WORLDHEALTHRANKINGS
live longer live better
HOME ABOUT US
OUR PURPOSE OUR WORLD
WORLD HEALTH RANKINGS RESEARCH AND FEATURES USA HEALTH RANKINGS LIFEX NEWS   DONATE    CONTACT US SITEMAP

GLOBAL HEALTH INDEX

RETURN WORLD HEALTH MENU
RETURN WORLD HEALTH MENU
Botswana
Botswana
Botswana
Use the drop down below to select a country to compare.


LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Botswana
BOTSWANA		        
  		     
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  Male Female All M F All   Male Female All M F All
1960
48.9
52.5
50.7
95
91
92
  
68.2
74.2
71.1
9
4
9
1970
53.0
56.7
54.8
100
98
98
  
68.9
75.2
72.0
13
9
9
1980
58.5
62.6
60.5
101
102
101
  
70.7
76.8
73.7
16
14
17
1990
60.5
65.6
63.0
118
116
116
  
73.1
78.8
75.9
17
17
16
2000
47.4
50.5
48.9
165
164
164
  
75.4
80.2
77.7
19
23
22
2010
61.1
60.8
60.9
140
151
147
  
77.8
82.1
79.9
14
24
16
 
 
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
 
  Botswana
BOTSWANA		      
   
      World Rank       World Rank
  Male Female M F   Male Female M F
At Birth
61.1
60.8
140
151
  
77.8
82.1
14
24
Age 6
63.8
66.2
158
166
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 11
64.3
66.7
158
165
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 16
64.8
67.1
157
166
  
79.5
83.7
21
28
Age 21
65.1
67.4
157
166
  
79.7
83.8
21
28
Age 26
65.7
68.0
157
166
  
79.9
83.8
21
28
Age 31
66.6
69.2
156
166
  
80.1
83.9
21
28
Age 36
67.9
71.2
156
163
  
80.3
84.0
21
29
Age 41
69.6
73.4
152
153
  
80.6
84.2
20
27
Age 46
71.5
75.2
145
143
  
81.0
84.4
20
28
Age 51
73.3
76.6
137
132
  
81.4
84.8
20
27
Age 56
74.9
77.8
128
130
  
82.0
85.2
20
27
Age 61
76.7
79.0
126
132
  
82.8
85.8
20
26
Age 66
78.6
80.5
123
133
  
83.8
86.5
23
25
Age 71
80.9
82.2
124
132
  
85.2
87.5
26
31
Age 76
83.5
84.5
132
130
  
86.9
88.8
26
32
Age 81
86.6
87.2
133
135
  
89.0
90.5
31
32
Age 86
90.1
90.5
139
133
  
91.8
92.8
38
33
Age 91
94.0
94.2
139
143
  
95.0
95.7
44
35
Age 96
98.2
98.3
159
179
  
98.8
99.2
46
37
Age 101
102.7
102.8
180
149
  
103.0
103.2
58
48
 
 
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Botswana
BOTSWANA		  
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 HIV/AIDS
466.01
6
  
0.40
137
2 Stroke
111.85
81
  
36.89
160
3 Coronary Heart Disease
93.38
123
  
68.80
155
4 Influenza & Pneumonia
91.65
54
  
23.69
125
5 Tuberculosis
55.79
32
  
0.41
170
6 Diabetes Mellitus
42.37
75
  
5.04
185
7 Diarrhoeal diseases
37.33
51
  
1.95
119
8 Lung Disease
32.13
71
  
21.47
98
9 Road Traffic Accidents
26.61
42
  
4.77
180
10 Violence
25.35
25
  
1.14
160
11 Other Injuries
22.66
31
  
5.54
170
12 Asthma
20.29
20
  
1.09
153
13 Low Birth Weight
19.23
43
  
3.39
144
14 Hypertension
18.90
129
  
3.67
183
15 Kidney Disease
18.80
83
  
3.23
185
16 Endocrine Disorders
14.40
53
  
3.13
147
17 Suicide
12.23
42
  
6.90
101
18 Inflammatory/Heart
11.49
60
  
2.97
152
19 Congenital Anomalies
10.75
13
  
3.68
164
20 Breast Cancer
9.09
170
  
23.62
20
21 Birth Trauma
9.02
58
  
0.64
166
22 Schistosomiasis
8.60
16
  
0.00
64
23 Meningitis
8.17
44
  
0.41
149
24 Poisonings
7.89
25
  
2.81
89
25 Oesophagus Cancer
7.86
28
  
7.62
30
26 Cervical Cancer
7.71
69
  
1.38
161
27 Epilepsy
6.90
34
  
1.57
104
28 Alzheimers/Dementia
6.64
79
  
17.08
14
29 Liver Disease
5.73
153
  
9.48
96
30 Falls
5.54
51
  
3.51
109
31 Peptic Ulcer Disease
5.52
62
  
2.54
123
32 Fires
5.28
31
  
0.45
158
33 Maternal Conditions
5.15
57
  
0.15
151
34 Lymphomas
4.80
108
  
7.35
36
35 Anaemia
4.54
63
  
0.15
171
36 Skin Disease
3.64
71
  
1.50
104
37 Oral Cancer
3.51
74
  
2.39
113
38 Prostate Cancer
3.38
148
  
8.21
58
39 Other Neoplasms
3.34
78
  
2.95
92
40 Liver Cancer
3.09
163
  
3.07
164
41 Malnutrition
2.74
89
  
0.07
172
42 Lung Cancers
2.47
165
  
30.98
18
43 Colon-Rectum Cancers
2.11
189
  
15.49
33
44 Drownings
1.45
148
  
0.35
187
45 Parkinson Disease
1.41
113
  
3.48
8
46 Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.30
107
  
0.90
140
47 Leukemia
1.09
183
  
4.39
63
48 Ovary Cancer
1.01
179
  
3.96
20
49 Syphilis
0.95
57
  
0.00
147
50 Malaria
0.95
56
  
0.01
104
 
 
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
 
  Botswana
BOTSWANA		  
  Deaths %   Deaths %
1 HIV/AIDS
7,844
44.93
  
266
0.06
2 Stroke
1,010
5.79
  
55,919
11.98
3 Influenza & Pneumonia
927
5.31
  
37,348
8.00
4 Coronary Heart Disease
849
4.86
  
92,299
19.77
5 Tuberculosis
779
4.46
  
443
0.09
6 Low Birth Weight
482
2.76
  
1,386
0.30
7 Diarrhoeal diseases
444
2.54
  
3,081
0.66
8 Violence
443
2.54
  
703
0.15
9 Diabetes Mellitus
401
2.30
  
6,682
1.43
10 Road Traffic Accidents
401
2.30
  
3,073
0.66
11 Other Injuries
383
2.19
  
6,029
1.29
12 Lung Disease
299
1.71
  
29,069
6.23
13 Congenital Anomalies
261
1.50
  
1,950
0.42
14 Birth Trauma
226
1.29
  
262
0.06
15 Asthma
219
1.25
  
1,260
0.27
16 Kidney Disease
194
1.11
  
4,804
1.03
17 Hypertension
169
0.97
  
5,191
1.11
18 Endocrine Disorders
166
0.95
  
3,056
0.65
19 Meningitis
165
0.95
  
278
0.06
20 Suicide
161
0.92
  
4,660
1.00
21 Inflammatory/Heart
125
0.72
  
3,014
0.65
22 Schistosomiasis
114
0.65
  
1
0.00
23 Poisonings
107
0.61
  
1,805
0.39
24 Epilepsy
96
0.55
  
1,201
0.26
25 Maternal Conditions
93
0.53
  
81
0.02
26 Cervical Cancer
83
0.48
  
1,322
0.28
27 Fires
82
0.47
  
380
0.08
28 Lymphomas
71
0.41
  
8,744
1.87
29 Oesophagus Cancer
71
0.41
  
8,762
1.88
30 Liver Disease
62
0.36
  
7,767
1.66
31 Peptic Ulcer Disease
56
0.32
  
3,294
0.71
32 Falls
53
0.30
  
4,450
0.95
33 Breast Cancer
53
0.30
  
14,343
3.07
34 Alzheimers/Dementia
50
0.29
  
29,116
6.24
35 Anaemia
41
0.23
  
260
0.06
36 Other Neoplasms
39
0.22
  
3,829
0.82
37 Malnutrition
38
0.22
  
85
0.02
38 Skin Disease
35
0.20
  
2,188
0.47
39 Oral Cancer
33
0.19
  
2,428
0.52
40 Liver Cancer
31
0.18
  
3,470
0.74
41 Prostate Cancer
27
0.15
  
11,508
2.46
42 Drownings
27
0.15
  
233
0.05
43 Lung Cancers
24
0.14
  
35,845
7.68
44 Colon-Rectum Cancers
23
0.13
  
18,951
4.06
45 Malaria
19
0.11
  
5
0.00
46 Leukemia
19
0.11
  
5,077
1.09
47 Rheumatic Heart Disease
19
0.11
  
1,204
0.26
48 Syphilis
12
0.07
  
3
0.00
49 Parkinson Disease
11
0.06
  
5,348
1.15
50 Trypanosomiasis
11
0.06
  
0
0.00
 
 
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Botswana
BOTSWANA		  
  Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 Breast Cancer
9.09
170
  
23.62
20
2 Oesophagus Cancer
7.86
28
  
7.62
30
3 Cervical Cancer
7.71
69
  
1.38
161
4 Lymphomas
4.80
108
  
7.35
36
5 Oral Cancer
3.51
74
  
2.39
113
6 Prostate Cancer
3.38
148
  
8.21
58
7 Other Neoplasms
3.34
78
  
2.95
92
8 Liver Cancer
3.09
163
  
3.07
164
9 Lung Cancers
2.47
165
  
30.98
18
10 Colon-Rectum Cancers
2.11
189
  
15.49
33
11 Leukemia
1.09
183
  
4.39
63
12 Ovary Cancer
1.01
179
  
3.96
20
13 Skin Cancers
0.80
126
  
2.74
32
14 Pancreas Cancer
0.78
176
  
6.81
39
15 Uterin Cancer
0.60
131
  
1.53
64
16 Stomach Cancer
0.46
192
  
4.81
130
17 Bladder Cancer
0.30
189
  
4.27
28
 
 
DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY
 
  Botswana
BOTSWANA		  
  Value World Rank   Value World Rank
Population Total
1,990,876
141
 
61,113,205
22
Sex Ratio M / F
1.00
79
 
0.98
125
Population 0-14
34.8 %
68
 
16.7 %
158
Population 15-64
61.4 %
125
 
67.1 %
64
Population 65 +
3.9 %
130
 
16.2 %
23
Birth Rate / 1000
22.89
75
 
10.65
155
Death Rate / 1000
8.52
86
 
10.02
61
Fertulity Rate
2.60
82
 
1.66
153
Infant Mortality
12.59
130
 
4.85
167
Sex Ratio At Birth M / F
1.03
185
 
1.05
130
Sex Ratio Under 15 M / F
1.04
123
 
1.05
77
Sex Ratio 15-64 M / F
1.01
84
 
1.03
46
Sex Ratio 65 + M / F
0.68
154
 
0.76
105
Net Migrattion
5.00
14
 
2.16
29
Population Growth
1.94
55
 
0.28
152
Literacy Total
81.2
126
 
99.0
41
Literacy Male
80.4
131
 
99.0
50
Literacy Female
81.8
109
 
99.0
41
Unemployment
7.5
88
 
5.5
113
LIFE EXPECTANCY / BIRTH
60.9
147
  
79.9
16
HEALTHY LIFE EXPECTANCY
49.0
161
  
72.0
27
GDP PER CAPITA USD
$13,300
65
  
$36,600
23
 

FOLLOW US

EXERCISE CALORIES BURNED

SEX ADDS YEARS TO LIFE

DYING OF A BROKEN HEART

New Data

WORLD HEALTH RANKINGS

USA

TOP 15 CAUSES OF DEATH

RUSSIA'S POISON PROBLEM

Your Brain Surfing the Net

BOYS WITHOUT GIRLS

World

TOTAL DEATHS BY COUNTRY

Age and Gender

USA CAUSES OF DEATH

New Data

LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY

New Data

HEALTHY LIFE EXPECTANCY

World Alcohol Rankings

LIVE CAUSE OF DEATH

UNEMPLOYMENT DEATHS

SURVIVING DIFFICULT TIMES

BRAIN TOUR

EMAIL UPDATES:
Keep Your Research Current
Sign Up Now!