Botswana — Inflation
Inflation, Consumer Prices (Annual %) for Botswana, 1975–2025.
Inflation for Botswana was 2.66% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 51 years, from 1975 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 16.43% in 1981. The lowest was 1.89% in 2020 (about 1.4× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -2.96% per year.
Botswana ranks 103 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 55%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 3.51%, so Botswana sits below it. It peaked in 1981 and has fallen 84% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 13%. Within Sub-Saharan Africa it ranks 31 of 46 economies; Eswatini (2.60%) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 283% in 2021. That is 37% below this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
World ranking. Slipped: 58th of 102 in 1975 → 57th of 106 in 1980 → 51st of 131 in 1990 → 38th of 163 in 2000 → 37th of 186 in 2010 → 90th of 178 in 2020 → 90th of 169 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1975 to 2025
| Year | annual % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.66% | -0.2 pp |
| 2024 | 2.82% | -2.2 pp |
| 2023 | 5.07% | -6.6 pp |
| 2022 | 11.67% | +4.4 pp |
| 2021 | 7.24% | +5.4 pp |
| 2020 | 1.89% | -0.9 pp |
| 2019 | 2.77% | -0.5 pp |
| 2018 | 3.24% | -0.1 pp |
| 2017 | 3.31% | +0.5 pp |
| 2016 | 2.81% | -0.2 pp |
| 2015 | 3.06% | -1.3 pp |
| 2014 | 4.4% | -1.5 pp |
| 2013 | 5.88% | -1.7 pp |
| 2012 | 7.54% | -0.9 pp |
| 2011 | 8.46% | +1.5 pp |
| 2010 | 6.95% | -1.1 pp |
| 2009 | 8.03% | -4.7 pp |
| 2008 | 12.7% | +5.6 pp |
| 2007 | 7.08% | -4.5 pp |
| 2006 | 11.56% | +2.9 pp |
| 2005 | 8.61% | +1.7 pp |
| 2004 | 6.95% | -2.2 pp |
| 2003 | 9.19% | +1.2 pp |
| 2002 | 8.03% | +1.5 pp |
| 2001 | 6.56% | -2.0 pp |
| 2000 | 8.6% | +0.9 pp |
| 1999 | 7.75% | +1.1 pp |
| 1998 | 6.66% | -2.1 pp |
| 1997 | 8.72% | -1.4 pp |
| 1996 | 10.08% | -0.4 pp |
| 1995 | 10.51% | -0.0 pp |
| 1994 | 10.54% | -3.8 pp |
| 1993 | 14.33% | -1.8 pp |
| 1992 | 16.17% | +4.4 pp |
| 1991 | 11.77% | +0.4 pp |
| 1990 | 11.4% | -0.2 pp |
| 1989 | 11.58% | +3.2 pp |
| 1988 | 8.35% | -1.5 pp |
| 1987 | 9.8% | -0.2 pp |
| 1986 | 10% | +1.9 pp |
| 1985 | 8.09% | -0.5 pp |
| 1984 | 8.58% | -1.9 pp |
| 1983 | 10.48% | -0.7 pp |
| 1982 | 11.14% | -5.3 pp |
| 1981 | 16.43% | +2.8 pp |
| 1980 | 13.63% | +1.9 pp |
| 1979 | 11.74% | +2.7 pp |
| 1978 | 9.04% | -4.1 pp |
| 1977 | 13.17% | +1.4 pp |
| 1976 | 11.73% | -0.2 pp |
| 1975 | 11.97% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Botswana’s Inflation in 1976?
11.73% (1976). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are changes in this series measured in percentage points?
Yes. The series is a share expressed in annual %, so year-over-year movements in the Change column are percentage points (pp), not percent.
Is Botswana’s Inflation growing or shrinking?
Between 1975 and 2025 the series was shrinking overall: -77.8% in total — about 3.0% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 2.66%; 2024: 2.82%; 2023: 5.07%; 2022: 11.67%; 2021: 7.24%. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG — Inflation, Consumer Prices (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.