Botswana recorded a Government Budget deficit equal to 5.60 percent of the country's Gross Domestic Product in 2020. source: Bank of Botswana

Government Budget in Botswana averaged -0.55 percent of GDP from 2004 until 2020, 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. This page provides - Botswana Government Budget - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Botswana Government Budget - values, historical data and charts - was last updated on October of 2021.

Government Budget in Botswana is expected to reach -3.70 percent of GDP by the end of 2021, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Botswana Government Budget is projected to trend around -4.00 percent of GDP in 2022 and -3.80 percent of GDP in 2023, according to our econometric models.

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Botswana Government Budget


Botswana Last Unit Reference Previous Highest Lowest
Government Debt to GDP 18.20 percent of GDP Dec/20 17.80 27.50 5.98
Government Budget -5.60 percent of GDP Dec/20 -4.60 11.20 -10.70
Government Spending 52928.00 BWP Million Dec/20 51052.30 52928.00 3876.91
Government Debt 29228.70 BWP Million Dec/20 26025.20 29228.70 2426.20
Government Revenues 12643.00 BWP Million Sep/20 10283.50 17093.60 8843.22
Government Budget Value -5556.40 BWP Million Sep/20 -7352.00 4392.34 -7352.00
Fiscal Expenditure 18199.40 BWP Million Sep/20 17635.60 18939.00 7660.17


Botswana Government Budget
Government Budget is an itemized accounting of the payments received by government (taxes and other fees) and the payments made by government (purchases and transfer payments). A budget deficit occurs when an government spends more money than it takes in. The opposite of a budget deficit is a budget surplus.