Net migration in Botswana

Net migration to Botswana was -5,665 people in 2025.

Measure: Net migration Unit: People Data: 1960 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Botswana, 2025 -5,665 People
Change from 2024 +2.0% 2024: -5,778 people
World, 2025 0 people Official aggregate
Position in 2025 140th of 217 See the full ranking

Net migration in Botswana over time

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People. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Net migration (people), 2016 to 2025
Period Botswana
2025 -5,665 people
2024 -5,778 people
2023 -6,487 people
2022 -7,306 people
2021 -4,083 people
2020 -11,330 people
2019 -11,770 people
2018 -11,623 people
2017 -10,916 people
2016 -10,286 people

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +2.0% from -5,778 people in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was -9,599 people, the figure has changed by +41.0%.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Botswana has the 140th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 0 people.

Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SM.POP.NETM · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 to 2025 for Botswana
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects