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Botswana — GDP growth
GDP Growth (Annual %) for Botswana, 1961–2025.
Latest value · 2025
-0.73%
GDP Growth (Annual %) · annual % · -111.6% since 1961
GDP growth for Botswana was -0.73% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 26.36% in 1972. The lowest was -14.14% in 2009 (about 19.3× the latest value).
Botswana ranks 199 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 94%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 4.61%, so Botswana sits below it. It peaked in 1972 and has fallen 103% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 85%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
-0.73%
First (1961)
6.34%
Change
-111.6%
Highest
26.36%
in 1972
Lowest
-14.14%
in 2009
Average
7.30%
Annual growth (CAGR)
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Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | -0.73% |
| 2024 | -2.78% |
| 2023 | 3.21% |
| 2022 | 5.49% |
| 2021 | 11.92% |
| 2020 | -8.73% |
| 2019 | 3.03% |
| 2018 | 4.19% |
| 2017 | 4.11% |
| 2016 | 7.2% |
| 2015 | -4.85% |
| 2014 | 5.7% |
Reading this correctly. Annual percentage growth rate of GDP at constant market prices. A negative value means the economy contracted that year. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG — GDP Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.