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Botswana: Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP)

-3.26percent · 2025-216.4% since 2015

Foreign direct investment is the net inflows of investment to acquire a lasting management interest (10 percent or more of voting stock) in an enterprise operating in an economy other than that of the investor. It is the sum of equity capital, reinvestment of earnings, other long-term capital, and short-term capital as shown in the balance of payments. This series shows net inflows (new investment inflows less disinvestment) in the reporting economy from foreign investors, and is divided by GDP. Annual figures for Botswana from 1974 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
2025-3.257
20242.997
20233.82
20223.492
2021-1.702
20200.213
20190.56
20181.679
20171.618
20160.945
20152.798
20143.33
20130.47
20121.05
20111.94
20101.728
20092.063
20084.854
20074.681
20064.909
20054.243
20044.364
20035.565
20027.502
20010.559
20000.988
19990.669
19981.99
19971.994
19961.468
19951.488
1994-0.332
1993-6.898
1992-0.038
1991-0.208
19902.53
19891.368
19881.51
19875.78
19865.056
19854.809
19845.009
19832.03
19822.076
19818.236
198010.515
197915.594
19786.913
19772.709
19763.029
1975-10.775
19740.023

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Published by World Bank, produced by International Monetary Fund, World Bank, OECD. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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World Bank (2026). Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-foreign-direct-investment-net-inflows-zs (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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