Botswana

Economic Freedom Rating - Botswana Compared to Continent

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Zimbabwe	29.83
Guinea-Bissau	45.07
Congo(Brazza)	45.21
Burundi	46.30
Angola	47.10
Chad	47.73
CAR	48.25
Togo	48.84
Sierra Leone	48.92
Lesotho	51.88
Djibouti	52.31
Eq. Guinea	52.50
Niger	52.72
Guinea	52.77
Ethiopia	53.22
Gabon	53.57
Malawi	53.81
Cameroon	54.01
Rwanda	54.14
Benin	55.00
Mauritania	55.02
Nigeria	55.48
Cote d'Ivoire	55.52
Mali	55.53
Burkina Faso	55.63
Zambia	56.37
Tanzania	56.40
Mozambique	56.57
Gambia	56.61
Ghana	56.66
Senegal	58.16
Cape Verde	58.40
Swaziland	58.85
Kenya	59.58
Namibia	61.03
Madagascar	62.40
South Africa	63.24
Uganda	64.43
Botswana	68.61
Mauritius	72.29

Botswana: Economic freedom rating

Scores are from 0 to 100, higher scores are more desirable i.e. more conducive to economic growth. The lower the score, the greater the level of government interference in the economy and the less economic freedom a country enjoys.

• Free— 80 - 100;
• Mostly Free— 70 - 79.9;
• Moderately Free— 60 - 69.9;
• Mostly Unfree— 50 to 59.9; and
• Repressed— 0 - 49.9.

Source: The Heritage Foundation and the Wall Street Journal

Botswana does not publish house price statistics. But there are excellent general economics statistics from the Central Statistics Office and the Bank of Botswana.