Current account balance in Botswana
The current account balance of Botswana was 2.9% of GDP in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest since 2017.
Botswana, 2025
2.9%
Change from 2024
+7.4percentage points
Current account balance in Botswana over time
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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Botswana |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.9% |
| 2024 | -4.5% |
| 2023 | 1.5% |
| 2022 | -0.6% |
| 2021 | -1.8% |
| 2020 | -9.8% |
| 2019 | -6.9% |
| 2018 | 0.4% |
| 2017 | 5.6% |
| 2016 | 8.0% |
| 2015 | 2.2% |
| 2014 | 11.1% |
| 2013 | 4.5% |
| 2012 | -5.9% |
| 2011 | -0.9% |
| 2010 | -5.9% |
| 2009 | -6.4% |
| 2008 | 1.4% |
| 2007 | 15.7% |
| 2006 | 19.7% |
| 2005 | 16.1% |
| 2004 | 3.5% |
| 2003 | 9.5% |
| 2002 | 4.8% |
| 2001 | 10.8% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +7.4 percentage points from -4.5% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 2.2%, the figure has changed by +0.7 percentage points.