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POVERTY and SOCIAL Saharan middle-
Development diamond*
Botswana Africa income
2008
Population, mid-year (millions) 1.9 818 949
Life expectancy
GNI per capita (Atlas method, US$) 6,640 1,082 7,878
GNI (Atlas method, US$ billions) 12.8 885 7,472
Average annual growth, 2002-08
Population (%) 1.3 2.5 0.8
GNI Gross
Labor force (%) 2.2 2.8 1.7
per primary
Most recent estimate (latest year available, 2002-08) capita enrollment
Poverty (% of population below national poverty line) .. .. ..
Urban population (% of total population) 57 36 75
Life expectancy at birth (years) 54 52 71
Infant mortality (per 1,000 live births) 26 89 21
Child malnutrition (% of children under 5) .. 27 .. Access to improved water source
Access to an improved water source (% of population) 96 58 94
Literacy (% of population age 15+) 83 62 94
Gross primary enrollment (% of school-age population) 110 98 110 Botswana
Male 111 103 112 Upper-middle-income group
Female 109 93 108
TRADE
1988 1998 2007 2008
Export and import levels (US$ mill.)
(US$ millions)
Total exports (fob) .. 2,073 5,028 5,160 6,000
Diamonds .. 1,446 3,359 3,358 5,000
Copper and nickel .. 74 905 929
4,000
Manufactures .. 298 378 388
3,000
Total imports (cif) .. 2,251 3,916 5,291
Food .. 295 544 735 2,000
02 03 04 05 06 07 08
Export price index (2000=100) .. 94 .. ..
Import price index (2000=100) .. 77 .. .. Exports Imports
Terms of trade (2000=100) .. 123 .. ..
BALANCE of PAYMENTS
1988 1998 2007 2008
Current account balance to GDP (%)
(US$ millions)
Exports of goods and services 1,579 2,373 5,904 5,647 20
Imports of goods and services 1,226 2,529 4,474 5,651
Resource balance 354 -156 1,430 -4 15
Note: This table was produced from the Development Economics LDB database. 12/9/09