Botswana's changes in inventories (current LCU) was 2.51 billion in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 36.47% from 1.84 billion in 2015 (3.16% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 2.51 billion | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 8.73 billion | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 1.84 billion | 2015 |
| Highest | 20.26 billion | 2024 |
| Lowest | -4.03 billion | 2016 |
| Average since 2016 | 5.18 billion | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | -3.3 million |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Botswana's changes in inventories (current LCU) fell 17.75 billion on 2024 (from 20.26 billion to 2.51 billion).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +674.95 million and a typical year strayed about 4.11 billion from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 4.5 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 8.35 billion in 2008 and the biggest yearly fall was 17.75 billion in 2025. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is upward, about 1.56 billion a year. A straight line explains 45% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2025, Botswana had the 59th highest value of the 109 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
Closest to Botswana in the 2025 ranking
- Australia — 56th of 109: 3.68 billion
- Azerbaijan — 57th of 109: 3.35 billion
- Singapore — 58th of 109: 3.17 billion
- Georgia — 60th of 109: 2.36 billion
- Bulgaria — 61st of 109: 1.84 billion
- Macao SAR, China — 62nd of 109: 1.31 billion
What this measures
Changes in inventories is the value of entries into inventories less the value of withdrawals and less the value of any recurrent losses of goods held in inventories during the accounting period.This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units.
All 61 values
| Year | Changes in inventories (current LCU) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,506,202,800 |
| 2024 | 20,259,853,700 |
| 2023 | 12,294,894,900 |
| 2022 | 5,978,027,200 |
| 2021 | 2,015,827,900 |
| 2020 | 8,734,699,800 |
| 2019 | 3,545,457,400 |
| 2018 | -852,285,600 |
| 2017 | 1,377,701,900 |
| 2016 | -4,030,669,800 |
Changes in inventories (current LCU) in nearby economies
- Angola — 15.59 billion (2024)
- Benin — 56.5 billion (2025)
- Burkina Faso — 74.62 billion (2025)
- Cameroon — 233.9 billion (2024)
- Central African Republic — -97.75 billion (2025)
- Chad — 495.84 billion (2025)
- Comoros — 7.91 billion (2023)
- Congo, Dem. Rep. — 6.98 trillion (2025)
- Congo, Rep. — 28.87 billion (2025)
- Côte d'Ivoire — -431.12 billion (2025)
More economic policy & debt data for Botswana
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$) — US$6.27 billion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current LCU) — 84.72 billion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) — 31.48% (2025)
- Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (current US$) — US$9.12 billion (2025)
- Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (current LCU) — 123.17 billion (2025)
- Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) — 45.77% (2025)
- Final consumption expenditure (current US$) — US$15.4 billion (2025)
- Final consumption expenditure (current LCU) — 207.88 billion (2025)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Botswana's changes in inventories (current LCU)?
- 2.51 billion in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1965?
- It is up 76,046% from -3.3 million in 1965. The highest value was 20.26 billion in 2024 and the lowest -4.03 billion in 2016.
- How does Botswana rank?
- 59th highest of 109 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in changes in inventories (current LCU) unusual for Botswana?
- In 2025, Botswana's changes in inventories (current LCU) fell 17.75 billion on 2024 (from 20.26 billion to 2.51 billion). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +674.95 million and a typical year strayed about 4.11 billion from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 4.5 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NE.GDI.STKB.CN, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs); National Accounts data files, Central Banks; Staff estimates, World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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