Botswana: Oil rents (% of GDP)

Key figures

What the numbers say

From 2012 to 2021 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 2021, Botswana had the 114th highest value of the 188 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 2021 ranking

• Bermuda — 120th of 188: 0%
• Bhutan — 121st of 188: 0%
• Bosnia and Herzegovina — 122nd of 188: 0%
• Burkina Faso — 124th of 188: 0%
• Burundi — 125th of 188: 0%
• Cabo Verde — 126th of 188: 0%

What this measures

Oil rents are the difference between the value of crude oil production at regional prices and total costs of production.

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

All 51 values

Oil rents (% of GDP) in nearby economies

• Angola — 28.27% (2021)
• Benin — 0% (2021)
• Burkina Faso — 0% (2021)
• Burundi — 0% (2021)
• Cabo Verde — 0% (2021)
• Cameroon — 2.36% (2021)
• Central African Republic — 0% (2021)
• Chad — 16.75% (2021)
• Comoros — 0% (2021)
• Congo, Dem. Rep. — 0.65% (2021)
• Congo, Rep. — 34.38% (2021)
• Côte d'Ivoire — 0.7% (2021)

More environment data for Botswana

• Rural population — 821,007 (2025)
• Rural population (% of total population) — 32.04% (2025)
• Urban population — 1.74 million (2025)
• Urban population (% of total population) — 67.96% (2025)
• Aquaculture production (metric tons) — 156 (2024)
• Capture fisheries production (metric tons) — 40 (2024)
• Total fisheries production (metric tons) — 196 (2024)
• Rural population growth (annual %) — 0.08% (2025)
• Urban population growth (annual %) — 2.34% (2025)
• Agricultural land (sq. km) — 258,615 (2024)

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Questions people ask

What is Botswana's oil rents (% of GDP)?

0% in 2021, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1971?

It is unchanged since 1971. The highest value was 0% in 1971 and the lowest 0% in 1971.

How does Botswana rank?

114th highest of 188 economies with data for 2021.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: The Changing Wealth of Nations, World Bank (WB), uri: https://www.worldbank.org/en/publication/changing-wealth-of-nations/data, note: World Bank staff estimates based on sources and methods described in the World Bank's The Changing Wealth of Nations., publisher: World Bank (WB); Staff estimates, Wo….

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NY.GDP.PETR.RT.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: The Changing Wealth of Nations, World Bank (WB), uri: https://www.worldbank.org/en/publication/changing-wealth-of-nations/data, note: World Bank staff estimates based on sources and methods described in the World Bank's The Changing Wealth of Nations., publisher: World Bank (WB); Staff estimates, Wo… 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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