Labour force participation in Botswana
The ILO estimates that 68.8% of people aged 15 and over in Botswana were in the labour force in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1991.
Botswana, 2025
68.8%
Change from 2024
+0.2percentage points
World, 2025
60.8%
Position in 2025
31st of 181
Labour force participation in Botswana over time
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% of working-age population aged 15 and over. Source: ILO, ILOSTAT (ILO Modelled Estimates). Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years. Dashed lines are projections.
| Period | Botswana | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 68.8% | 60.8% |
| 2024 | 68.6% | 61.0% |
| 2023 | 68.3% | 61.0% |
| 2022 | 64.6% | 60.7% |
| 2021 | 64.0% | 60.4% |
| 2020 | 61.3% | 59.7% |
| 2019 | 63.5% | 61.0% |
| 2018 | 63.1% | 61.2% |
| 2017 | 62.8% | 61.3% |
| 2016 | 62.5% | 61.5% |
Flags: f Projection . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +0.2 percentage points from 68.6% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 62.2%, the figure has changed by +6.6 percentage points.
- Among the 181 countries with data for 2025, Botswana has the 31st highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 60.8%.
More for Botswana
All statistics for Botswana
Women's labour force participation
63.7%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Employment-to-population ratio
52.0%
2025 · ILOSTAT
ILO estimate of the unemployment rate
24.5%
2025 · ILOSTAT
ILO estimate of youth unemployment
46.0%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Employment in agriculture
18.0%
2025 · World Bank
Employment in industry
15.8%
2025 · World Bank