Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices in Botswana
Botswana: Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices was 6,905 USD in 2024. ▲ Rising
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices in Botswana, 1970–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in USD.
Analysis
The most recent figure for gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices in Botswana is 6,905 USD, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 4.6% on the previous year and up 5.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices in Botswana peaked at 7,236 USD in 2023 and was at its lowest, 730.82 USD, in 1970.
Botswana ranks 99th of 195 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices in Botswana, year by year
| Year | USD | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 730.82 USD | — |
| 1971 | 903.99 USD | +23.7% |
| 1972 | 1,102 USD | +21.9% |
| 1973 | 1,275 USD | +15.7% |
| 1974 | 1,321 USD | +3.6% |
| 1975 | 1,363 USD | +3.2% |
| 1976 | 1,432 USD | +5.1% |
| 1977 | 1,502 USD | +4.9% |
| 1978 | 1,580 USD | +5.1% |
| 1979 | 1,700 USD | +7.6% |
| 1980 | 1,835 USD | +7.9% |
| 1981 | 1,982 USD | +8.0% |
| 1982 | 2,066 USD | +4.2% |
| 1983 | 2,230 USD | +8.0% |
| 1984 | 2,446 USD | +9.7% |
| 1985 | 2,580 USD | +5.5% |
| 1986 | 2,677 USD | +3.8% |
| 1987 | 2,804 USD | +4.7% |
| 1988 | 3,054 USD | +8.9% |
| 1989 | 3,959 USD | +29.6% |
| 1990 | 4,126 USD | +4.2% |
| 1991 | 4,314 USD | +4.5% |
| 1992 | 4,320 USD | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 4,278 USD | -1.0% |
| 1994 | 4,312 USD | +0.8% |
| 1995 | 4,496 USD | +4.3% |
| 1996 | 4,643 USD | +3.3% |
| 1997 | 4,902 USD | +5.6% |
| 1998 | 4,829 USD | -1.5% |
| 1999 | 5,183 USD | +7.3% |
| 2000 | 5,174 USD | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 5,081 USD | -1.8% |
| 2002 | 5,266 USD | +3.6% |
| 2003 | 5,390 USD | +2.4% |
| 2004 | 5,416 USD | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 5,538 USD | +2.2% |
| 2006 | 5,865 USD | +5.9% |
| 2007 | 6,085 USD | +3.8% |
| 2008 | 6,158 USD | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 5,179 USD | -15.9% |
| 2010 | 5,584 USD | +7.8% |
| 2011 | 5,850 USD | +4.8% |
| 2012 | 5,743 USD | -1.8% |
| 2013 | 6,285 USD | +9.4% |
| 2014 | 6,547 USD | +4.2% |
| 2015 | 6,141 USD | -6.2% |
| 2016 | 6,491 USD | +5.7% |
| 2017 | 6,662 USD | +2.6% |
| 2018 | 6,844 USD | +2.7% |
| 2019 | 6,952 USD | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 6,254 USD | -10.0% |
| 2021 | 6,896 USD | +10.3% |
| 2022 | 7,160 USD | +3.8% |
| 2023 | 7,236 USD | +1.1% |
| 2024 | 6,905 USD | -4.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1,291 USD | 730.82 USD | 1,700 USD | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,563 USD | 1,835 USD | 3,959 USD | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,540 USD | 4,126 USD | 5,183 USD | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,516 USD | 5,081 USD | 6,158 USD | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,310 USD | 5,584 USD | 6,952 USD | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,890 USD | 6,254 USD | 7,236 USD | 5 |
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More economy & growth data for Botswana
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 2.52 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 3.98 Percent per annum (2029)
- Services, value added (constant LCU), per capita 48,884 constant LCU per person (2025)
- GDP deflator (base year varies by country), annual growth rate 3.63 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) (current US$), annual growth 3.27 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.9429 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) (current US$), per capita 7,334 current US$ per person (2025)
- Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) (current LCU), annual growth 2.8 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) (current LCU), per unit of GDP 12.73 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) (current LCU), per capita 99,027 current LCU per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices in Botswana?
- Gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices in Botswana was 6,905 USD in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices recorded in Botswana?
- The highest recorded value was 7,236 USD in 2023.
- What is the lowest gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices recorded in Botswana?
- The lowest recorded value was 730.82 USD in 1970.
- How does Botswana rank for gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices?
- Botswana ranks 99th out of 195 countries with data for 2024.
- Is gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices rising or falling in Botswana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Botswana data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The FAOSTAT Macro Indicators database provides a selection of country-level macro indicators relating to total economy (Gross Domestic Product, Gross Fixed Capital Formation); agriculture activity; agriculture, forestry and fishing activity; total manufacturing activity; manufacturing of food products and beverages activity; manufacturing activity of tobacco products; and manufacturing activity of food, beverage and tobacco products.It releases time series for a selection of National Accounts variables, including gross domestic product, gross fixed capital formation, industry-level value added and gross output. The database also proposes additional indicators such as gross domestic product per capita, year-on-year growth rates and measures of industry contribution to gross domestic product. All data relating to Gross Domestic Product, Gross Fixed Capital Formation, agriculture, forestry and fishing activity, and to total manufacturing activity originates from the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) National Accounts Estimates of Main Aggregates database, which consists of a complete and consistent set of time series of the main National Accounts aggregates of all UN Members States and other territories in the world for which National Accounts information is available. The UNSD database's content is based on the countries' official National Accounts data reported to UNSD through the annual National Accounts Questionnaire, supplemented with data estimates for any years and countries with incomplete or inconsistent information (See http://unstats.un.org/unsd/snaama/Introduction.asp). Data series relating to the sub-industry Agriculture activity are obtained from the UNSD national accounts Official Country Data databases while series on the Manufacturing activity of food and beverages products, manufacturing activity of tobacco products and manufacturing activity of food, beverages and tobacco products originates from the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) INDSTAT2 database. In order to ensure that sub-industry series are consistent in levels with National Accounts based series, which is needed to support comparability across industries (agriculture vs. agro-industry and sub-industries), UNIDO originating series are rescaled on UNSD National Accounts Estimates of Main Aggregates data series (See Section 17.5 for a more detailed description of the data processing steps).