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Goods Exports (BoP, USD) fell 30.9% to USD 5.76 bil in Botswana in 2023

Goods Exports (BoP, USD) (USD bil), 2023
Economy | Botswana | September 1, 2025
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Goods exports as a part of the balance of payment fell 30.9% to USD 5.76 bil in Botswana in 2023, according to the National Statistical Office.

Historically, goods exports as a part of the balance of payment in Botswana reached an all time high of USD 8.50 bil in 2014 and an all time low of USD 0.142 bil in 1975. When compared to Botswana's main peers, goods exports as a part of the balance of payment in Namibia amounted to USD 4.66 bil, USD 110 bil in South Africa, USD 10.5 bil in Zambia and USD 7.20 bil in Zimbabwe in 2023.

Botswana has been ranked 109th within the group of 151 countries we follow in terms of goods exports as a part of the balance of payment, 14 places below the position seen 10 years ago.

Goods Exports (BoP, USD) Unit 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Angola USD bil 40.8 34.7 20.9 33.6 50.0
Botswana USD bil 6.59 5.26 4.34 7.43 8.33 ...
Dem. Republic of the Congo USD bil ... 16.0 15.0 13.8 22.2 28.7 ...
Lesotho USD bil 1.22 1.06 0.889 1.06 1.05
Mozambique USD bil ... 6.04 4.79 3.72 5.70 8.28
Namibia USD bil 4.19 3.88 3.20 3.67 4.39
South Africa USD bil 94.3 89.9 85.5 122 123
Swaziland USD bil 1.83 1.98 1.74 2.06 2.03 ...
Tanzania USD bil 4.29 5.38 6.37 6.76 7.22 ...
Zambia USD bil 9.03 7.25 8.00 11.2 11.5 ...
Zimbabwe USD bil ... ... ... ... ... 4.68 4.66 4.93 6.36 7.00 ...