Botswana recorded a Government Budget deficit equal to 9 percent of the country's Gross Domestic Product in 2024. Government Budget in Botswana averaged -1.54 percent of GDP from 2004 until 2024, reaching an all time high of 11.20 percent of GDP in 2007 and a record low of -10.70 percent of GDP in 2010. source: Bank of Botswana
Government Budget in Botswana is expected to reach -7.60 percent of GDP by the end of 2025, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Botswana Government Budget is projected to trend around -6.70 percent of GDP in 2026 and -5.70 percent of GDP in 2027, according to our econometric models.