Cooling Degree Days in Botswana
Botswana: Cooling Degree Days was 3,715 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cooling Degree Days in Botswana, 1960–2024
Source: World Bank, Climate Change Knowledge Portal. https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org.
Analysis
In 2024, cooling degree days in Botswana stood at 3,715. That is the highest value across all 65 years on record.
That represents a change of up 9.8% on the previous year and up 41.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cooling degree days in Botswana peaked at 3,715 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2,004, in 1974.
Botswana ranks 100th of 192 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 65 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,647 | 2,347 | 2,911 | 10 |
| 1970s | 2,549 | 2,004 | 3,095 | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,880 | 2,373 | 3,476 | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,005 | 2,583 | 3,463 | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,906 | 2,376 | 3,542 | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,125 | 2,627 | 3,654 | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,108 | 2,632 | 3,715 | 5 |
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More environment data for Botswana
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 12.1 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 4.8 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 1.51 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.237 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 1.07 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0012 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 3.36 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.001 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0185 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.5204 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cooling degree days in Botswana?
- Cooling degree days in Botswana was 3,715 in 2024, according to World Bank, Climate Change Knowledge Portal. https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org.
- What is the highest cooling degree days recorded in Botswana?
- The highest recorded value was 3,715 in 2024.
- What is the lowest cooling degree days recorded in Botswana?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,004 in 1974.
- How does Botswana rank for cooling degree days?
- Botswana ranks 100th out of 192 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cooling degree days rising or falling in Botswana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 41.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Botswana data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank, Climate Change Knowledge Portal. https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org, published as part of Cooling Degree Days. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A cooling degree day (CDD) is a measurement designed to track energy use. It is the number of degrees that a day's average temperature is above 18°C (65°F). Daily degree days are accumulated to obtain annual values.