Botswana: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise imports)

Key figures

What the numbers say

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 0.05 percentage points in 2018 and the biggest yearly fall was 0.03 percentage points in 2002. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2012 to 2021 the straight-line trend is upward, about 0.00565 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 37% of the movement over 9 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

See how every economy compares in the full ranking.

Closest to Botswana in the 2021 ranking

• Naoero — 2nd of 4: 0.00437%
• Korea, Dem. People's Rep. — 3rd of 4: 0.00163%
• Solomon Islands — 4th of 4: 0.0000112%

What this measures

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East and North Africa are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the Middle East and North Africa region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 21 values

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise imports) in nearby economies

• Angola — 0.66% (2023)
• Benin — 4.44% (2023)
• Burkina Faso — 3.85% (2023)
• Burundi — 1.45% (2023)
• Cabo Verde — 0.5% (2023)
• Cameroon — 2.99% (2023)
• Central African Republic

More private sector & trade data for Botswana

• Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — 57.78% (2025)
• Merchandise imports (current US$) — US$6.4 billion (2025)
• Merchandise exports (current US$) — US$5.12 billion (2025)
• Insurance and financial services (% of commercial service imports) — 0.57% (2025)
• Computer, communications and other services (% of commercial service imports) — 64.52% (2025)
• Commercial service imports (current US$) — US$1.3 billion (2025)
• Transport services (% of commercial service imports) — 25.54% (2025)
• Travel services (% of commercial service imports) — 9.37% (2025)
• Insurance and financial services (% of commercial service exports)

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Questions people ask

What is Botswana's merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise imports)?

0.02% in 2021, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2000?

It is down 0.00139 percentage points from 0.02% in 2000. The highest value was 0.07% in 2018 and the lowest 0.000364% in 2005.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB); Direction of Trade database, International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator TM.VAL.MRCH.R4.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB); Direction of Trade database, 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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