Botswana Business Confidence

The business confidence index in Botswana increased to 58 in the first half of 2018 from 46 in the previous period. Confidence among domestic-oriented businesses rose to 58 from 46 in the last half of 2017, and export-oriented businesses advanced to 55 from 50. Looking ahead, there is an increase in optimism. source: Bank of Botswana

Business Confidence in Botswana averaged 50.04 points from 2005 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 82.00 points in December of 2008 and a record low of 28.00 points in December of 2005. This page provides - Botswana Business Confidence- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Botswana Business Confidence - values, historical data and charts - was last updated on February of 2026.

Related	Last	Previous	Unit	Reference
Changes in Inventories	-5400.40	-1104.00	BWP Million	Sep 2025
Corruption Index	57.00	59.00	Points	Dec 2024
Corruption Rank	43.00	39.00		Dec 2024
Industrial Production	25.70	-27.70	percent	Sep 2025
Mining Production YoY	39.53	-34.60	percent	Sep 2025

In Botswana, the Bank’s biannual Business Expectations Survey (BES) collects information on the local business community’s perceptions about the prevailing state of the economy and economic prospects. The business confidence index (BCI) reflects business conditions at a particular point in time and it is reported on a gross basis. That is, it is calculated as the percentage of respondents indicating ‘satisfactory’ conditions to the total number of respondents indicating ‘unsatisfactory’ and ‘satisfactory’ conditions. The BCI value varies from 0 to 100, with zero indicating extreme lack of confidence, while 100 indicates extreme confidence. As an example, a BCI value of 40 is interpreted to mean that 40 percent of all respondents (gross) rated prevailing conditions as satisfactory.