Financial Sector · Botswana
Yearly data from 1960 to 2025, from the World Bank.
Botswana's DEC alternative conversion factor (LCU per US$) was US$13.5 in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 33.3% from US$10.13 in 2015 (2.92% a year on average, compounded).
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | US$13.5 | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | US$11.46 | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | US$10.13 | 2015 |
| Highest | US$13.6 | 2023 |
| Lowest | US$0.68 | 1974 |
| Average since 2016 | US$11.78 | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | US$0.71 | 1960 |
Over five years it is up 17.86% from US$11.46 in 2020 (3.34% a year on average, compounded). Since 1960 it is up 1,793% from US$0.71 in 1960 (4.63% a year on average, compounded).
In 2025, Botswana's DEC alternative conversion factor (LCU per US$) fell US$0.06 on 2024 (from US$13.56 to US$13.5).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +US$0.36 and a typical year strayed about US$0.57 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.7 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was US$1.28 in 2022 and the biggest yearly fall was US$1.38 in 2003. 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 US$0.41 a year. A straight line explains 82% 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.
Extending that straight line gives about US$14.77 for 2028. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2023 to 2025 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was US$0.65, against US$1.19 for assuming no change. Treat it as a continuation of the recent pattern, not a forecast of events: it cannot see a recession, a policy change or a revision to the data.
See how a linear trend forecast works and the guide on forecasting without fooling yourself.
In 2025, Botswana had the 105th highest value of the 207 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
The DEC alternative conversion factor is the underlying annual exchange rate (the price of one country’s currency in relation to another country's currency) used for the World Bank Atlas method. As a rule, it is the official exchange rate reported in the IMF's International Financial Statistics. Exceptions arise where further refinements are made by World Bank staff. It is expressed in local currency units per U.S. dollar.
| Year | DEC alternative conversion factor (LCU per US$) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 13.5 |
| 2024 | 13.56 |
| 2023 | 13.6 |
| 2022 | 12.37 |
| 2021 | 11.09 |
| 2020 | 11.46 |
| 2019 | 10.76 |
| 2018 | 10.2 |
| 2017 | 10.35 |
| 2016 | 10.9 |
| 2015 | 10.13 |
| 2014 | 8.98 |
| 2013 | 8.4 |
| 2012 | 7.64 |
| 2011 | 6.84 |
| 2010 | 6.79 |
| 2009 | 7.16 |
| 2008 | 6.83 |
| 2007 | 6.14 |
| 2006 | 5.83 |
| 2005 | 5.12 |
| 2004 | 4.69 |
| 2003 | 4.95 |
| 2002 | 6.33 |
| 2001 | 5.84 |
| 2000 | 5.1 |
| 1999 | 4.62 |
| 1998 | 4.23 |
| 1997 | 3.65 |
| 1996 | 3.32 |
| 1995 | 2.77 |
| 1994 | 2.68 |
| 1993 | 2.42 |
| 1992 | 2.11 |
| 1991 | 2.02 |
| 1990 | 1.86 |
| 1989 | 2.01 |
| 1988 | 1.83 |
| 1987 | 1.68 |
| 1986 | 1.88 |
| 1985 | 1.9 |
| 1984 | 1.3 |
| 1983 | 1.1 |
| 1982 | 1.03 |
| 1981 | 0.8367 |
| 1980 | 0.7772 |
| 1979 | 0.815 |
| 1978 | 0.8282 |
| 1977 | 0.842 |
| 1976 | 0.8696 |
| 1975 | 0.7395 |
| 1974 | 0.6795 |
| 1973 | 0.6941 |
| 1972 | 0.7728 |
| 1971 | 0.7124 |
| 1970 | 0.7164 |
| 1969 | 0.7181 |
| 1968 | 0.717 |
| 1967 | 0.7171 |
| 1966 | 0.717 |
| 1965 | 0.7163 |
| 1964 | 0.7173 |
| 1963 | 0.7153 |
| 1962 | 0.7133 |
| 1961 | 0.7147 |
| 1960 | 0.7133 |
Every indicator for Botswana is on the Botswana data page.
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator PA.NUS.ATLS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF); 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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