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Unemployment rate in Botswana

How hard is it to have a job there?

Botswana's unemployment rate is 24.48 % — #123 of 124 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

24.48%

May be outdatedPeriod 2025

Among 124 countries

6 of 124 countries between 0.78 % and 1.53 %6 of 124 countries between 1.53 % and 2.28 %12 of 124 countries between 2.28 % and 3.03 %16 of 124 countries between 3.03 % and 3.78 %7 of 124 countries between 3.78 % and 4.53 %15 of 124 countries between 4.53 % and 5.28 %14 of 124 countries between 5.28 % and 6.02 %7 of 124 countries between 6.02 % and 6.77 %6 of 124 countries between 6.77 % and 7.52 %2 of 124 countries between 7.52 % and 8.27 %10 of 124 countries between 8.27 % and 9.02 %3 of 124 countries between 9.02 % and 9.77 %3 of 124 countries between 9.77 % and 10.52 %2 of 124 countries between 10.52 % and 11.27 %3 of 124 countries between 11.27 % and 12.02 %1 of 124 countries between 12.02 % and 12.77 %1 of 124 countries between 12.77 % and 13.51 %2 of 124 countries between 13.51 % and 14.26 %1 of 124 countries between 14.26 % and 15.01 %2 of 124 countries between 15.01 % and 15.76 %1 of 124 countries between 16.51 % and 17.26 %4 of 124 countries between 18.01 % and 18.76 %median 5.23 %Botswana: ahead of 1 % of the 124 countries with a published unemploymentBotswana 24.48 % →0.78 %18.76 %
Half of all 124 countries sit between 3.30 % and 8.30 %. Botswana is ahead of 1 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.
Rank
#123 of 124
lower is better
Ranked behind
1 %
1 of 124 countries

In Africa: #20 of 21vs median 5.25 %: +19.22 pp (worse)

The neighbourhood

#CountryUnemploymentvs Botswana
120 Jordan16.54 %−7.94 pp
121 Libya18.76 %−5.72 pp
122 Namibia19.29 %−5.19 pp
123 Botswana24.48 %—
124 South Africa32.39 %+7.91 pp

Unemployment, share of the labour force (World Bank / ILO estimate).

How to read this figure

Share of the labour force without work but actively seeking it (World Bank / ILO harmonised estimate). People outside the labour force — students, carers, the discouraged — are not counted.

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