Is divorce legal in Botswana?
Heavily restricted
Divorce is legal but requires a long period of separation.
Botswana is one of 39 countries classified “Heavily restricted” for divorce — 39% of the 101 with data.
Source
- Taken from
- Wikipedia: Divorce law by country
- Last checked
- 15 September 2026
- How it was classified
- Read directly from the source’s own table, without interpretation.
Nearby countries
- Zimbabwe
- Heavily restricted Divorce is legal but requires a long period of separation.
- Namibia
- Heavily restricted Divorce is restricted to fault-based grounds only in Namibia.
- South Africa
- Heavily restricted Divorce is legal but requires a long period of separation.
- Eswatini
- Heavily restricted Divorce is restricted to fault-based grounds only in Eswatini.
- Zambia
- Heavily restricted Divorce is legal but requires a long period of separation.
- Mozambique
- Heavily restricted Divorce is legal but requires a long period of separation.
Other laws in Botswana
- Same-Sex Activity
- Legal
- Sex Work
- Decriminalized / unregulated
- Pornography
- Illegal
- Incest Laws
- Criminal offense
- Marriage Age
- 18+
A visual reference compiled from Wikipedia’s law-by-country articles, not legal advice. Laws change and summaries simplify — check a primary source before relying on anything here.