Botswana Government Revenue and Spending Over Time (1999–2026)

Global Statistics and Country Indicators

Government Revenue (% of GDP)

Global rank: 106 / 189

Data table

1999	46%	2009	38.3%	2018	30.6%
2000	47.5%	2010	34.6%	2019	28.3%
2001	39.2%	2011	37%	2020	25.7%
2002	41.1%	2012	38%	2021	29.1%
2003	42.6%	2013	39.3%	2022	29.1%
2004	41.2%	2014	40.4%	2023	28.2%
2005	44.1%	2015	33%	2024	26.5%
2006	46.4%	2016	34.8%	2025	27.6%
2007	42.8%	2017	33.5%	2026	25%
2008	40.5%

Government Revenue (Local currency - BWP)

Data table

1999	11.98B	2009	29.05B	2018	53.54B
2000	14.13B	2010	31.24B	2019	50.27B
2001	12.73B	2011	38.55B	2020	46.26B
2002	14.34B	2012	41.71B	2021	63.6B
2003	16.21B	2013	49.01B	2022	74.09B
2004	17.97B	2014	55.96B	2023	74.31B
2005	23.02B	2015	47.47B	2024	69.55B
2006	27.67B	2016	57.45B	2025	74.24B
2007	28.66B	2017	56.47B	2026	72.81B
2008	29.59B

Government Spending (% of GDP)

Global rank: 69 / 189

Data table

1980	34.3%	1992	42.3%	2004	39.8%	2016	34.1%
1981	37.3%	1993	42%	2005	33.8%	2017	34.7%
1982	36.7%	1994	37.6%	2006	33.1%	2018	35.6%
1983	34.4%	1995	36.1%	2007	37.1%	2019	36.9%
1984	34.6%	1996	36.1%	2008	48.1%	2020	36.5%
1985	31.4%	1997	39%	2009	52.1%	2021	31.4%
1986	35.5%	1998	41.8%	2010	42.6%	2022	29.1%
1987	35.9%	1999	40.1%	2011	37.2%	2023	32.4%
1988	32.1%	2000	38.8%	2012	37.1%	2024	33.7%
1989	34%	2001	42.1%	2013	33.5%	2025	35%
1990	38.9%	2002	45.1%	2014	36.5%	2026	35.7%
1991	41.1%	2003	42.7%	2015	37.8%

Government Spending (Local currency - BWP)

Data table

1980	293M	1992	3.79B	2004	17.38B	2016	56.28B
1981	339M	1993	4.45B	2005	17.63B	2017	58.39B
1982	408M	1994	4.47B	2006	19.74B	2018	62.35B
1983	464M	1995	5.08B	2007	24.82B	2019	65.41B
1984	596M	1996	6.05B	2008	35.15B	2020	65.86B
1985	716M	1997	7.32B	2009	39.49B	2021	68.7B
1986	967M	1998	8.94B	2010	38.42B	2022	74B
1987	1.28B	1999	10.43B	2011	38.67B	2023	85.28B
1988	1.73B	2000	11.54B	2012	40.74B	2024	88.62B
1989	2.18B	2001	13.67B	2013	41.73B	2025	94.21B
1990	2.86B	2002	15.71B	2014	50.56B	2026	103.9B
1991	3.37B	2003	16.28B	2015	54.41B