Botswana's exports rose from US$2.61B in 1996 to US$6.38B in 2025.
Botswana · Trade
Exports, imports, balances, openness and composition.
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Botswana's imports rose from US$1.8B in 1996 to US$7.48B in 2025.
Botswana's merchandise exports (current us$) rose from US$2.45B in 1996 to US$5.12B in 2025.
Botswana's merchandise imports (current us$) rose from US$1.72B in 1996 to US$6.4B in 2025.
Botswana's services exports rose from US$260M in 1995 to US$935M in 2024.
Botswana's trade balance fell from US$810M in 1996 to US$-1.09B in 2025.
Botswana's current account balance (us$) fell from US$300M in 1995 to US$-821M in 2024.
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- Exports of goods and services (% of GDP)up +5.0 pts79th of 138
- Imports of goods and services (% of GDP)down −4.9 pts78th of 138
- Trade opennessup +0.1 pts81st of 138
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- Current accountdown −5.7 pts123rd of 173
- FDI inflowsdown −1.4 pts99th of 192
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- High-tech exportsup +0.0 pts146th of 160
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- Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports)down −0.0 pts115th of 157
- Food exports (% of merchandise exports)up +0.0 pts147th of 160
- Manufactures exports (% of merchandise exports)down −5.9 pts8th of 160
- Ores and metals exports (% of merchandise exports)up +5.8 pts37th of 160
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- Net barter terms of trade indexdown −5.3 pts195th of 203
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- Tariffsup +2.3 pts76th of 143
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- FDI outflowsup +0.0 pts136th of 170
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- Logistics performance index, overallup +1.8 %56th of 138