Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Botswana
Botswana: Income inequality vs. GDP per capita was 0.5491 in 2015. ▬ Flat
Latest (2015)
0.5491
World rank
1st
of 120 countries
All-time high
0.6154
in 2002
All-time low
0.5421
in 1985
Years of data
5
1985–2015
Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Botswana, 1985–2015
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Botswana recorded 0.5491 for income inequality vs. gdp per capita in 2015.
The figure is down 10.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Botswana peaked at 0.6154 in 2002 and was at its lowest, 0.5421, in 1985.
Botswana ranks 1st of 120 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.5421 | 0.5421 | 0.5421 | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.6015 | 0.6015 | 0.6015 | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.5923 | 0.5693 | 0.6154 | 2 |
| 2010s | 0.5491 | 0.5491 | 0.5491 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Botswana
More poverty & inequality data for Botswana
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 0 surveys (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 2.73 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 900.4 kg per hectare (2024)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 22.8% (2023)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.49 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 36.0% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1641 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.1469 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.1469 (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.4548 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Botswana?
- Income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Botswana was 0.5491 in 2015, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality vs. gdp per capita recorded in Botswana?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6154 in 2002.
- What is the lowest income inequality vs. gdp per capita recorded in Botswana?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5421 in 1985.
- How does Botswana rank for income inequality vs. gdp per capita?
- Botswana ranks 1st out of 120 countries with data for 2015.
- Is income inequality vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Botswana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Botswana data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Gini coefficient measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality.