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Botswana: Real GDP

Millions of local currency · 1950–2025 · 76 observations · forecasts to 2031 · rGDP

2025
176 billionlocal currency
Change on 2024
−0.7%year on year
Average growth, 2015–2025
+2.5%a year
In US dollars, 2025
$17.4 billionUS dollars

Real GDP

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Recent values

Millions of local currency

YearValue
2031218,232Forecast
2030209,919Forecast
2029201,944Forecast
2028194,304Forecast
2027188,718Forecast
2026184,607Forecast
2025176,236
2024177,539
2023182,616
2022176,939
2021167,737
2020149,878
2019164,211
2018159,379
2017152,972
2016146,927

Sources

  • Maddison Project Database1950–2022
  • WDI (archive)1960–1997
  • World Development Indicators1960–2025
  • FAO1970–2023
  • United Nations1970–2024
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2024
  • World Bank Global Economic Monitor1994–2024
  • IMF International Financial Statistics2006–2025
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031

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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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