Botswana recorded a Current Account deficit of 7.30 percent of the country's Gross Domestic Product in 2024. Current Account to GDP in Botswana averaged 3.50 percent of GDP from 1980 until 2024, reaching an all time high of 32.00 percent of GDP in 1987 and a record low of -28.30 percent of GDP in 1981. source: AFDB
Current Account to GDP in Botswana is expected to reach -6.70 percent of GDP by the end of 2025, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Botswana Current Account to GDP is projected to trend around -5.50 percent of GDP in 2026 and -4.00 percent of GDP in 2027, according to our econometric models.