Botswana lags in human development

With a GDP per capita of US$12 387, the highest in Africa, as well as being in the medium development category, Botswana is ranked 124 from 177 countries as measured by the Human Development Index (HDI). 

According to the report, which is titled "Fighting Climate Change", although the current ranking is a slight improvement from the previous one of 131, other countries in the region have doe much better, with South Africa now ahead of Botswana at position 121.