Economy
The World Bank — World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0) · updated 2025-12-31
Botswana's gdp annual growth rate stands at -0.7339% as of 2025-12-31, up from -2.78% in 2024. Historical data runs from 1961 to 2025 (65 observations).
In 2025, Botswana's gdp annual growth rate was -0.7339%, up from -2.78% in 2024.
In 2024, Botswana's gdp annual growth rate was -2.78%, down from 3.21% in 2023.
In 2023, Botswana's gdp annual growth rate was 3.21%, down from 5.49% in 2022.
In 2022, Botswana's gdp annual growth rate was 5.49%, down from 11.92% in 2021.
In 2021, Botswana's gdp annual growth rate was 11.92%, up from -8.73% in 2020.
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | -0.7339% | +2.05% |
| 2024 | -2.78% | -5.99% |
| 2023 | 3.21% | -2.28% |
| 2022 | 5.49% | -6.43% |
| 2021 | 11.92% | +20.65% |
| 2020 | -8.73% | -11.76% |
| 2019 | 3.03% | -1.16% |
| 2018 | 4.19% | +0.0743% |
| 2017 | 4.11% | -3.09% |
| 2016 | 7.2% | +12.06% |
| 2015 | -4.85% | -10.55% |
| 2014 | 5.7% | -5.41% |
| 2013 | 11.1% | +11.27% |
| 2012 | -0.1709% | -7.01% |
| 2011 | 6.84% | -3.28% |
| 2010 | 10.12% | +24.26% |
| 2009 | -14.14% | -17.4% |
| 2008 | 3.25% | -2.54% |
| 2007 | 5.79% | -2.57% |
| 2006 | 8.36% | +3.81% |
| 2005 | 4.56% | +1.85% |
| 2004 | 2.71% | -1.92% |
| 2003 | 4.63% | -1.44% |
| 2002 | 6.07% | +5.82% |
| 2001 | 0.2506% | -1.74% |
| 2000 | 1.99% | -7.68% |
| 1999 | 9.67% | +9.22% |
| 1998 | 0.4437% | -7.88% |
| 1997 | 8.33% | +2.5% |
| 1996 | 5.83% | -1.2% |
| 1995 | 7.03% | +3.4% |
| 1994 | 3.63% | +1.71% |
| 1993 | 1.92% | -1% |
| 1992 | 2.92% | -4.54% |
| 1991 | 7.46% | +0.6859% |
| 1990 | 6.77% | -6.29% |
| 1989 | 13.06% | -6.39% |
| 1988 | 19.45% | +7.57% |
| 1987 | 11.88% | +3.71% |
| 1986 | 8.17% | +1.05% |
| 1985 | 7.13% | -1.42% |
| 1984 | 8.55% | -4.6% |
| 1983 | 13.15% | +0.9812% |
| 1982 | 12.17% | +3.1% |
| 1981 | 9.06% | -2.92% |
| 1980 | 11.99% | -0.1617% |
| 1979 | 12.15% | -2.18% |
| 1978 | 14.33% | +2.32% |
| 1977 | 12.01% | +1.36% |
| 1976 | 10.65% | +2.2% |
| 1975 | 8.45% | -0.3515% |
| 1974 | 8.8% | -12.51% |
| 1973 | 21.3% | -5.06% |
| 1972 | 26.36% | +0.5408% |
| 1971 | 25.82% | +8.7% |
| 1970 | 17.12% | +2% |
| 1969 | 15.12% | +4.56% |
| 1968 | 10.57% | +4.64% |
| 1967 | 5.92% | -0.4195% |
| 1966 | 6.34% | +0.5301% |
| 1965 | 5.81% | -1.02% |
| 1964 | 6.83% | +0.9113% |
| 1963 | 5.92% | -0.7456% |
| 1962 | 6.67% | +0.3234% |
| 1961 | 6.34% | — |
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Botswana's gdp annual growth rate is -0.7339% as of 2025-12-31, compared with -2.78% in 2024. The World Bank — World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)
The highest recorded value is 26.36% (1972); the lowest is -14.14% (2009), across data from 1961 to 2025.
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