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The World Bank — World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0) · updated 2025-12-31
Botswana's gdp annual growth rate stands at 1.61% as of 2025-12-31, down from 1.64% in 2024. Historical data runs from 1961 to 2025 (65 observations).
In 2025, Botswana's gdp annual growth rate was 1.61%, down from 1.64% in 2024.
In 2024, Botswana's gdp annual growth rate was 1.64%, down from 1.64% in 2023.
In 2023, Botswana's gdp annual growth rate was 1.64%, up from 1.59% in 2022.
In 2022, Botswana's gdp annual growth rate was 1.59%, up from 1.49% in 2021.
In 2021, Botswana's gdp annual growth rate was 1.49%, up from 1.44% in 2020.
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.61% | -0.0229% |
| 2024 | 1.64% | -0.0049% |
| 2023 | 1.64% | +0.0518% |
| 2022 | 1.59% | +0.0972% |
| 2021 | 1.49% | +0.0519% |
| 2020 | 1.44% | +0.0168% |
| 2019 | 1.42% | +0.0036% |
| 2018 | 1.42% | -0.0015% |
| 2017 | 1.42% | +0.0008% |
| 2016 | 1.42% | -0.0078% |
| 2015 | 1.43% | -0.0269% |
| 2014 | 1.45% | -0.0548% |
| 2013 | 1.51% | -0.1685% |
| 2012 | 1.68% | -0.291% |
| 2011 | 1.97% | -0.1407% |
| 2010 | 2.11% | +0.0436% |
| 2009 | 2.07% | +0.0577% |
| 2008 | 2.01% | +0.0701% |
| 2007 | 1.94% | +0.073% |
| 2006 | 1.87% | +0.0702% |
| 2005 | 1.79% | +0.0416% |
| 2004 | 1.75% | -0.0062% |
| 2003 | 1.76% | -0.1212% |
| 2002 | 1.88% | -0.1768% |
| 2001 | 2.06% | -0.0745% |
| 2000 | 2.13% | -0.0286% |
| 1999 | 2.16% | -0.0547% |
| 1998 | 2.22% | -0.0872% |
| 1997 | 2.3% | -0.141% |
| 1996 | 2.44% | -0.18% |
| 1995 | 2.62% | -0.1478% |
| 1994 | 2.77% | -0.0916% |
| 1993 | 2.86% | +0.0502% |
| 1992 | 2.81% | +0.0885% |
| 1991 | 2.72% | -0.0261% |
| 1990 | 2.75% | -0.0273% |
| 1989 | 2.78% | -0.2053% |
| 1988 | 2.98% | -0.2818% |
| 1987 | 3.26% | -0.1269% |
| 1986 | 3.39% | -0.0803% |
| 1985 | 3.47% | -0.052% |
| 1984 | 3.52% | -0.0638% |
| 1983 | 3.59% | -0.3812% |
| 1982 | 3.97% | +0.5598% |
| 1981 | 3.41% | -0.4781% |
| 1980 | 3.89% | -2.11% |
| 1979 | 6% | -0.0274% |
| 1978 | 6.03% | +0.7536% |
| 1977 | 5.27% | +0.1151% |
| 1976 | 5.16% | +0.1868% |
| 1975 | 4.97% | +0.0304% |
| 1974 | 4.94% | +0.2327% |
| 1973 | 4.71% | +1.12% |
| 1972 | 3.59% | +1.88% |
| 1971 | 1.7% | +1.15% |
| 1970 | 0.5551% | +0.0257% |
| 1969 | 0.5294% | +0.0087% |
| 1968 | 0.5207% | -0.0086% |
| 1967 | 0.5293% | -0.0263% |
| 1966 | 0.5556% | -0.9165% |
| 1965 | 1.47% | -0.9046% |
| 1964 | 2.38% | +0.0384% |
| 1963 | 2.34% | +0.0456% |
| 1962 | 2.29% | +0.0367% |
| 1961 | 2.26% | — |
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Botswana's gdp annual growth rate is 1.61% as of 2025-12-31, compared with 1.64% in 2024. The World Bank — World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)
The highest recorded value is 6.03% (1978); the lowest is 0.5207% (1968), across data from 1961 to 2025.
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