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REPORTING ECONOMY · BWA

Botswana, in context.

Annual data for Botswana. These observations describe the source's reporting country or area; they do not represent individual local regions or cities.

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BW Botswana2025

Total GDP

$17.4Bconstant 2015 US$
-0.7% year over year
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Population

2.6Mpeople
+1.6% year over year
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Employment ratio

52%% of population aged 15+ (modeled ILO estimate)
-0.3 pp year over year
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Inflation

2.7%annual change in consumer prices (%)
-0.2 pp year over year
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Unemployment

24.5%% of the labor force (modeled ILO estimate)
+0.7 pp year over year
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BW Botswana2023

Electricity consumption

1.6Kkilowatt-hours per person
+3.2% year over year
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BW Botswana2024

Life expectancy

69.3years at birth
+0.2% year over year
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GDP per capita

$6.8Kconstant 2015 US$ per person
-2.3% year over year
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The reporting boundary matters.

These annual series use the publisher's country or economy boundaries. A reporting-area average cannot tell you what a specific city, neighborhood, or household experiences.

Geography definition

Canonical geography identifier
entity.geo.botswana
World Bank reporting code
BWA
Geographic region
Africa · Southern Africa
Classification
UN M49 geographic classification · M49 072
Reporting scope
World Bank reporting country or area, classified in Southern Africa by UN M49. Statistical grouping does not assert sovereignty.

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