latest ‘Nation Report’ on Botswana [6]. This report is ordered by type of happiness questions and within these types by year. This ordering is to facilitate the assessment of progress, comparison over time being most fruitful using the same questions.
The report presents means and standard deviations, both on the original scale range and transformed to a common range 0-10. The means inform about the level of happiness in the country and the standard deviations about inequality of happiness.
Links provide more detail about the precise text of the question, the full distribution of responses and technical details of the survey. The report is continuously updated.
