Work & incomeBotswana
Median salary in Botswana
What does the middle earner actually make in a month?
Botswana's median salary is $471 PPP/mo — #68 of 79 countries on the atlas (higher is better). Period 2024.
$471PPP/mo
Source: ILO monthly earnings of employees (EAR_EMTA mean + EAR_EMTM median)
Half of Botswana's employees earn less than $471 a month, half earn more — the middle of the pay scale, in local buying power.
Among 79 countries
- Rank
- #68 of 79
- higher is better
- Ranked behind
- 14 %
- 11 of 79 countries
In Africa: #4 of 11vs median $1,349 PPP/mo: −65 % (worse)
The neighbourhood
| # | Country | Median earnings | vs Botswana |
|---|---|---|---|
| 66 | Suriname | $559 PPP/mo | +$89 PPP/mo |
| 67 | Tanzania | $522 PPP/mo | +$52 PPP/mo |
| 68 | Botswana | $471 PPP/mo | — |
| 69 | Sri Lanka | $470 PPP/mo | −$0 PPP/mo |
| 70 | Indonesia | $437 PPP/mo | −$34 PPP/mo |
Median monthly earnings of employees, PPP dollars (ILO) — the middle earner, not the average. The gap to mean earnings is the skew: the US mean is a third above its median, and that difference is real information.
How to read this figure
Median monthly earnings from the ILO’s twin flow — same collection and unit as the mean, but the MIDDLE earner: half earn less, half earn more. Compare the two and the gap is the pay-scale skew itself (the US mean sits about a third above its median; Norway’s barely a tenth). Distinct from median income, which is equivalised disposable household income after tax and transfers — this is gross pay per employee.