To Celebrate Our 50th Anniversary: 50 Things About Botswana

Wednesday, October 12, 2016

To mark our 50th Anniversary as an independent republic here is a list of 50 things past and present you might not know about Botswana.

1) Whereas from 1966 to 1996 Botswana enjoyed the world’s highest economic growth rate, previously under British overrule real income had declined.

2) From 1966-2006 Botswana enjoyed one of the world’s highest rates of human development in terms of such indicators as expanded provision of education, training and health services.

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