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Botswana — Labor participation
Labor Force Participation Rate for Botswana, 1990–2025.
Latest value · 2025
68.80%
Labor Force Participation Rate · % of population ages 15+ · +9.9% since 1990
Labor participation for Botswana was 68.80% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The latest year is also the highest value on record for this series. The lowest was 58.60% in 2000 (about 1.2× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.27% per year.
Botswana ranks 32 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 17%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 64.31%, so Botswana sits above it. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 11%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
68.80%
First (1990)
62.61%
Change
+9.9%
Highest
68.80%
in 2025
Lowest
58.60%
in 2000
Average
61.87%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.27%
Years of data
36
Recent years
| Year | % of population ages 15+ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 68.8% |
| 2024 | 68.57% |
| 2023 | 68.28% |
| 2022 | 64.62% |
| 2021 | 63.99% |
| 2020 | 61.3% |
| 2019 | 63.48% |
| 2018 | 63.11% |
| 2017 | 62.77% |
| 2016 | 62.46% |
| 2015 | 62.19% |
| 2014 | 61.92% |
Reading this correctly. Proportion of the population aged 15 and above that is economically active: supplying labor for the production of goods and services. Figures are in % of population ages 15+. 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
SL.TLF.CACT.ZS — Labor Force Participation Rate. 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.