According to the World Bank, Botswana remains one of the most economically unequal countries in the world, only behind her neighbours South Africa and Namibia.
Botswana’s Gini coefficient, which represents a country’s economic inequality, stands at 0.53, with a Gini coefficient of 0 representing perfect economic equality and 1 representing complete inequality.
On the other hand, Botswana’s gross domestic product (GDP) per capita, which represents a country’s economic output relative to its population, stands at $8 258 (R126 000), making Botswana an upper-middle-income economy…..
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