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GDP growth in Botswana

Is that economy growing or stalling?

Botswana's gdp growth is -0.73 % — #119 of 127 countries on the atlas (higher is better). Period 2025.

-0.73%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt)

GDP growth in Botswana over time

11.92 %-1.11 %-14.14 %11.92 % · 2021-14.14 % · 20092000: 1.99 %2001: 0.25 %2002: 6.07 %2003: 4.63 %2004: 2.71 %2005: 4.56 %2006: 8.36 %2007: 5.79 %2008: 3.25 %2009: -14.14 %2010: 10.12 %2011: 6.84 %2012: -0.17 %2013: 11.10 %2014: 5.70 %2015: -4.85 %2016: 7.20 %2017: 4.11 %2018: 4.19 %2019: 3.03 %2020: -8.73 %2021: 11.92 %2022: 5.49 %2023: 3.21 %2024: -2.78 %2025: -0.73 %200020122025-0.73 %
26 official observations, 2000 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#119 of 127
higher is better
Ranked behind
6 %
8 of 127 countries
Latest move
▲ 2.05 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
12.65 pp
peak 11.92 % in 2021
Full series
▼ 2.72 pp
since 2000

In Africa: #21 of 21vs median 2.90 %: −3.64 pp (worse)

Among 127 countries

4 of 127 countries between -2.71 % and -2.14 %2 of 127 countries between -2.14 % and -1.56 %1 of 127 countries between -1.56 % and -0.99 %3 of 127 countries between -0.99 % and -0.41 %12 of 127 countries between 0.16 % and 0.74 %11 of 127 countries between 0.74 % and 1.31 %12 of 127 countries between 1.31 % and 1.89 %9 of 127 countries between 1.89 % and 2.47 %14 of 127 countries between 2.47 % and 3.04 %13 of 127 countries between 3.04 % and 3.62 %11 of 127 countries between 3.62 % and 4.19 %10 of 127 countries between 4.19 % and 4.77 %6 of 127 countries between 4.77 % and 5.34 %3 of 127 countries between 5.34 % and 5.92 %1 of 127 countries between 5.92 % and 6.49 %2 of 127 countries between 6.49 % and 7.07 %3 of 127 countries between 7.07 % and 7.64 %2 of 127 countries between 7.64 % and 8.22 %2 of 127 countries between 8.22 % and 8.79 %2 of 127 countries between 9.37 % and 9.95 %4 of 127 countries between 10.52 % and 11.10 %median 2.90 %Botswana: ahead of 6 % of the 127 countries with a published gdp growthBotswana -0.73 %-2.71 %11.10 %
Half of all 127 countries sit between 1.30 % and 4.37 %. Botswana is ahead of 6 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryGDP growthvs Botswana
117 Finland0.17 %+0.91 pp
118 Mozambique-0.52 %+0.21 pp
119 Botswana-0.73 %—
120 Trinidad and Tobago-0.79 %−0.05 pp
121 Cuba-1.06 %−0.33 pp

Annual real GDP growth (World Bank).

How to read this figure

Annual growth of real GDP (World Bank) — the size of the economy adjusted for inflation. Population growth matters: a country can grow 2 % while its GDP per person stands still.

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