Botswana Unemployment Rate

Unemployment Rate in Botswana increased to 17.80 percent in 2010 from 17.50 percent in 2009. Unemployment Rate in Botswana is reported by the Central Statistics Office Botswana. Historically, from 1991 until 2010, Botswana Unemployment Rate averaged 18.1 Percent reaching an all time high of 23.8 Percent in December of 2006 and a record low of 13.9 Percent in December of 1991. In Botswana, the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force. This page includes a chart with historical data for Botswana Unemployment Rate.

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Botswana Unemployment Rate

Labour | STATISTICSLastPreviousHighestLowestForecastUnitTrend
Population 2.03 Dec/2011 1.98 2.03 0.52 2.03 Dec/2012 Million Trend
Unemployment Rate 17.80 Dec/2010 17.50 23.80 13.90 17.82 Dec/2011 Percent Trend

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Unemployment Rate | Notes

The unemployment rate can be defined as the number of people actively looking for a job divided by the labour force. Changes in unemployment depend mostly on inflows made up of non-employed people starting to look for jobs, of employed people who lose their jobs and look for new ones and of people who stop looking for employment.




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