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{
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"Introduction": {
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"Background": {
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"text": "Formerly the British protectorate of Bechuanaland, Botswana adopted its new name at independence in 1966. More than four decades of uninterrupted civilian leadership, progressive social policies, and significant capital investment have created one of the most stable economies in Africa. Mineral extraction, principally diamond mining, dominates economic activity, though tourism is a growing sector due to the country's conservation practices and extensive nature preserves. Botswana has one of the world's highest known rates of HIV/AIDS infection, but also one of Africa's most progressive and comprehensive programs for dealing with the disease."
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"text": "Formerly the British protectorate of Bechuanaland, Botswana adopted its new name at independence in 1966. More than four decades of uninterrupted civilian leadership, progressive social policies, and significant capital investment have created one of the most stable economies in Africa. The ruling Botswana Democratic Party has won every election since independence; President Ian KHAMA was reelected for a second term in 2014. Mineral extraction, principally diamond mining, dominates economic activity, though tourism is a growing sector due to the country's conservation practices and extensive nature preserves. Botswana has one of the world's highest known rates of HIV/AIDS infection, but also one of Africa's most progressive and comprehensive programs for dealing with the disease."
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}
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},
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"Geography": {
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"Terrain": {
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"text": "predominantly flat to gently rolling tableland; Kalahari Desert in southwest"
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},
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"Elevation extremes": {
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"lowest point": {
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"text": "junction of the Limpopo and Shashe Rivers 513 m"
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"Elevation": {
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"mean elevation": {
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"text": "1,013 m"
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},
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"highest point": {
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"text": "Tsodilo Hills 1,489 m"
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"elevation extremes": {
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"text": "lowest point: junction of the Limpopo and Shashe Rivers 513 m ++ highest point: Tsodilo Hills 1,489 m"
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}
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},
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"Natural resources": {
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}
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},
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"Irrigated land": {
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"text": "14.39 sq km (2003)"
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},
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"Total renewable water resources": {
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"text": "12.24 cu km (2011)"
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},
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"Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural)": {
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"total": {
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"text": "0.19 cu km/yr (42%/19%/39%)"
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},
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"per capita": {
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"text": "107.3 cu m/yr (2005)"
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}
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"text": "20 sq km (2012)"
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},
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"Natural hazards": {
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"text": "periodic droughts; seasonal August winds blow from the west, carrying sand and dust across the country, which can obscure visibility"
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}
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},
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"People and Society": {
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"Population": {
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"text": "2,209,208",
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"note": {
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"text": "estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2016 est.)"
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}
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},
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"Nationality": {
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"noun": {
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"text": "Motswana (singular), Batswana (plural)"
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"text": "Tswana (or Setswana) 79%, Kalanga 11%, Basarwa 3%, other, including Kgalagadi and white 7%"
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},
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"Languages": {
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"text": "Setswana 78.2%, Kalanga 7.9%, Sekgalagadi 2.8%, English (official) 2.1%, Sesarwa 1.9%, Sempukushu 1.7%, other 5.1%, unspecified 0.2% (2001 est.)"
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"text": "Setswana 77.3%, Sekalanga 7.4%, Shekgalagadi 3.4%, English (official) 2.8%, Zezuru/Shona 2%, Sesarwa 1.7%, Sembukushu 1.6%, Ndebele 1%, other 2.8% (2011 est.)"
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},
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"Religions": {
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"text": "Christian 71.6%, Badimo 6%, other 1.4% (includes Baha'i, Hindu, Muslim), unspecified 0.4%, none 20.6% (2001 est.)"
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"text": "Christian 79.1%, Badimo 4.1%, other 1.4% (includes Baha'i, Hindu, Muslim, Rastafarian), none 15.2%, unspecified 0.3% (2011 est.)"
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},
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"Population": {
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"text": "2,182,719",
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"note": {
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"text": "estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2015 est.)"
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}
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"Demographic profile": {
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"text": "Botswana has experienced one of the most rapid declines in fertility in sub-Saharan Africa. The total fertility rate has fallen from more than 5 children per woman in the mid 1980s to approximately 2.4 in 2013. The fertility reduction has been attributed to a host of factors, including higher educational attainment among women, greater participation of women in the workforce, increased contraceptive use, later first births, and a strong national family planning program. Botswana was making significant progress in several health indicators, including life expectancy and infant and child mortality rates, until being devastated by the HIV/AIDs epidemic in the 1990s. Today Botswana has the third highest HIV/AIDS prevalence rate in the world at approximately 22%, however comprehensive and effective treatment programs have reduced HIV/AIDS-related deaths. The combination of declining fertility and increasing mortality rates because of HIV/AIDS is slowing the population aging process, with a narrowing of the youngest age groups and little expansion of the oldest age groups. Nevertheless, having the bulk of its population (about 60%) of working age will only yield economic benefits if the labor force is healthy, educated, and productively employed. Batswana have been working as contract miners in South Africa since the 19th century. Although Botswana’s economy improved shortly after independence in 1966 with the discovery of diamonds and other minerals, its lingering high poverty rate and lack of job opportunities continued to push workers to seek mining work in southern African countries. In the early 1970s, about a third of Botswana’s male labor force worked in South Africa (lesser numbers went to Namibia and Zimbabwe). Not until the 1980s and 1990s, when South African mining companies had reduced their recruitment of foreign workers and Botswana’s economic prospects had improved, were Batswana increasingly able to find job opportunities at home. Most Batswana prefer life in their home country and choose cross-border migration on a temporary basis only for work, shopping, visiting family, or tourism. Since the 1970s, Botswana has pursued an open migration policy enabling it to recruit thousands of foreign workers to fill skilled labor shortages. In the late 1990s, Botswana’s prosperity and political stability attracted not only skilled workers but small numbers of refugees from neighboring Angola, Namibia, and Zimbabwe."
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},
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"Age structure": {
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"0-14 years": {
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"text": "32.66% (male 363,264/female 349,517)"
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"text": "32.4% (male 364,807/female 350,888)"
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},
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"15-24 years": {
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"text": "21.49% (male 233,090/female 235,894)"
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"text": "21.32% (male 234,251/female 236,650)"
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},
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"25-54 years": {
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"text": "37.31% (male 433,246/female 381,151)"
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"text": "37.61% (male 444,290/female 386,622)"
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},
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"55-64 years": {
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"text": "4.48% (male 43,604/female 54,261)"
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"text": "4.55% (male 45,186/female 55,272)"
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},
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"65 years and over": {
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"text": "4.06% (male 35,346/female 53,346) (2015 est.)"
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},
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"population pyramid": {
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"text": null
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"text": "4.13% (male 36,216/female 55,026) (2016 est.)"
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}
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},
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"Dependency ratios": {
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},
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"Median age": {
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"total": {
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"text": "23.1 years"
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"text": "23.2 years"
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},
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"male": {
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"text": "23.1 years"
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"text": "23.4 years"
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},
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"female": {
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"text": "23 years (2015 est.)"
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"text": "23.1 years (2016 est.)"
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}
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},
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"Population growth rate": {
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"text": "1.21% (2015 est.)"
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"text": "1.19% (2016 est.)"
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},
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"Birth rate": {
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"text": "20.96 births/1,000 population (2015 est.)"
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"text": "20.7 births/1,000 population (2016 est.)"
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},
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"Death rate": {
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"text": "13.39 deaths/1,000 population (2015 est.)"
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"text": "13.3 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.)"
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},
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"Net migration rate": {
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"text": "4.56 migrant(s)/1,000 population",
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"note": {
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"text": "there is an increasing flow of Zimbabweans into South Africa and Botswana in search of better economic opportunities (2015 est.)"
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}
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"text": "4.5 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.)"
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},
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"Urbanization": {
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"urban population": {
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"text": "0.99 male(s)/female"
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},
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"25-54 years": {
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"text": "1.14 male(s)/female"
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"text": "1.15 male(s)/female"
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},
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"55-64 years": {
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"text": "0.8 male(s)/female"
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"text": "0.82 male(s)/female"
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},
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"65 years and over": {
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"text": "0.66 male(s)/female"
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},
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"total population": {
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"text": "1.03 male(s)/female (2015 est.)"
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"text": "1.04 male(s)/female (2016 est.)"
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}
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},
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"Mother's mean age at first birth": {
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"text": "19 (2007 est.)"
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},
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"Maternal mortality rate": {
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"text": "129 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)"
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},
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"Infant mortality rate": {
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"total": {
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"text": "8.93 deaths/1,000 live births"
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"text": "8.6 deaths/1,000 live births"
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"male": {
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"text": "9.26 deaths/1,000 live births"
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"text": "8.9 deaths/1,000 live births"
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},
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"female": {
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"text": "8.59 deaths/1,000 live births (2015 est.)"
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"text": "8.3 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.)"
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}
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},
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"Life expectancy at birth": {
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"total population": {
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"text": "54.18 years"
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"text": "54.5 years"
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"male": {
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"text": "55.97 years"
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"text": "56.3 years"
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},
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"female": {
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"text": "52.33 years (2015 est.)"
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"text": "52.6 years (2016 est.)"
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},
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"Total fertility rate": {
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"text": "2.33 children born/woman (2015 est.)"
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"text": "2.3 children born/woman (2016 est.)"
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"Contraceptive prevalence rate": {
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"text": "52.8%",
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"Health expenditures": {
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"text": "5.4% of GDP (2013)"
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"text": "5.4% of GDP (2014)"
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"Physicians density": {
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"HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate": {
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"text": "25.16% (2014 est.)"
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"text": "22.21% (2015 est.)"
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"HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS": {
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"text": "392,400 (2014 est.)"
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"text": "348,900 (2015 est.)"
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"HIV/AIDS - deaths": {
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"text": "5,100 (2014 est.)"
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"text": "3,200 (2015 est.)"
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"School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": {
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"Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": {
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"total": {
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"male": {
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"etymology": {
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"text": "the name Botswana means \"Land of the Tswana\" - referring to the country's major ethnic group"
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"text": "Independence Day (Botswana Day), 30 September (1966)"
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"Constitution": {
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"text": "previous 1960 (preindependence); latest adopted March 1965, effective 30 September 1966; amended several times, last in 2006 (2015)"
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"text": "previous 1960 (preindependence); latest adopted March 1965, effective 30 September 1966; amended several times, last in 2006 (2016)"
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"Legal system": {
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"Citizenship": {
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"citizenship by birth": {
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"citizenship by descent only": {
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"Executive branch": {
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"chief of state": {
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"text": "President Seretse Khama Ian KHAMA (since 1 April 2008); Vice President Ponatshego KEDIKILWE (since 2 August 2012); note - the president is both chief of state and head of government"
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"text": "President Seretse Khama Ian KHAMA (since 1 April 2008); Vice President Mokgweetsi Eric MASISI (since 12 November 2014); note - the president is both chief of state and head of government"
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"head of government": {
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"text": "President Seretse Khama Ian KHAMA (since 1 April 2008); Vice President Ponatshego KEDIKILWE (since 2 August 2012)"
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"text": "President Seretse Khama Ian KHAMA (since 1 April 2008); Vice President Mokgweetsi Eric MASISI (since 12 November 2014)"
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"cabinet": {
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"text": "Cabinet appointed by the president"
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"elections/appointments": {
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"text": "president indirectly elected by the National Assembly for a 5-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held on 20 October 2009 (next to be held in October 2014); vice president appointed by the president"
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"text": "president indirectly elected by the National Assembly for a 5-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held on 24 October 2014 (next to be held in October 2019); vice president appointed by the president"
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"text": "Seretse Khama Ian KHAMA elected president; percent of National Assembly vote - NA"
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"text": "Court of Appeal and High Court chief justices appointed by the president and other judges appointed by the president upon the advice of the Judicial Service Commission; all judges appointed to serve until age 70"
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"text": "Industrial Court (with circuits scheduled monthly in the capital city and in 3 districts); Magistrates Courts (1 in each district); Customary Court of Appeal; Paramount Chief's Court/Urban Customary Court; Senior Chief's Representative Court; Chief's Representative’s Court; Headman's Court "
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"text": "Industrial Court (with circuits scheduled monthly in the capital city and in 3 districts); Magistrates Courts (1 in each district); Customary Court of Appeal; Paramount Chief's Court/Urban Customary Court; Senior Chief's Representative Court; Chief's Representative’s Court; Headman's Court"
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"text": "[1] (202) 244-4164"
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"text": "Atlanta"
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"text": "Botswana's diamond dependent economy has maintained one of the world's highest economic growth rates since independence in 1966. However, economic growth was negative in 2009, with the industrial sector shrinking by 30%, after the global crisis reduced demand for Botswana's diamonds. Although the economy recovered in 2010-12, GDP growth slowed in 2012-14. Through fiscal discipline and sound management, Botswana transformed itself from one of the poorest countries in the world to a middle-income country with a per capita GDP of $16,600 in 2014. Two major investment services rank Botswana as the best credit risk in Africa. Diamond mining has fueled much of the expansion and currently accounts for more than one-third of GDP, 70-80% of export earnings, and about one-third of the government's revenues. Botswana's heavy reliance on a single luxury export was a critical factor in the sharp economic contraction of 2009. Tourism, financial services, subsistence farming, and cattle raising are other key sectors. According to official government statistics, unemployment reached 17.8% in 2009, but unofficial estimates run much higher. The prevalence of HIV/AIDS is second highest in the world and threatens Botswana's impressive economic gains. An expected leveling off in diamond production within the next 10-15 years overshadows long-term prospects. A major international diamond company signed a 10-year deal with Botswana in 2012 to move its rough stone sorting and trading division from London to Gaborone by the end of 2013. The move has supported the development of Botswana's nascent downstream diamond industry."
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"text": "Botswana has maintained one of the world's highest economic growth rates since independence in 1966. Diamond mining has fueled much of the expansion and currently accounts for one quarter of GDP, approximately 85% of export earnings, and about one-third of the government's revenues. Tourism is the secondary earner of foreign exchange and many Batswana engage in subsistence farming and cattle raising. Through fiscal discipline and sound management, Botswana transformed itself from one of the poorest countries in the world to a middle-income country with a per capita GDP of $17,700 in 2015. Two major investment services rank Botswana as the best credit risk in Africa. ++ ++ Botswana's economy is highly correlated with global economic trends because of its heavy reliance on a single luxury export. According to official government statistics, unemployment is 19.5%, but unofficial estimates run much higher. De Beers, a major international diamond company, signed a 10-year deal with Botswana in 2012 and moved its rough stone sorting and trading division from London to Gaborone in 2013. The move was geared to support the development of Botswana's nascent downstream diamond industry. ++ ++ Following the 2008 global recession Botswana’s economy recovered in 2010. However, the Government of Botswana estimates the economy grew by only 1% in 2015. This was primarily due to the downturn in the global diamond market; water and power shortages also played a role. In October 2015 President Ian KHAMA announced a stimulus plan to boost the economy through projects in agricultural production, construction, manufacturing, and tourism development. In 2016, Botswana entered its fourth year of drought, detrimental to Botswana’s small, but vital agriculture sector. ++ ++ The prevalence of HIV/AIDS is second highest in the world and threatens the country's impressive economic gains."
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},
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"GDP (purchasing power parity)": {
|
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"text": "$35.87 billion (2014 est.) ++ $34.35 billion (2013 est.) ++ $31.42 billion (2012 est.)",
|
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"text": "$34.94 billion (2015 est.) ++ $35.03 billion (2014 est.) ++ $33.95 billion (2013 est.)",
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"note": {
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"text": "data are in 2014 US dollars"
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"text": "data are in 2015 US dollars"
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}
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},
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"GDP (official exchange rate)": {
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"text": "$15.22 billion (2014 est.)"
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"text": "$14.41 billion (2015 est.)"
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},
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"GDP - real growth rate": {
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"text": "4.4% (2014 est.) ++ 9.3% (2013 est.) ++ 4.8% (2012 est.)"
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"text": "-0.3% (2015 est.) ++ 3.2% (2014 est.) ++ 9.9% (2013 est.)"
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},
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"GDP - per capita (PPP)": {
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"text": "$17,000 (2014 est.) ++ $16,300 (2013 est.) ++ $14,900 (2012 est.)",
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"text": "$16,400 (2015 est.) ++ $16,700 (2014 est.) ++ $16,300 (2013 est.)",
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"note": {
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"text": "data are in 2014 US dollars"
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"text": "data are in 2015 US dollars"
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}
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},
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"Gross national saving": {
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"text": "47.6% of GDP (2014 est.) ++ 42.3% of GDP (2013 est.) ++ 39.9% of GDP (2012 est.)"
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"text": "39.1% of GDP (2015 est.) ++ 46.3% of GDP (2014 est.) ++ 41.8% of GDP (2013 est.)"
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},
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"GDP - composition, by end use": {
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"household consumption": {
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"text": "48.5%"
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"text": "47.2%"
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},
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"government consumption": {
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"text": "16.5%"
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"text": "17.4%"
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},
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"investment in fixed capital": {
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"text": "29.7%"
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"text": "29.5%"
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},
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"investment in inventories": {
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"text": "-1.6%"
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"text": "7.2%"
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},
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"exports of goods and services": {
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"text": "62.4%"
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"text": "52.3%"
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},
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"imports of goods and services": {
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"text": "-55.4% ++ (2014 est.)"
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"text": "-53.6% (2015 est.)"
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}
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},
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"GDP - composition, by sector of origin": {
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"text": "1.9%"
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},
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"industry": {
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"text": "34.2%"
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"text": "30.2%"
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},
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"services": {
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"text": "63.9% (2014 est.)"
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"text": "67.9% (2015 est.)"
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}
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},
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"Agriculture - products": {
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@ -572,10 +581,10 @@
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"text": "diamonds, copper, nickel, salt, soda ash, potash, coal, iron ore, silver; livestock processing; textiles"
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},
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"Industrial production growth rate": {
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"text": "2.9% (2014 est.)"
|
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"text": "-10.6% (2015 est.)"
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},
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"Labor force": {
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"text": "1.132 million (2014 est.)"
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"text": "1.155 million (2015 est.)"
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},
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"Labor force - by occupation": {
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"agriculture": {
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}
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},
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"Unemployment rate": {
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"text": "17.8% (2009 est.) ++ 7.5% (2007 est.)"
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"text": "20% (2013 est.) ++ 17.8% (2009 est.)"
|
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},
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"Population below poverty line": {
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"text": "30.3% (2003 est.)"
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@ -603,75 +612,89 @@
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}
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},
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"Distribution of family income - Gini index": {
|
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"text": "63 (1993)"
|
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"text": "60.5 (2009)"
|
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},
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"Budget": {
|
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"revenues": {
|
||||
"text": "$6.108 billion"
|
||||
"text": "$5.112 billion"
|
||||
},
|
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"expenditures": {
|
||||
"text": "$5.698 billion (2014 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "$5.526 billion (2015 est.)"
|
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}
|
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},
|
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"Taxes and other revenues": {
|
||||
"text": "40.1% of GDP (2014 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "39.7% of GDP (2015 est.)"
|
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},
|
||||
"Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": {
|
||||
"text": "2.7% of GDP (2014 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "-3.2% of GDP (2015 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Public debt": {
|
||||
"text": "15.5% of GDP (2014 est.) ++ 16.8% of GDP (2013 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "19.6% of GDP (2015 est.) ++ 16.6% of GDP (2014 est.)"
|
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},
|
||||
"Fiscal year": {
|
||||
"text": "1 April - 31 March"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Inflation rate (consumer prices)": {
|
||||
"text": "3.9% (2014 est.) ++ 5.8% (2013 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "3% (2015 est.) ++ 4.4% (2014 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Central bank discount rate": {
|
||||
"text": "7.5% (31 December 2014) ++ 7.5% (31 December 2013)"
|
||||
"text": "6% (31 December 2015) ++ 7.5% (31 December 2014)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Commercial bank prime lending rate": {
|
||||
"text": "9% (31 December 2014 est.) ++ 10.19% (31 December 2013 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "7.95% (31 December 2015 est.) ++ 9% (31 December 2014 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Stock of narrow money": {
|
||||
"text": "$1.388 billion (31 December 2014 est.) ++ $1.435 billion (31 December 2013 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "$1.223 billion (31 December 2015 est.) ++ $1.388 billion (31 December 2014 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Stock of broad money": {
|
||||
"text": "$8.293 billion (31 December 2013 est.) ++ $7.635 billion (31 December 2012 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Stock of domestic credit": {
|
||||
"text": "$1.272 billion (31 December 2014 est.) ++ $1.857 billion (31 December 2013 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "$1.614 billion (31 December 2015 est.) ++ $1.272 billion (31 December 2014 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Market value of publicly traded shares": {
|
||||
"text": "$4.588 billion (31 December 2012 est.) ++ $4.107 billion (31 December 2011) ++ $4.076 billion (31 December 2010 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "$4.588 billion (31 December 2012 est.) ++ $4.107 billion (31 December 2011 est.) ++ $4.076 billion (31 December 2010 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Current account balance": {
|
||||
"text": "$2.45 billion (2014 est.) ++ $1.332 billion (2013 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "$1.043 billion (2015 est.) ++ $2.478 billion (2014 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Exports": {
|
||||
"text": "$8.516 billion (2014 est.) ++ $7.603 billion (2013 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "$6.274 billion (2015 est.) ++ $8.514 billion (2014 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Exports - commodities": {
|
||||
"text": "diamonds, copper, nickel, soda ash, meat, textiles"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Imports": {
|
||||
"text": "$7.989 billion (2014 est.) ++ $7.362 billion (2013 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "$7.09 billion (2015 est.) ++ $7.991 billion (2014 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Imports - commodities": {
|
||||
"text": "foodstuffs, machinery, electrical goods, transport equipment, textiles, fuel and petroleum products, wood and paper products, metal and metal products"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold": {
|
||||
"text": "$8.323 billion (31 December 2014 est.) ++ $7.726 billion (31 December 2013 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "$7.546 billion (31 December 2015 est.) ++ $8.323 billion (31 December 2014 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Debt - external": {
|
||||
"text": "$2.256 billion (31 December 2014 est.) ++ $2.43 billion (31 December 2013 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "$2.221 billion (31 December 2015 est.) ++ $2.384 billion (31 December 2014 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Exchange rates": {
|
||||
"text": "pulas (BWP) per US dollar - ++ 8.9761 (2014 est.) ++ 8.9761 (2013 est.) ++ 7.62 (2012 est.) ++ 6.8382 (2011 est.) ++ 6.7936 (2010 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "pulas (BWP) per US dollar - ++ 10.1263 (2015 est.) ++ 8.9761 (2014 est.) ++ 8.9761 (2013 est.) ++ 7.62 (2012 est.) ++ 6.8382 (2011 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Energy": {
|
||||
"Electricity access": {
|
||||
"population without electricity": {
|
||||
"text": "700,000"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"electrification - total population": {
|
||||
"text": "66%"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"electrification - urban areas": {
|
||||
"text": "75%"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"electrification - rural areas": {
|
||||
"text": "54% (2013)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Electricity - production": {
|
||||
"text": "235 million kWh (2012 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
|
|
@ -745,18 +768,18 @@
|
|||
"Communications": {
|
||||
"Telephones - fixed lines": {
|
||||
"total subscriptions": {
|
||||
"text": "170,000"
|
||||
"text": "160,490"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": {
|
||||
"text": "8 (2014 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "7 (July 2015 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Telephones - mobile cellular": {
|
||||
"total": {
|
||||
"text": "3.4 million"
|
||||
"text": "3.475 million"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": {
|
||||
"text": "158 (2014 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "159 (July 2015 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Telephone system": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -764,34 +787,45 @@
|
|||
"text": "Botswana is participating in regional development efforts; expanding fully digital system with fiber-optic cables linking the major population centers in the east as well as a system of open-wire lines, microwave radio relays links, and radiotelephone communication stations"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"domestic": {
|
||||
"text": "fixed-line teledensity has declined in recent years and now stands at roughly 7 telephones per 100 persons; mobile-cellular teledensity now pushing 140 telephones per 100 persons"
|
||||
"text": "fixed-line teledensity has declined in recent years and now stands at roughly 7 telephones per 100 persons; mobile-cellular teledensity now pushing 160 telephones per 100 persons"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"international": {
|
||||
"text": "country code - 267; international calls are made via satellite, using international direct dialing; 2 international exchanges; digital microwave radio relay links to Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and South Africa; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean) (2011)"
|
||||
"text": "country code - 267; international calls are made via satellite, using international direct dialing; 2 international exchanges; digital microwave radio relay links to Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and South Africa; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean) (2015)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Broadcast media": {
|
||||
"text": "2 TV stations - 1 state-owned and 1 privately owned; privately owned satellite TV subscription service is available; 2 state-owned national radio stations; 3 privately owned radio stations broadcast locally (2007)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Radio broadcast stations": {
|
||||
"text": "AM 8, FM 13, shortwave 4 (2001)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Television broadcast stations": {
|
||||
"text": "2 (1 state-owned, 1 private) (2007)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Internet country code": {
|
||||
"text": ".bw"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Internet users": {
|
||||
"total": {
|
||||
"text": "283,500"
|
||||
"text": "600,000"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"percent of population": {
|
||||
"text": "13.2% (2014 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "27.5% (July 2015 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Transportation": {
|
||||
"National air transport system": {
|
||||
"number of registered air carriers": {
|
||||
"text": "1"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers": {
|
||||
"text": "6"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers": {
|
||||
"text": "194,005"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"annual freight traffic on registered air carriers": {
|
||||
"text": "94,729 mt-km (2015)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Civil aircraft registration country code prefix": {
|
||||
"text": "A2 (2016)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Airports": {
|
||||
"text": "74 (2013)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
|
|
@ -823,7 +857,7 @@
|
|||
"text": "46"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"under 914 m": {
|
||||
"text": " ++ 13 (2013)"
|
||||
"text": "13 (2013)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Railways": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -843,37 +877,13 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military": {
|
||||
"Military and Security": {
|
||||
"Military branches": {
|
||||
"text": "Botswana Defense Force (BDF): Ground Forces Command, Air Wing Command, Defense Logistics Command, Special Forces Group (2013)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military service age and obligation": {
|
||||
"text": "18 is the legal minimum age for voluntary military service; no conscription (2012)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Manpower available for military service": {
|
||||
"males age 16-49": {
|
||||
"text": "557,647"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"females age 16-49": {
|
||||
"text": "531,095 (2010 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Manpower fit for military service": {
|
||||
"males age 16-49": {
|
||||
"text": "340,949"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"females age 16-49": {
|
||||
"text": "302,332 (2010 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually": {
|
||||
"male": {
|
||||
"text": "23,649"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"female": {
|
||||
"text": "23,063 (2010 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military expenditures": {
|
||||
"text": "2% of GDP (2013) ++ 2.31% of GDP (2012) ++ 2.43% of GDP (2011) ++ 2.31% of GDP (2010)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
|
|
@ -884,10 +894,10 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Trafficking in persons": {
|
||||
"current situation": {
|
||||
"text": "Botswana is a source and destination country for women and children subjected to sex trafficking and forced labor; young Batswana serving as domestic workers, sometimes sent by their parents, may be denied education and basic necessities or experience confinement and abuse indicative of forced labor; adults and children of San ethnicity were reported to be in forced labor on farms and at cattle posts; Batswana girls also are forced into prostitution domestically; undocumented Asian workers may be vulnerable to forced labor due to the threat of deportation"
|
||||
"text": "Botswana is a source, transit, and destination country for women and children subjected to sex trafficking and forced labor; young Batswana serving as domestic workers, sometimes sent by their parents, may be denied education and basic necessities or experience confinement and abuse indicative of forced labor; Batswana girls and women also are forced into prostitution domestically; adults and children of San ethnicity were reported to be in forced labor on farms and at cattle posts in the country’s rural west"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"tier rating": {
|
||||
"text": "Tier 2 Watch List – Botswana does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking; however, it is making significant efforts to do so; nevertheless, authorities did not increase anti-trafficking efforts in 2013; no cases involving domestic trafficking were investigated, no trafficking offenders were criminally prosecuted and convicted, and no reports of official complicity were investigated; the government did not pass anti-trafficking legislation or launch a public awareness campaign; formal victim identification and referral procedures were not developed (2014)"
|
||||
"text": "Tier 2 Watch List – Botswana does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking; however, it is making significant efforts to do so; an anti-trafficking act was passed at the beginning of 2014, but authorities did not investigate, prosecute, or convict any offenders or government officials complicit in trafficking or operationalize victim identification and referral procedures based on the new law; the government sponsored a radio campaign to familiarize the public with the issue of human trafficking (2015)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
}
|
||||
}
|
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