Last updated: 12/11/2021 Botswana Region: Sub-Saharan AfricaCapital: GaboroneCurrency: BWP Social Protection and Economic Data Income Category: Upper middle income Data from World Bank (2021) Population growth (%): 2.06% Data from World Bank (2020) Human Development Index (HDI): 0.74 Data from Human Development Report (2019) Age dependency ratio (%): 61.07% Data from World Bank (2021) Population: 2 351 625 Data from World Bank (2020) Gross Domestic Product (GDP): 15.78 bi Data from World Bank (2020) Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita: 6 710.99 Data from World Bank (2020) Resources on socialprotection.org Legal and Policy Frameworks Legal instrument 0 Policy document 2 Programmes Social assistance 6 Social insurance 0 Labour market 1 Other Content publications 24 databases 33 webinars 2 blog posts 3 multimedia 1 news 3 Social Protection Programmes Old-Age Pension, OAP School Feeding Programme Destitute Persons’ Allowance Vulnerable Group Feeding Programme, VGFP Ipelegeng—Public Works World War II (WWII) Veterans Allowance Legal and Policy Frameworks Botswana National Social Protection Recovery Plan (Part 2: The Action Plan) 2020 Africa, Botswana Botswana National Social Protection Recovery Plan (Part 1: Analysis and Recommendations) 2020 Africa, Botswana