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Botswana: Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) (national estimate)

26.40percent · 2024+32.1% since 2006

Unemployment refers to the share of the labor force that is without work but available for and seeking employment. Definitions of labor force and unemployment differ by country. Reported as: national estimate. Annual figures for Botswana from 1985 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202426.399
202326.894
202225.928
202125.944
202022.557
201921.88
201322.323
201122.452
201021.425
200919.597
200619.985
200326.282
200123.9
200017.25
199823.57
199623.952
199422.8
199117.184
198530.824

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by International Labour Organization. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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World Bank (2026). Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) (national estimate). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-unemployment-female (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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