Botswana GDP Data & Country Report

Botswana Country Report: GDP data and GDP forecasts; economic, financial and trade information; the best banks in Botswana; country and population overview

DATA ON GDP AND ECONOMIC INFORMATION

Central bank

Bank of Botswana

International Reserves

US$ 7.885 billion (Source: World Bank; Data updated: November 2010)

Gross Domestic Product - GDP

US$ 15.246 billion (2010 estimate)

GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)

30.521 billion of International dollars (2010 estimate)

Real GDP growth

2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
5.9%	3.5%	9%	6.3%	6%	1.6%	5.1%	4.8%
2008	2009	2010	2011*
3.1%	-3.7%	8.6%	6%

*Estimate

GDP per capita - current prices

US$ 8,179 (2008 estimate)

GDP per capita - PPP

$16,375 International Dollars (2008 estimate)

GDP (PPP) - share of world total

1980	1990	2000	2010	2015**
0.01%	0.03%	0.03%	0.04%	0.04%

**Forecast

GDP - composition by sector

agriculture: 2.1%
industry: 45%
services: 52.9% (2011 estimate)

(Data released on February 2012)

Gross domestic expenditure on R&D (% of GDP)

N/A

(Data released on November 2010)

Inflation

2008	2009	2010	2011*
12.6%(2008)	8.1%	7%	7.8%

*Estimate

Unemployment rate

2008	2009	2010	2011*
N/A	N/A	N/A(2009)	N/A

*Estimate

Household saving rates

N/A

(Data released on November 2010)

Public debt (General government gross debt as a % of GDP)

2007	2008	2009	2010	2011*
7.1%	6.4%	13.4%	13.2%	16%

*Estimate

Public deficit (General government net lending/borrowing as a % of GDP)

2007	2008	2009	2010*	2011**
5.6%	-3.1%	-11.5%	-7.9%	-5%

*Estimate **Forecast

Government bond ratings

Standard & Poor's: A-/Stable/A-2

Moody's rating: A2

Moody's outlook: NEG

(Foreign Currency Government Bond Ratings; Data last updated Nov 2010)

Market value of publicly traded shares

2007	2008	2009
US$5.887 billion	US$3.556 billion	US$3.991 billion

Largest companies in Botswana

N/A

DATA ON TRADE AND COMPETITIVENESS

Current account balance

US$ -0.4 billion (2009 estimate)(After 2008)

Current account balance by percentage of GDP

-2.4% of GDP (2009 estimate)(2009)

Exports as percent of GDP

(Exports of goods and services)

33.6% (2009)

(Data released on December 2010)

Shares in world total merchandising export

0.03%(2007)

(Data were released in Nov 2011 and refer to 2010)

Shares in world total commercial services export

0.02%(2007)

(Data were released in Nov 2011 and refer to 2010)

Total exports

US$4.419 billion f.o.b. (2010 estimate)

Export commodities

diamonds, copper, nickel, soda ash, meat, textiles

Total imports

US$3.931 billion f.o.b. (2008 estimate)

Import commodities

foodstuffs, machinery, electrical goods, transport equipment, textiles, fuel and petroleum products, wood and paper products, metal and metal products

Exports - major partners

N/A

Imports - major partners

N/A

FDI inflows

2008	2009	2010
US$528 million	US$579 million(2009)	US$529 million(2009)

FDI outflows

2008	2009	2010
US$-91 million	US$-65 million	US$-38 million

Value of cross-border M&A, by country of purchaser

2008	2009	2010	2011
US$3 million	N/A(2009)	N/A(2009)	N/A

Cross-border M&A deals worth over $3 billion completed in 2008

(Acquiring company, Acquired company, Country of the acquired company, Value of the deal)

N/A

(for a monthly update on M&A click here )

Cross-border M&A deals worth over $3 billion completed in 2010

(Acquiring company, Acquired company, Country of the acquired company, Value of the deal)

N/A(2008 estimate)

(for a monthly update on M&A click here )

Best countries for doing business

World Bank/IFC Doing Business Project

(Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business, from 1 – 183. A high ranking means the regulatory environment is more conducive to the starting and operation of a local firm.)

Overall ranking: 52 out of 183 countries(2009) (2010)

Subcategories:

Starting a business: 90 out of 183 countries(2009)

Registering property: 44 out of 183 countries

Paying Taxes: 21 out of 183 countries

Getting credit: 46 out of 183 countries

Protecting investors: 44 out of 183 countries

Trading across border: 151 out of 183 countries

Enforcing Contracts: 70 out of 183 countries

(2010)

Global competitiveness ranking
(ranking by country on a basis of 142, the first is the best)

(2011/2012)

Index of Economic Freedom

WSJ and Heritage Foundation

Ranking: 40 Score: 68.8 (Moderately Free) (2009)

(100=totally free 0=totally repressed )

COUNTRY AND POPULATION OVERVIEW

Time zone

UTC+2

Total area

582,000 km² (2006)

Capital

Gaborone (2009)

Currency

pulas (BWP) (2009)

Government type

parliamentary republic (2009)

Languages

Setswana 78.2%, Kalanga 7.9%, Sekgalagadi 2.8%, English 2.1% (official), other 8.6%, unspecified 0.4% (2001 census)

Religions

Christian 71.6%, Badimo 6%, other 1.4%, unspecified 0.4%, none 20.6% (2001 census)

Total population

1980	1990	2000	2010*	2015**
0.91 million	1.28 million	1.64 million	1.84 million	1.97 million

*Estimate **Forecast

Urban population as % of total population

1960	1980	2000	2009
3.1%	16.5%	53.2%	60.3%

Population median age

21.0 years (2006)

Population growth rate

1.5% (2009)

Life expectancy

50 years (2007)

Adult literacy

83% (2000/2007)

% of population living on less than $2 a day

49.40% (2011)

Inequality of wealth distribution (Gini index)

60.5 (1993)

(0=perfect equality, 100=absolute inequality)

Freedom House rating

Political Rights:3
Civil Liberties:2 (2010)

(1 represents the most free, 7 the least free)

Total telephone subscribers as % of population

124.61% (2010)

(sum of fixed telephone lines and mobile cellular subscribers)

Internet users as % of total population

6% (Data were released in 2011 and refer to 2010)

Cost of living index

(ranking by city on a basis of 214; the 1st is the most expensive and the 214th is the least expensive)

Gaborone: 195th (2011)

CO2 emissions
(Metric tons of CO2 per capita)

2.5194 (2008)

GLOBAL FINANCE RANKINGS AND AWARDS

WORLD'S BEST INTERNET BANKS

2009:

COUNTRY WINNERS / Best Corporate / Institutional Internet Banks Standard Chartered (2009)

WORLD'S BEST EMERGING MARKET BANKS

2012:

COUNTRY WINNERS Standard Chartered Bank Botswana (National, 2012)

2011:

COUNTRY WINNERS Standard Chartered Bank Botswana (National, 2011)

2010:

COUNTRY WINNERS Standard Chartered Bank Botswana (National, 2010)

2009:

COUNTRY WINNERS Standard Chartered Bank Botswana (National, 2009)

WORLD'S BEST FOREIGN EXCHANGE PROVIDERS

2012:

COUNTRY WINNERS Standard Chartered (National, 2012)

2011:

COUNTRY WINNERS Standard Chartered (National, 2011)

ARTICLES AND COUNTRIES REPORTS FROM GLOBAL FINANCE ARCHIVE

Botswana GDP Data & Country Report | Global Finance

WORLD'S BEST INTERNET BANKS

2009:

WORLD'S BEST EMERGING MARKET BANKS

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WORLD'S BEST FOREIGN EXCHANGE PROVIDERS

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