Botswana's customs and other import duties (% of tax revenue) was 40.91% in 2023, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 0.17 percentage points from 41.09% in 2013.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 40.91% | 2023 |
| Five years earlier | 39.16% | 2018 |
| Ten years earlier | 41.09% | 2013 |
| Highest | 47.72% | 2012 |
| Lowest | 24.65% | 1990 |
| Average since 2014 | 38.21% | 2014–2023 |
| First recorded | 24.65% | 1990 |
What the numbers say
In 2023, Botswana's customs and other import duties (% of tax revenue) rose 12.88 percentage points on 2022 (from 28.03% to 40.91%).
Across the 22 yearly changes before that (1991 to 2022), the average change was −0.04 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 7.48 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.7 standard deviations above that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 13.81 percentage points in 2012 and the biggest yearly fall was 12.5 percentage points in 2021. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2014 to 2023 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 19% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2023, Botswana had the 1st highest value of the 15 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 2023 ranking
What this measures
Taxes and duties on imports are taxes on goods and services that become payable at the moment when goods enter the economic territory or when services are delivered by non-resident producers to residents. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of tax revenue which includes compulsory, unrequited payments, in cash or in kind, made by institutional units to government units.
Limitations: For most countries central government finance data have been consolidated into one account, but for others only budgetary central government accounts are available. Countries reporting budgetary data are noted in the country metadata. Because budgetary accounts may not include all central government units (such as social security funds), they usually provide an incomplete picture. In federal states the central government accounts provide an incomplete view of total public finance. Data on government revenue and expense are collected by the IMF through questionnaires to member countries and by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
All 25 values
| Year | Customs and other import duties (% of tax revenue) |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 40.91 |
| 2022 | 28.03 |
| 2021 | 30.61 |
| 2020 | 43.11 |
| 2019 | 36.82 |
| 2018 | 39.16 |
| 2017 | 44.79 |
| 2016 | 33.11 |
| 2015 | 43.87 |
| 2014 | 41.71 |
| 2013 |
Customs and other import duties (% of tax revenue) in nearby economies
- Angola — 5.13% (2024)
- Burkina Faso — 13.11% (2024)
- Burundi — 12.96% (2021)
- Cabo Verde — 20.34% (2020)
- Cameroon — 12.7% (2021)
- Congo, Dem. Rep. — 9.62% (2022)
- Congo, Rep. — 18.77% (2021)
- Côte d'Ivoire — 11.84% (2023)
- Equatorial Guinea — 3.99% (2022)
- Eswatini
More public sector data for Botswana
- Military expenditure (current USD) — 614.35 million (2025)
- Military expenditure (current LCU) — 8.34 billion (2025)
- Military expenditure (% of GDP) — 3.11% (2025)
- Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) — 8.94% (2025)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values) — 11 million (2024)
- Armed forces personnel, total — 9,000 (2020)
- Armed forces personnel (% of total labor force) — 0.92% (2020)
- Expense (current LCU) — 69.39 billion (2024)
- Expense (% of GDP) — 26.53% (2024)
- Net acquisition of financial assets (current LCU)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Botswana's customs and other import duties (% of tax revenue)?
- 40.91% in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1990?
- It is up 16.26 percentage points from 24.65% in 1990. The highest value was 47.72% in 2012 and the lowest 24.65% in 1990.
- How does Botswana rank?
- 1st highest of 15 economies with data for 2023.
- Is the latest change in customs and other import duties (% of tax revenue) unusual for Botswana?
- In 2023, Botswana's customs and other import duties (% of tax revenue) rose 12.88 percentage points on 2022 (from 28.03% to 40.91%). Across the 22 yearly changes before that (1991 to 2022), the average change was −0.04 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 7.48 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.7 standard deviations above that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator GC.TAX.IMPT.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF) 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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