Botswana vs Rwanda: Reduction in Human Development Index when adjusting for inequalities

Botswana

30.4%

in 2023

Rwanda

31.0%

in 2023

Botswana rank

44th

Rwanda rank

41st

Reduction in Human Development Index when adjusting for inequalities over time

Rwanda currently reports 31.0% against 30.4% in Botswana, a difference of 0.6%.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 9 shared years of data; in 2015 it was Botswana ahead.

Botswana ranks 44th and Rwanda ranks 41st of 166 countries.

Indicator: Reduction in Human Development Index when adjusting for inequalities
Unit: %
Source: UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 166 places, 2,131 data points, 2010–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Percentage difference between the IHDI value and the HDI value.