Personal remittances received in Botswana

Personal remittances received by Botswana were equal to 0.8% of GDP in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest since 2007.

Measure: Personal remittances received Unit: % of GDP Data: 1975 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Botswana, 2025 0.8% % of GDP
Change from 2024 +0.2percentage points 2024: 0.7%
World, 2025 0.8% Official aggregate

Personal remittances received 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.

Personal remittances received (% of GDP), 2001 to 2025
Period BotswanaWorld
2025 0.8% 0.8%
2024 0.7% 0.8%
2023 0.4% 0.8%
2022 0.3% 0.8%
2021 0.3% 0.7%
2020 0.3% 0.8%
2019 0.4% 0.7%
2018 0.3% 0.7%
2017 0.2% 0.7%
2016 0.2% 0.7%
2015 0.2% 0.7%
2014 0.3% 0.7%
2013 0.3% 0.7%
2012 0.1% 0.7%
2011 0.1% 0.6%
2010 0.2% 0.6%
2009 0.2% 0.7%
2008 0.4% 0.6%
2007 0.9% 0.6%
2006 1.0% 0.6%
2005 1.2% 0.5%
2004 0.9% 0.5%
2003 0.4% 0.5%
2002 0.4% 0.5%
2001 0.3% 0.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.2 percentage points from 0.7% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 0.2%, the figure has changed by +0.6 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 0.8%.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank staff estimates based on IMF balance of payments data
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
BX.TRF.PWKR.DT.GD.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1975 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: World Bank staff estimates based on IMF balance of payments data