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Botswana: Current account balance (BoP, current US$)

583.38Mcurrent USD · 2025+93.7% since 2015

Balance of current transactions (transactions in goods and services, earned income and transfer income) between residents and non-residents. The term current account balance is used in the external accounts and is expressed from the perspective of resident units. The term current external balance is used in the national accounts and is expressed from the perspective of the non-resident units, and therefore with the opposite sign. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars. Annual figures for Botswana from 1975 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
2025583,380,795.032
2024-868,764,796.205
2023287,319,401.951
2022-120,668,275.834
2021-330,922,962.056
2020-1,467,048,817.445
2019-1,154,933,120.429
201866,926,398.919
2017899,603,267.586
20161,202,538,243.387
2015301,219,213.709
20141,713,317,042.243
2013646,614,169.091
2012-820,817,535.452
2011-131,913,618.139
2010-744,133,493.778
2009-648,182,389.003
2008149,529,674.394
20071,654,312,720.132
20061,950,580,298.904
20051,597,510,497.875
2004316,806,215.975
2003716,788,889.541
2002263,353,892.003
2001595,211,329.606
2000545,147,749.11
1999583,453,155.307
1998169,705,244.825
1997721,431,864.934
1996494,954,771.027
1995299,652,984.025
1994221,630,751.621
1993426,936,846.775
1992197,703,492.161
1991302,934,867.025
1990-19,296,242.563
1989491,888,911.82
1988193,920,170.624
1987628,491,474.536
1986108,666,489.586
198581,941,938.094
1984-58,765,840.352
1983-78,947,908.267
1982-144,610,725.493
1981-303,679,167.287
1980-151,050,210.88
1979-60,613,001.195
1978-115,557,798.963
1977-26,960,911.461
1976-20,355,005.112
1975-35,564,200.321

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by International Monetary Fund. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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World Bank (2026). Current account balance (BoP, current US$). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-current-account-balance (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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