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Your guide to exporting from and investing in Botswana.
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Export from Botswana
What Botswana sells and who buys it, the trade agreements, the steps to export and the organizations that help exporters.
Goods exports
US$3.92 billion
Source: UN Comtrade, Botswana exports by destination, 2024 (opens in a new tab) · as of October 5, 2026
Invest in Botswana
The economy at a glance, what to check before you set up, the steps and the organizations that help investors.
Foreign direct investment inflows
US$-653.81 million
Source: UNCTADstat, foreign direct investment inflows, Botswana (opens in a new tab) · as of October 30, 2026
Find public support
The public and membership bodies that help companies, grouped by what you need, each linking to its own site.
Organizations in this guide
18
Promote:Botswana is an independent guide by Promote:Global, not an official government portal. The organizations named here are independent public and membership bodies, not Promote:Global partners, and every link goes to their own site.
Botswana at a glance
PopulationEstimate
2.56 million
Botswana's population was 2,562,122 people in 2025.
Source: World Bank WDI, Botswana population, 2025 (opens in a new tab) · as of 2025
GDP
US$19.9 billion
GDP was US$19.93 billion in current dollars in 2025.
Source: World Bank WDI, Botswana GDP, 2025 (opens in a new tab) · as of 2025
GDP per person
US$7,778
GDP per person was US$7,778.12 in current dollars in 2025.
Source: World Bank WDI, Botswana GDP per person, 2025 (opens in a new tab) · as of 2025
Real GDP growth
−0.7%
Real GDP fell 0.7 percent in 2025, by the World Bank's figure.
Source: World Bank WDI, Botswana real GDP growth, 2025 (opens in a new tab) · as of 2025
Inflation
7.8%
Annual inflation was 7.8 percent in September 2026, the statistics office's twelve-month rate, and the Bank of Botswana reports the same rate.
Source: Statistics Botswana, Consumer Price Index, September 2026 (opens in a new tab) · as of September 2026
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Facts read from public sources, with an editorial cut-off of October 30, 2026. Nothing here is investment, legal, tax or sanctions advice. Check current status with the organization before you rely on it.