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Botswana
Botswana's unemployment rate is 24.48 %, the 2nd highest of 124. And its GDP growth is -0.73 %, ranked 119th of 127.
Of 17 fields published for Botswana, these two sit furthest from the middle of the atlas.
Is it expensive, or does the pay keep up?
Price level
38 % of US prices
Average monthly salary
$1,232 PPP/mo
The average employee in Botswana earns about $1,232 a month before tax, measured in dollars adjusted for what they buy locally.
Money's value
21.70 %
100 saved in Botswana in 2000 buys what 22 buys today — 78 % of its purchasing power is gone.
What is left after the state takes its share?
Average monthly salary
$1,232 PPP/mo
The average employee in Botswana earns about $1,232 a month before tax, measured in dollars adjusted for what they buy locally.
Minimum wage
$354 PPP/mo
The law in Botswana sets the floor at about $354 a month, measured in dollars adjusted for what they buy locally.
Does money in the bank keep its value?
Savings vs inflation
-0.31 %
A bank account in Botswana loses about 0.3 pp of purchasing power a year — the deposit rate trails inflation.
Deposit rate
2.35 %
Inflation rate
2.66 %
At 2.7 % a year, prices double in about 27 years if it holds.
Median salary
$471 PPP/mo
ranked 68th of 79
Minimum wage
$354 PPP/mo
ranked 71st of 90
Where Botswana sits, field by field
Each dot is Botswana’s position among every country that publishes that field. Sorted by distance from the middle, so what is unusual about the country comes first.
- Unemployment rate24.48 %123 of 124
- GDP growth-0.73 %119 of 127
- Median salary$471 PPP/mo68 of 79
- Inflation rate2.66 %26 of 126
- Government debt34.00 %26 of 125
- Minimum wage$354 PPP/mo71 of 90
- Debt per person$2,64532 of 124
- Lending rate6.26 %18 of 67
- Money's value21.70 %84 of 116
- Deposit rate2.35 %50 of 70
- Price level38 % of US prices40 of 125
- Savings vs inflation-0.31 %48 of 70
- Bank spread3.91 %22 of 62
- Average monthly salary$1,232 PPP/mo60 of 93
- GDP per capita$7,77879 of 127
- Public holidays11 days58 of 104
- Corporate tax22.00 %47 of 96
- Cost of money
- Work & income
- Housing & living
- Macro
Financially nearest · computed, not curated
Algeria
avg gap 18.9 pp · 14 shared fields
Most separates them: GDP growth — -0.73 % (Botswana) vs 3.82 %
Nicaragua
avg gap 20.8 pp · 14 shared fields
Most separates them: GDP growth — -0.73 % (Botswana) vs 4.92 %
Tunisia
avg gap 21.7 pp · 11 shared fields
Most separates them: government debt — 34.00 % (Botswana) vs 81.70 %
Bosnia and Herzegovina
avg gap 21.7 pp · 16 shared fields
Most separates them: median earnings — $471 PPP/mo (Botswana) vs $2,601 PPP/mo
| Money's value | 21.70 % | ranked 84th of 116 | |
| Deposit rate | 2.35 % | ranked 50th of 70 | |
| Price level | 38 % of US prices | ranked 40th of 125 | |
| Savings vs inflation | -0.31 % | ranked 48th of 70 | |
| Bank spread | 3.91 % | ranked 22nd of 62 | |
| Average monthly salary | $1,232 PPP/mo | ranked 60th of 93 | |
| GDP per capita | $7,778 | ranked 79th of 127 | |
| Public holidays | 11 days | ranked 58th of 104 | |
| Corporate tax | 22.00 % | ranked 47th of 96 |
✓ 17 fields published for Botswana, every one dated and sourced · 18 not published yet
Awaiting an official source for Botswana: mortgage rate, real policy rate, take-home pay, tax on pay, house price growth since 2015, house price growth, rent, petrol, electricity, tax wedge, minimum wage, retirement age (men), retirement age (women), average salary, median income, vat, top income tax, currency.
Sources for all 17 figures
- Unemployment rate — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- GDP growth — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Median salary — ILO monthly earnings of employees (EAR_EMTA mean + EAR_EMTM median) · 2024
- Inflation rate — Annual CPI inflation (shared satsatlas data engine: World Bank + Eurostat + SSB) · 2025
- Government debt — IMF World Economic Outlook (general government gross debt, % of GDP) · 2025
- Minimum wage — ILO monthly earnings of employees (EAR_EMTA mean + EAR_EMTM median) · 2024
- Debt per person — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- Lending rate — IMF International Financial Statistics · 2024
- Money's value — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- Deposit rate — IMF International Financial Statistics · 2024
- Price level — World Bank PPP conversion factor ÷ official exchange rate (PA.NUS.PPP, PA.NUS.FCRF) · 2025
- Savings vs inflation — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2024
- Bank spread — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2024
- Average monthly salary — ILO monthly earnings of employees (EAR_EMTA mean + EAR_EMTM median) · 2024
- GDP per capita — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Public holidays — Public holiday calendar (Nager.Date) · 2026
- Corporate tax — OECD Corporate Tax Statistics · 2026
What changed
| 13 Oct 2026 | Government debt per person (USD) | 3002 → 2645 |
| 13 Oct 2026 | Government debt (% of GDP) | 38.6 → 34 |
| 9 Sept 2026 | Government debt per person (USD) | 1536 → 3002 |
| 6 Sept 2026 | Government debt (% of GDP) | 19.7464546226653 → 38.6 |