Imports of goods and services — all countries

Imports of goods and services — Botswana

Imports of goods and services in Botswana in 2025 — 7,475,356,083 US$. Ranked 110 in the world out of 138. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 61,903.8%.

2025 7.48B US$ −8.52% vs 2024
World rank 110of 138
Period maximum 9.24B US$2021
Period minimum 12.06M US$1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · US$

Imports of goods and services — Botswana, 1960–202502.5B5B7.5B10B19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 12,056,283 US$1962: 15,982,839 US$1964: 20,215,850 US$1966: 26,220,984 US$1968: 41,701,650 US$1970: 58,625,320 US$1972: 99,569,374 US$1974: 198,240,706 US$1976: 246,732,562 US$1978: 404,573,046 US$1980: 704,879,539 US$1982: 703,095,485 US$1984: 719,207,809 US$1986: 684,167,898 US$1988: 1,161,743,378 US$1990: 1,887,430,353 US$1992: 1,723,755,466 US$1994: 1,718,960,980 US$1996: 1,799,833,163 US$1998: 2,517,487,482 US$2000: 2,320,710,338 US$2002: 2,158,051,339 US$2004: 3,706,961,580 US$2006: 3,455,002,315 US$2008: 5,586,611,000 US$2010: 6,633,895,056 US$2012: 8,867,435,078 US$2014: 9,005,846,102 US$2016: 6,915,892,156 US$2018: 7,362,391,280 US$2020: 7,341,599,357 US$2022: 8,654,887,423 US$2024: 8,171,323,580 US$2025: 7,475,356,083 US$
Change over the period: +7.46B (+61,903.82%) Average annual rate: 10.4 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Botswana 7.48B US$
World 33.73T US$
Southern Africa computed 146B US$
Upper-middle-income countries computed 6.84T US$
Imports of goods and services — Botswana, by year Botswana All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 7.48B −696M −8.52%
2024 8.17B +946M +13.1%
2023 7.22B −1.43B −16.52%
2022 8.65B −584M −6.32%
2021 9.24B +1.9B +25.84%
2020 7.34B −353M −4.59%
2019 7.69B +332M +4.51%
2018 7.36B +1.08B +17.2%
2017 6.28B −634M −9.17%
2016 6.92B −1.18B −14.54%
2015 8.09B −913M −10.14%
2014 9.01B −186M −2.02%
2013 9.19B +324M +3.65%
2012 8.87B +598M +7.23%
2011 8.27B +1.64B +24.65%
2010 6.63B +1.31B +24.53%
2009 5.33B −260M −4.65%
2008 5.59B +1.15B +25.82%
2007 4.44B +985M +28.51%
2006 3.46B −74.32M −2.11%
2005 3.53B −178M −4.79%
2004 3.71B +927M +33.35%
2003 2.78B +622M +28.81%
2002 2.16B +24.38M +1.14%
2001 2.13B −187M −8.06%
2000 2.32B −77.66M −3.24%
1999 2.4B −119M −4.73%
1998 2.52B +122M +5.08%
1997 2.4B +596M +33.12%
1996 1.8B −270M −13.05%
1995 2.07B +351M +20.42%
1994 1.72B +91.83M +5.64%
1993 1.63B −96.63M −5.61%
1992 1.72B −111M −6.04%
1991 1.83B −52.85M −2.8%
1990 1.89B +465M +32.66%
1989 1.42B +261M +22.47%
1988 1.16B +210M +22.03%
1987 952M +268M +39.15%
1986 684M +113M +19.79%
1985 571M −148M −20.59%
1984 719M −14.21M −1.94%
1983 733M +30.32M +4.31%
1982 703M −65.01M −8.46%
1981 768M +63.22M +8.97%
1980 705M +170M +31.76%
1979 535M +130M +32.23%
1978 405M +91.55M +29.25%
1977 313M +66.29M +26.87%
1976 247M +20.16M +8.9%
1975 227M +28.33M +14.29%
1974 198M +46.97M +31.05%
1973 151M +51.7M +51.93%
1972 99.57M +21.11M +26.9%
1971 78.46M +19.84M +33.84%
1970 58.63M +17.96M +44.17%
1969 40.67M −1.04M −2.49%
1968 41.7M +11.93M +40.06%
1967 29.77M +3.55M +13.55%
1966 26.22M +3.05M +13.15%
1965 23.17M +2.96M +14.63%
1964 20.22M +2.18M +12.09%
1963 18.03M +2.05M +12.84%
1962 15.98M +1.99M +14.23%
1961 13.99M +1.94M +16.06%
1960 12.06M

Southern Africa, 2025

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About the indicator

Imports of goods and services in current US dollars — the value of all goods and market services received from the rest of the world. Together with exports it determines the contribution of foreign trade to GDP; the difference between exports and imports is the trade balance.

Source: UNCTADstat (UNCTAD), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.