Areas Where Botswana Is Better Than South Africa

🇧🇼 Botswana is ranked better in 8 indicators, while South Africa is ranked better in 4 indicators.

• 🕊️ Political Stability and Absence of Violence/Terrorism: Estimate

  1.04 🇧🇼

  |

  -0.67 🇿🇦

  Higher values indicate a more stable political environment.

• 🏛️ Government Effectiveness: Estimate

  0.43 🇧🇼

  |

  -0.26 🇿🇦

  Measures the quality of public services and policy implementation, crucial for governance.

• 🕵️‍♂️ Control of Corruption: Estimate

  0.69 🇧🇼

  |

  -0.28 🇿🇦

  Higher values indicate better control of corruption, enhancing governance.

• 📜 Regulatory Quality: Estimate

  0.5 🇧🇼

  |

  -0.22 🇿🇦

  Reflects the ability of the government to formulate and implement sound policies.

• ⚖️ Rule of Law: Estimate

  0.39 🇧🇼

  |

  0.09 🇿🇦

  Higher values indicate stronger adherence to the rule of law.

• 📊 Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index

  0.51 🇧🇼

  |

  0.48 🇿🇦

  Adjusts the HDI for inequality in distribution of each dimension. Higher values indicate better human development with less inequality.

• 🌿 Planetary pressures–adjusted Human Development Index

  0.7 🇧🇼

  |

  0.69 🇿🇦

  Adjusts HDI by considering environmental sustainability. Higher values indicate better human development with lower environmental impact.

• ⚖️ Gender Development Index

  1 🇧🇼

  |

  1 🇿🇦

  Compares female and male Human Development Index (HDI) values. Higher values indicate more gender equality.