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Botswana

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  • Deaths 30 d

    0

    UCDP up to 2026-08-31

  • Per million 90 d

    —

    last 90 days

  • Civilians

    —

    last 90 days

  • Incidents 30 d

    0

  • Population

    2.6 M

    World Bank

  • Plants near violence

    0 / 0

    near violence / total; 0 nuclear

Why this level0

Nothing in the open sources stands out.

Source: ARMSMA situation watch

Every monitored signal

The last 60 days, each on its own scale.

  • Natural hazards, 7 days

    2

  • Internet outage alerts, 24 h

    2

    —

  • Refugees who fled

    1 173

Source: ARMSMA situation watch

Deaths in organised violence, per week

Botswana, UCDP best estimates. The red bar is the latest week.

The latest week may be incomplete.

Source: UCDP GED Candidate, Uppsala University (CC BY 4.0), data up to 2026-08-31

Who the violence is between

Deaths by kind of violence, last 90 days of data.

  • State-based conflict · 0%
  • Non-state conflict · 0%
  • Against civilians · 0%

Source: UCDP GED Candidate (CC BY 4.0)

Food, displacement, sanctions

People in food crisis (IPC 3+)
—
2026-08
Share in food crisis
—
2026-08
Undernourishment
24.0%
2023
Refugees who fled
1,173
2025
Refugees hosted
868
2025
Internally displaced
—
2025
Sanctions designations
1
2026-09-29
GDP per person
$7,778
2025

FEWS NET · World Bank / FAO · UNHCR · OpenSanctions

People in crisis-level food insecurity

FEWS NET does not cover this country.

Latest incidents of organised violence0

No organised violence recorded in the current data.

Source: UCDP GED Candidate, Uppsala University (CC BY 4.0), data up to 2026-08-31

Conflicts, 90 days0

No organised violence recorded in the current data.

Source: UCDP GED Candidate (CC BY 4.0)

Natural hazards, 30 days11

  • WildfireForest fires in Botswana · Sep 26, 2026
  • WildfireForest fires in Botswana · Sep 25, 2026
  • WildfireForest fires in Botswana · Sep 16, 2026
  • WildfireForest fires in Botswana · Sep 15, 2026
  • WildfireForest fires in Botswana · Sep 14, 2026
  • WildfireForest fires in Botswana · Sep 14, 2026
  • WildfireForest fires in Botswana · Sep 13, 2026
  • WildfireForest fires in Botswana · Sep 12, 2026
  • WildfireForest fires in Botswana · Sep 10, 2026
  • WildfireForest fires in Botswana · Sep 9, 2026
  • WildfireForest fires in Botswana · Sep 3, 2026

GDACS · USGS · NASA EONET

Warnings and notices

UK FCDO: Botswana: No specific restriction

No severe weather warning in force.

UK FCDO · WMO · WHO · Copernicus EMS

Next 7 days in Gaborone

Day°CRainGustsWatch
Tue, Sep 2916…2312.8 mm63 km/h
Wed, Sep 3013…1745.2 mm49 km/h
Thu, Oct 112…180.1 mm36 km/h
Fri, Oct 210…190.0 mm37 km/h
Sat, Oct 310…230.0 mm33 km/h
Sun, Oct 414…1928.5 mm68 km/h
Mon, Oct 514…1755.5 mm57 km/hheavy rain

Forecast for the capital only; marks: heat ≥38 °C, frost ≤−20 °C, rain ≥50 mm, gusts ≥75 km/h, thunderstorms. Official warnings are above.

Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)

Disasters since 20003

022000: 020002001: 02002: 02003: 02004: 02005: 020052006: 02007: 02008: 02009: 02010: 020102011: 02012: 02013: 02014: 02015: 020152016: 02017: 02018: Droughts 12019: Droughts 22020: 020202021: 02022: 02023: 02024: 02025: 020252026: 02026

Droughts

  • Drought in Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, Swaziland, South Africa · May 21, 2019 · Medium impact for agricultural drought in 276650 km2
  • Drought in Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe · Mar 21, 2019 · Severe impact for agricultural drought in 102368 km2
  • Drought in Angola, Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe · Oct 21, 2018 · Severe impact for agricultural drought in 150282 km2

GDACS (orange and red alerts since 2000)