World Number Plates

Number Plates of Botswana

Continent: Africa

Capital: Gaborone

Population: 1.6 million

Country ISO code: BW

Country OVAL code: RB
(Republic of Botswana)

Driving Side: Left

First license issued in 1966

Number of vehicles:
cars 17,000 (1989), trucks and buses 28,000 (1989)

Road information:
total: 10,217 km; paved: 5,619 km; unpaved: 4,598 km (1999)

Located in Southern Africa, Botswana is landlocked by South Africa, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Most of the country is a plateau. The remainder of the country is covered by desert or swampland.

Number plates in Botswana look relatively similar to British number plates at first glance. As in the UK, number plates in Botswana are black on white at the front, and black on yellow at the rear. For registrations issued after 1984 in Gabarone ("BD"), a suffix letter is included.