What is the difference in heating degree days, per capita between Botswana and Portugal?

0.0001 units per person, with Portugal ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Portugal?

65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

Statizoid (derived), published as Heating Degree Days, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Botswana vs Portugal: Heating Degree Days, per capita

Botswana

0.0001 units per person

in 2024

Portugal

0.0002 units per person

in 2024

Botswana rank

56th

Portugal rank

53rd

Heating Degree Days, per capita over time

Botswana
Portugal

How they compare

Portugal currently reports 0.0002 units per person against 0.0001 units per person in Botswana, a difference of 0.0001 units per person.

That makes Portugal's figure about 1.5 times Botswana's.

The two have swapped places 11 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Botswana ahead.

Botswana ranks 56th and Portugal ranks 53rd of 189 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Botswana averaged higher in 5 and Portugal in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Botswana	Portugal	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.0012 units per person	0.0003 units per person	0.0009 units per person	Botswana
1970s	0.001 units per person	0.0004 units per person	0.0006 units per person	Botswana
1980s	0.0005 units per person	0.0003 units per person	0.0003 units per person	Botswana
1990s	0.0004 units per person	0.0003 units per person	0.0001 units per person	Botswana
2000s	0.0003 units per person	0.0003 units per person	0 units per person	Botswana
2010s	0.0002 units per person	0.0003 units per person	0 units per person	Portugal
2020s	0.0002 units per person	0.0002 units per person	0 units per person	Portugal

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher heating degree days, per capita, Botswana or Portugal?: Portugal, at 0.0002 units per person against 0.0001 units per person in Botswana as of 2024.
What is the difference in heating degree days, per capita between Botswana and Portugal?: 0.0001 units per person, with Portugal ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Portugal?: 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Botswana and Portugal rank globally for heating degree days, per capita?: Botswana ranks 56th and Portugal ranks 53rd of 189 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Statizoid (derived), published as Heating Degree Days, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Heating Degree Days, per capita
Unit: units per person
Source: Statizoid (derived)
Licence: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage: 189 places, 11,178 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 16 September 2026

Heating Degree Days divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.