GDP per capita growth — all countries

GDP per capita growth — Botswana

GDP per capita growth in Botswana in 2025 — -2.32%. Ranked 179 in the world out of 186. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 6.29 pp.

2025 -2.32% +2.04 pp vs 2024
World rank 179of 186
Period maximum 23.69%1971
Period minimum -15.9%2009

Trend over time

1961–2025 · % per year

GDP per capita growth — Botswana, 1961–2025-20-10010203019611968197519821989199620032010201720241961: 3.97%1963: 3.47%1965: 4.27%1967: 5.37%1969: 14.52%1971: 23.69%1973: 15.73%1975: 3.19%1977: 6.26%1979: 5.62%1981: 5.41%1983: 9.16%1985: 3.47%1987: 8.29%1989: 9.96%1991: 4.57%1993: -0.96%1995: 4.26%1997: 5.86%1999: 7.32%2001: -1.79%2003: 2.8%2005: 2.7%2007: 3.76%2009: -15.9%2011: 4.76%2013: 9.44%2015: -6.2%2017: 2.65%2019: 1.58%2021: 10.26%2023: 1.53%2025: -2.32%
Change over the period: −6.29 pp Annual average: -0.1 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Botswana

Botswana -2.32%
World 1.99%
Southern Africa computed -0.11%
GDP per capita growth — Botswana, by year Botswana All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 -2.32 +2.04 pp
2024 -4.36 −5.89 pp
2023 1.53 −2.29 pp
2022 3.82 −6.44 pp
2021 10.26 +20.29 pp
2020 -10.03 −11.61 pp
2019 1.58 −1.14 pp
2018 2.72 +0.07 pp
2017 2.65 −3.05 pp
2016 5.69 +11.89 pp
2015 -6.2 −10.37 pp
2014 4.17 −5.27 pp
2013 9.44 +11.27 pp
2012 -1.83 −6.59 pp
2011 4.76 −3.07 pp
2010 7.82 +23.72 pp
2009 -15.9 −17.1 pp
2008 1.2 −2.56 pp
2007 3.76 −2.6 pp
2006 6.36 +3.66 pp
2005 2.7 +1.78 pp
2004 0.92 −1.88 pp
2003 2.8 −1.29 pp
2002 4.09 +5.88 pp
2001 -1.79 −1.63 pp
2000 -0.16 −7.49 pp
1999 7.32 +9.08 pp
1998 -1.76 −7.62 pp
1997 5.86 +2.59 pp
1996 3.27 −0.98 pp
1995 4.26 +3.46 pp
1994 0.8 +1.76 pp
1993 -0.96 −1.02 pp
1992 0.06 −4.51 pp
1991 4.57 +0.69 pp
1990 3.88 −6.09 pp
1989 9.96 −5.98 pp
1988 15.94 +7.65 pp
1987 8.29 +3.72 pp
1986 4.57 +1.1 pp
1985 3.47 −1.32 pp
1984 4.79 −4.37 pp
1983 9.16 +1.36 pp
1982 7.8 +2.39 pp
1981 5.41 −2.31 pp
1980 7.72 +2.1 pp
1979 5.62 −2.03 pp
1978 7.65 +1.39 pp
1977 6.26 +1.17 pp
1976 5.09 +1.9 pp
1975 3.19 −0.37 pp
1974 3.55 −12.17 pp
1973 15.73 −6.19 pp
1972 21.91 −1.78 pp
1971 23.69 +7.22 pp
1970 16.47 +1.96 pp
1969 14.52 +4.52 pp
1968 9.99 +4.63 pp
1967 5.37 −0.39 pp
1966 5.75 +1.49 pp
1965 4.27 −0.06 pp
1964 4.32 +0.85 pp
1963 3.47 −0.78 pp
1962 4.25 +0.28 pp
1961 3.97

Southern Africa, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The annual growth of gross domestic product per person in constant prices. It differs from ordinary GDP growth by the rate of population growth, and in countries with fast-growing populations the difference runs to two or three percentage points a year — enough for brisk economic growth to mean stagnant income per person. It is this indicator, not GDP growth, that matches the everyday question of whether life has become better.

Important: It can be negative while GDP growth is positive — in that case the population is growing faster than the economy.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.