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Botswana: Merchandise trade

57.78percent · 2025-42.3% since 2015

General merchandise trade includes goods whose economic ownership is changed between a resident and a non-resident and that are not included in the following specific categories: goods under merchanting, non-monetary gold, and parts of travel, construction, and government goods and services n.i.e. It is the total of merchandise exports plus merchandise imports. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. Annual figures for Botswana from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202557.777
202461.603
202363.198
202281.058
202184.373
202072.044
201970.555
201875.628
201769.537
201689.567
2015100.172
2014107.226
2013113.952
2012100.637
201187.051
201081.901
200980.882
200894.699
200787.449
200676.771
200576.48
200475.289
200369.999
200278.509
200178.676
200082.165
199988.289
199889.949
1997101.588
199686.019
199585.676
199482.597
199385.358
199286.893
199196.275
199098.4
1989108.858
1988100.622
1987128.433
1986113.098
1985117.332
1984109.363
1983116.871
1982112.617
1981111.193
1980112.547
1979120.629
1978102.302
1977104.512
1976101.875
1975100.797
197499.659
1973102.817
1972102.152
197198.079
197086.24
196982.728
196864.907
196775.031
196679.665
196580.806
196460.073
196360.38
196256.109
196151.668
196055.9

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by World Trade Organization, World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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World Bank (2026). Merchandise trade. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-merchandise-trade (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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