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Botswana: Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) (national estimate)

69.06percent · 2024+17.3% since 2006

Labor force participation rate is the proportion of the population ages 15 and older that is economically active: all people who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period. Reported as: national estimate. Annual figures for Botswana from 1964 to 2024.

19642024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202469.055
202367.828
202264.604
202164.18
202066.288
201963.895
201369.58
201158.678
201059.126
200962.186
200658.852
200353.5
200155.044
200057.439
199857.852
199652.375
199460.6
199157.382
198570.278
198160.777
197147.408
196446.157

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Published by World Bank, produced by International Labour Organization. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) (national estimate). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-labor-force-participation-rate-total-zs (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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