🇧🇼 Botswana Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

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🇧🇼 Botswana BW / BWA #47

Nomad Score 51.0

Cities 6

Region African Union, Africa, Africa, Southern Africa, Developing Countries

Currency BWP

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Unitary Parliamentary republics with an executive presidency

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 58/100

Press Freedom (2025) 57.6/100 #81

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.665

HDI 0.731

Regional Blocs AU

🏛 WORLD GOVERNANCE INDICATORS

Political Stability (2023) 87th pct

Rule of Law (2023) 61th pct

Corruption Control (2023) 74th pct

Govt Effectiveness (2023) 67th pct

Regulatory Quality (2023) 67th pct

Voice & Accountability (2023) 63th pct

Source: World Bank Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI). Percentile rank among all countries (0=lowest, 100=highest).

🛡 SAFETY & SECURITY

Homicide Rate (2021) 11.4/100k

Traffic Deaths (2019) 26.4/100k

Military Spending (2024) 2.8% of GDP

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Unitary Parliamentary republics with an executive presidency

Title	Name
President of Botswana	Duma Boko
Vice-President of Botswana	Ndaba Gaolathe

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 58 / 100

Interpretation Moderate corruption

Source: Transparency International / Corruption Insights API. Higher scores = less corruption.

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 57.6 / 100

Global Rank #81 / 180

Rank Change -2 vs previous year

RSF Zone Afrique

Political #71 50.9

Economic #103 39.2

Legal #112 54.1

Social #59 68.2

Safety #96 75.9

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Higher scores = better press freedom.

📊 PRESS FREEDOM DIMENSIONS

Five dimensions of press freedom tracked over time. Higher = better.

🗳 DEMOCRACY INDEX

Electoral (2025) 0.665

Liberal 0.520

Participatory 0.369

Deliberative 0.350

Egalitarian 0.480

Source: V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy), CC-BY-SA. Scale: 0 (least democratic) to 1 (most democratic).

📋 PRESS FREEDOM HISTORICAL DATA

Year	Score	Rank	Political	Economic	Legal	Social	Safety
2025	57.6	81	50.9	39.2	54.1	68.2	75.9
2024	59.8	79	49.9	42.6	57.3	69.6	79.6
2023	64.6	65	55.6	50.4	58.1	78.8	80.1
2022	58.5	95	57.0	37.2	56.4	69.8	72.1
2021	76.8	38	-	-	-	-	93.1
2020	76.4	39	-	-	-	-	100.0
2019	74.9	44	-	-	-	-	41.1
2018	74.7	48	-	-	-	-	89.0
2017	75.1	48	-	-	-	-	100.0
2016	77.1	43	-	-	-	-	93.1
2015	77.1	42	-	-	-	-	93.1
2014	77.1	41	-	-	-	-	-
2013	77.1	40	-	-	-	-	-
2012	12.0	43	-	-	-	-	-
2010	17.5	62	-	-	-	-	-
2009	15.5	62	-	-	-	-	-
2008	14.0	66	-	-	-	-	-
2007	23.5	75	-	-	-	-	-
2006	13.0	53	-	-	-	-	-
2005	14.0	60	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index