Botswanakasa ce da ba ta da kasa a Kudancin Afirka. Kasa mai matsakaicin girman mutane sama da miliyan 2, Botswana tana daya daga cikin kasashen da ba su da yawa a duniya. Kusan kashi 10 cikin 100 na yawan jama'a suna zaune ne a babban birni kuma mafi girma, Gaborone. Tsohuwar ɗaya daga cikin ƙasashe mafi talauci a duniya-wanda ke da GDP na kowane mutum kusan dalar Amurka 70 a kowace shekara a ƙarshen shekarun 1960—Botswana tun daga nan ta rikiɗe zuwa ɗaya daga cikin ƙasashe masu saurin bunƙasa tattalin arziki a duniya. Tattalin arzikin ya mamaye ma'adinai, shanu, da yawon shakatawa. Botswana tana alfahari da GDP (daidaitan ikon siyan) kowane mutum kusan $18,825 a kowace shekara As of 2015[update], wanda yana ɗaya daga cikin mafi girma a Afirka.[1] Babban yawan kuɗin shiga na ƙasa (ta wasu ƙididdiga na huɗu mafi girma a Afirka) yana ba ƙasar matsakaicin matsayin rayuwa da mafi girman ƙimar ci gaban ɗan adam na Nahiyar Afirka kudu da hamadar Sahara. [2]