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Botswana: Inflation

Percent · 1970–2025 · 56 observations · forecasts to 2031 · infl

2025
2.66%percent
Change on 2024
−0.2 pointsfrom 2.82%
Average, 2016–2025
4.36%10 years
Record high and low
16.5% (1992)low 1.89% (2020)

Inflation

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Recent values

Percent

YearValue
20314.50Forecast
20304.50Forecast
20294.50Forecast
20284.80Forecast
20275.70Forecast
20265.08Forecast
20252.66
20242.82
20235.14
202211.7
20217.24
20201.89
20192.85
20183.22
20173.30
20162.78

Sources

  • World Bank (inflation)1970–2024
  • WDI (archive)1975–1997
  • Clio Infra1975–2010
  • IMF International Financial Statistics1975–2025
  • World Development Indicators1975–2025
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1981–2025
  • World Bank Global Economic Monitor1987–2025
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031

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Botswana documentation (PDF)

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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