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Browse additional economic indicators and data sets, selected by Global Finance editors, to learn more about Botswana economic outlook, debt to GDP ratio, international trade performance and population trends. Rankings of Botswana best banks and safest banks are also available.
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USD 6.7 billion (2018)
International Monetary Fund (IMF), data retrieved October 2019
USD 19.0 billion (2018, estimate)
Intl$ 41.9 billion (2018, estimate)
2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
8.3% | 6.2% | -7.7% | 8.6% | 6% | 4.5% | 11.3% |
2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017* | 2018* | ||
4.1% | -1.7% | 4.3% | 2.9% | 4.6% |
*Estimate
1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2019* |
0.01% | 0.03% | 0.03% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
*Estimate
(2018 estimate)
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | 2019* |
3.1% | 2.8% | 3.3% | 3.2% | 3% |
*Estimate
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
*Estimate
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019* |
17.2% | 15.6% | 13.4% | 12.1% | 12.3% |
*Estimate
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | 2019* |
-4.6% | 0.7% | -1.1% | -3% | -3.1% |
*Estimate
Standard & Poor's: A-
Moody's: A2
Standard & Poor's / Moody's
2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
N/A | N/A | N/A |
3.7% (2017 estimate)
52.3% (2015)
0.04% (2015)
0.02% (2015)
Diamonds, copper, nickel, soda ash, meat, textiles
Foodstuffs, machinery, electrical goods, transport equipment, textiles, fuel and petroleum products, wood and paper products, metal and metal products
2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
USD 398 million | USD 515 million | USD 394 million |
2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
USD -85 million | USD -111 million | USD -84 million |
2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
USD 10.3 million | USD 3.3 million | N/A | USD -3.0 million |
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Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business. A high ease of doing business ranking means the regulatory environment is more conducive to the starting and operation of a local firm.
Overall ranking: 71 out of 190 countries (2016)
Subcategories:
Starting a business: 153 out of 190 countries
Enforcing Contracts: 132 out of 190 countries
Registering Property: 70 out of 190 countries
Getting credit: 75 out of 190 countries
Protecting investors: 81 out of 190 countries
Trading across border: 51 out of 190 countries
Paying Taxes: 55 out of 190 countries
Dealing with Construction Permits: 50 out of 190 countries
Getting Electricity: 125 out of 190 countries
Resolving Insolvency: 64 out of 190 countries
64 out of 138 countries
(2016-2017)
Ranking: 30 / Score: 71.07 (Mostly free) (2017)
(100=totally free 0=totally repressed)
Setswana 77.3%, Sekalanga 7.4%, Shekgalagadi 3.4%, English (official) 2.8%, Zezuru/Shona 2%, Sesarwa 1.7%, Sembukushu 1.6%, Ndebele 1%, other 2.8% (2011 est.)
Christian 79.1%, Badimo 4.1%, other 1.4% (includes Baha'i, Hindu, Muslim, Rastafarian), none 15.2%, unspecified 0.3% (2011 est.)
1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2016* | 2021* |
1.382 million | 1.758 million | 2.007 million | 2.154 million | 2.282 million |
*Estimate
1960 | 1980 | 2000 | 2015 |
3% | 17% | 53% | 57% |
Total population: 88.5%
Male: 88%
Female: 88.9% (2015 est.)
(age 15 and over can read and write)
Political Rights: 3
Civil Liberties: 2 (2017)
(1 represents the most free, 7 the least free rating)
Fixed 7.80% Mobile 169.00% (2015)
(fixed-telephone subscribers and mobile-cellular subscribers)