Healthy diet unaffordable in Botswana

Name: Healthy diet unaffordable in Botswana
Creator: FAOSTAT
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In Botswana, 59.9% of people could not afford a healthy diet in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest since 2018.

People unable to afford a healthy diet % of the population Data: 2017 to 2025 Source: FAOSTAT

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Botswana, 2025 59.9%e % of the population

Change from 2024 +0.9percentage points 2024: 59.0%

World, 2025 32.7%e Official aggregate

Position in 2025 31st of 145 See the full ranking

Healthy diet unaffordable in Botswana over time

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% of the population. Source: FAO, FAOSTAT. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

People unable to afford a healthy diet (% of the population), 2017 to 2025
Period	Botswana	World
2025	59.9%e (Estimated value)	32.7%e (Estimated value)
2024	59.0%e (Estimated value)	34.3%e (Estimated value)
2023	58.7%e (Estimated value)	35.4%e (Estimated value)
2022	58.7%e (Estimated value)	36.7%e (Estimated value)
2021	59.2%e (Estimated value)	37.4%e (Estimated value)
2020	59.5%e (Estimated value)	39.6%e (Estimated value)
2019	59.4%e (Estimated value)	38.0%e (Estimated value)
2018	60.0%e (Estimated value)	39.0%e (Estimated value)
2017	61.9%e (Estimated value)	41.0%e (Estimated value)

Flags: e Estimated value . A dash means no value was published.

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In short

That is a change of +0.9 percentage points from 59.0% in 2024.
Since 2017, when it was 61.9%, the figure has changed by −2.0 percentage points.
Among the 145 countries with data for 2025, Botswana has the 31st highest value.
The figure for the world in 2025 was 32.7%.

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All statistics for Botswana

Cost of a healthy diet Int$4.44e per person per day 2025 · FAOSTAT Pesticide use 4.78e kg/ha 2024 · FAOSTAT Nitrogen fertiliser use 67.1e kg/ha 2024 · FAOSTAT Agriculture share of GDP 1.8% 2025 · World Bank Cereal yield 900 kg per hectare 2024 · World Bank Agricultural land 45.6% 2024 · World Bank

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Original producer: FAOSTAT
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, FAOSTAT
Dataset or series code: CAHD · dataset details · view at source
Selection: Item Code=7005 Element Code=6121
Observation period: 2017 to 2025 for Botswana
Provider update: Not stated by the provider
Retrieved: 9 November 2026
Published here: 9 November 2026
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (FAO statistical database terms)
Attribution: Source: FAO, FAOSTAT. Licence: CC BY 4.0

How Botswana compares in 2025 Neighbouring positions among 145 countries with a value for 2025.

28 Sierra Leone 61.9%e (Estimated value)
29 Syria 61.1%e (Estimated value)
30 Mali 60.8%e (Estimated value)
31 Botswana 59.9%e (Estimated value)
32 Liberia 59.6%e (Estimated value)
33 Fiji 58.0%e (Estimated value)
34 South Africa 57.9%e (Estimated value)

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What this measures

Share of the population whose income, after setting aside an amount for other basic needs, is too low to buy the cheapest healthy diet available locally.

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