Botswana's imports of goods and services (constant LCU) was 66.47 billion in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 30.28% from 95.34 billion in 2015 (3.54% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 66.47 billion | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 90.25 billion | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 95.34 billion | 2015 |
| Highest | 95.34 billion | 2015 |
| Lowest | 5.53 billion | 1975 |
| Average since 2016 | 78.23 billion | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 5.53 billion |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Botswana's imports of goods and services (constant LCU) fell 19% on 2024 (from 82.05 billion to 66.47 billion).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +6.1% and a typical year strayed about 15% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.7 standard deviations below 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 39.7% in 2008 and the biggest yearly fall was 20.9% in 2016. 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 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains less than 1% 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 2025, Botswana had the 103rd highest value of the 128 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
What this measures
Imports of goods includes change in the economic ownership of goods from non-residents to residents of the compiling economy, irrespective of physical movement of goods across national borders. Imports of services includes services provided by non-residents to residents. This indicator is expressed in constant prices, meaning the series has been adjusted to account for price changes over time. The reference year for this adjustment varies by country. This series is expressed in local currency units.
All 51 values
| Year | Imports of goods and services (constant LCU) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 66,468,768,400 |
| 2024 | 82,054,148,500 |
| 2023 | 70,504,590,700 |
| 2022 | 76,708,729,500 |
| 2021 | 94,386,398,800 |
| 2020 | 90,251,955,800 |
| 2019 | 84,878,400,800 |
| 2018 | 76,074,873,700 |
| 2017 | 65,628,907,900 |
| 2016 | 75,391,233,100 |
Imports of goods and services (constant LCU) in nearby economies
- Angola — 2.5 trillion (2024)
- Benin — 2.73 trillion (2025)
- Burkina Faso — 4.26 trillion (2025)
- Cabo Verde — 136.49 billion (2025)
- Cameroon — 5.54 trillion (2025)
- Central African Republic — 287.93 billion (2025)
- Chad — 1.97 trillion (2025)
- Comoros — 183.97 billion (2025)
- Congo, Dem. Rep. — 8.25 trillion (2025)
- Congo, Rep.
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 imports of goods and services (constant LCU)?
- 66.47 billion in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1975?
- It is up 1,101% from 5.53 billion in 1975 (5.1% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 95.34 billion in 2015 and the lowest 5.53 billion in 1975.
- How does Botswana rank?
- 103rd highest of 128 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in imports of goods and services (constant LCU) unusual for Botswana?
- In 2025, Botswana's imports of goods and services (constant LCU) fell 19% on 2024 (from 82.05 billion to 66.47 billion). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +6.1% and a typical year strayed about 15% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.7 standard deviations below 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 NE.IMP.GNFS.KN, 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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