Key Indicators
Income Group Upper middle income
Regional Group Africa
Population (Total) 2,351,625
GDP per capita, PPP (current international $) 15,471

Performance Overview

ISO3

BWA

Country

Botswana

Score

37.72

Rank

108

Technology

35.86

People

31.66

Governance

46.41

Impact

36.93

Pillar: Technology Score: 35.86Rank: 93
SCORERANK

Access

59.04 79

1. Mobile tariffs

50.3878

2. Handset prices

72.7930

3. FTTH/building Internet subscriptions

3.05101

4. Population covered by at least a 3G mobile network

99.3575

5. International Internet bandwidth

69.6476

6. Internet access in schools

n/an/a

Content

25.85 102

1. GitHub commits

1.20106

2. Internet domain registrations

1.5386

3. Mobile apps development

63.08100

4. AI scientific publications

37.6070

Future technologies

22.69 101

1. Adoption of emerging technologies

26.73108

2. Investment in emerging technologies

30.7596

3. Robot density

n/an/a

4. Computer software spending

10.5885
Pillar: People Score: 31.66Rank: 101
SCORERANK

Individuals

38.81 93

1. Active Mobile Broadband Subscriptions Count

1.6994

2. ICT skills in the education system

47.6361

3. Use of virtual social networks

45.0895

4. Tertiary enrollment

16.6088

5. Adult literacy rate

83.0770

6. AI talent concentration

n/an/a

Businesses

31.13 98

1. Firms with website

31.3193

2. GERD financed by business enterprise

21.8369

3. Knowledge intensive employment

28.6576

4. Annual investment in telecommunication services

71.3695

5. GERD performed by business enterprise

2.4963

Governments

25.04 110

1. Government online services

34.55116

2. Publication and use of open data

5.8897

3. Government promotion of investment in emerging tech

29.5791

4. R&D expenditure by governments and higher education

30.1857
Pillar: Governance Score: 46.41Rank: 99
SCORERANK

Trust

34.27 90

1. Secure internet servers

44.4985

2. Cybersecurity

52.2392

3. Online access to financial account

36.2149

4. Internet shopping

4.14101

Regulation

63.34 68

1. Regulatory quality

52.2752

2. ICT regulatory environment

67.6599

3. Regulation of emerging technologies

21.32102

4. E-commerce legislation

100.001

5. Privacy protection by law content

75.4738

Inclusion

41.63 113

1. E-Participation

34.56113

2. Socioeconomic gap in use of digital payments

39.83112

3. Availability of local online content

23.56121

4. Gender gap in Internet use

47.7794

5. Rural gap in uses of digital payments

62.4567
Pillar: Impact Score: 36.93Rank: 119
SCORERANK

Economy

12.83 125

1. High-tech and medium-high-tech manufacturing

n/an/a

2. High-tech exports

6.1994

3. PCT patent applications

2.8769

4. Domestic market size

35.72109

5. Prevalence of gig economy

11.92118

6. ICT services exports

7.46111

Quality of life

39.31 123

1. Happiness

23.01123

2. Freedom to make life choices

77.5554

3. Income inequality

24.37111

4. Healthy life expectancy at birth

32.31124

SDG Contribution

58.65 85

1. SDG 3: Good Health and Well-Being

41.65105

2. SDG 4: Quality Education

n/an/a

3. SDG 5: Women's economic opportunity

49.12115

4. SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy

88.5527

4. SDDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

55.2981

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