Botswana: Net official flows from UN agencies, IFAD (current US$)

Key figures

Over five years it is down 119.34% from US$192,648 in 2015. Since 1983 it is down 174.5% from US$50,000 in 1983. The World Bank has no value for 13 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

What the numbers say

In 2020, Botswana's net official flows from UN agencies, IFAD (current US$) fell US$4,250 on 2019 (from −US$33,000 to −US$37,250).

Across the 19 yearly changes before that (1984 to 2019), the average change was −US$30,158 and a typical year strayed about US$568,246 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 standard deviations above 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$1.4 million in 1993 and the biggest yearly fall was US$1.24 million in 1994. 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 2020 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 26% of the movement over 8 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

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Closest to Botswana in the 2020 ranking

• Peru — 1st of 7: US$3.93 million
• Belize — 2nd of 7: US$587,670
• Mauritius — 4th of 7: −US$59,670
• Lebanon — 5th of 7: −US$230,040
• Gabon — 6th of 7: −US$333,810

What this measures

Net official flows from UN agencies are the net disbursements of total official flows from the UN agencies. Total official flows are the sum of Official Development Assistance (ODA) or official aid and Other Official Flows (OOF) and represent the total disbursements by the official sector at large to the recipient country. Net disbursements are gross disbursements of grants and loans minus repayments of principal on earlier loans. ODA consists of loans made on concessional terms (with a grant element of at least 25 percent, calculated at a rate of discount of 10 percent) and grants made to promote economic development and welfare in countries and territories in the DAC list of ODA recipients. Official aid refers to aid flows from official donors to countries and territories in part II of the DAC list of recipients: more advanced countries of Central and Eastern Europe, the countries of the former Soviet Union, and certain advanced developing countries and territories. Official aid is provided under terms and conditions similar to those for ODA. Part II of the DAC List was abolished in 2005. The collection of data on official aid and other resource flows to Part II countries ended with 2004 data.

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

All 25 values

Net official flows from UN agencies, IFAD (current US$) in nearby economies

• Angola — −US$544,050 (2023)
• Benin — US$14.94 million (2023)
• Burkina Faso — US$21.18 million (2023)
• Burundi — US$16.89 million (2023)
• Cabo Verde — US$2.25 million (2023)
• Cameroon — US$7.57 million (2023)
• Central African Republic — US$9.43 million (2023)
• Chad — US$12.44 million (2023)
• Comoros — US$1.47 million (2023)

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)

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Questions people ask

What is Botswana's net official flows from UN agencies, IFAD (current US$)?

−US$37,250 in 2020, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1983?

It is down 174.5% from US$50,000 in 1983. The highest value was US$950,000 in 1993 and the lowest −US$450,000 in 1992.

Is the latest change in net official flows from UN agencies, IFAD (current US$) unusual for Botswana?

In 2020, Botswana's net official flows from UN agencies, IFAD (current US$) fell US$4,250 on 2019 (from −US$33,000 to −US$37,250). Across the 19 yearly changes before that (1984 to 2019), the average change was −US$30,158 and a typical year strayed about US$568,246 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator DT.NFL.IFAD.CD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Development Assistance Committee, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), uri: https://stats.oecd.org/; Geographical Distribution of Financial Flows to Developing Countries, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), uri: https://stats.oecd.org/; Developmen… 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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