• Literacy rate: 79%
• Numbers in tertiary education: 7651 students

The education system

Revenues from the diamond industry have helped to fund educational programs which have improved the country's literacy rate.

• Protected land as percentage of total land area: 19% (10% partially protected)
• CO2 emissions trend: 2.3 tonnes per capita

Environmental treaties

• Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Washington DC, 1973: yes
• Convention on Biological Diversity Earth Summit in Rio, 1992: yes
• 1992 Amendment to protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer (amendment to Montreal Protocol) Copenhagen, 1992: yes
• Kyoto Convention on reduction of greenhouse gas emissions Earth Summit in Kyoto, 1997: yes
• Basel convention on the dumping of hazardous wastes (Basel) Basel, 1989: yes
• Convention on Wetlands of International Importance (Ramsar) Ramsar, Iran 1971: yes

Botswana is trying to help communities to earn a living from wildlife protection. A campaign has been launched to curb the use of agrochemicals.

• Doctors: 1 per 5000 people
• Major causes of death: AIDS, tuberculosis, heart diseases, pneumonia

In 2001 Botswana began to provide free antiretroviral drugs to people infected with HIV. At that time it had the world's highest infection rate (38.8%), but levels have dropped slightly since then.