Botswana recorded a Government Budget deficit equal to 1 percent of the country's Gross Domestic Product in 2018. Government Budget in Botswana averaged 0.01 percent of GDP from 2004 until 2018, 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.

Government Budget in Botswana is expected to be -2.00 percent of GDP by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Botswana Government Budget is projected to trend around 0.20 percent of GDP in 2020, according to our econometric models.


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Botswana Government Budget

Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
-1.00 -0.10 11.20 -10.70 2004 - 2018 percent of GDP Yearly


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.

Botswana Government Last Previous Highest Lowest Unit
Government Debt to GDP 13.40 21.10 27.50 5.98 percent [+]
Government Budget -1.00 -0.10 11.20 -10.70 percent of GDP [+]
Government Spending 19729.30 19349.00 19729.30 3876.91 BWP Million [+]
Government Debt 24465.00 26989.60 26989.60 2426.20 BWP Million [+]
Military Expenditure 502.00 522.00 559.00 15.00 USD Million [+]
Credit Rating 72.00 [+]
Government Budget Value 2118.20 -286.80 4392.34 -5025.10 BWP Million [+]
Government Revenues 17021.70 13421.70 17021.70 8843.22 BWP Million [+]
Fiscal Expenditure 14903.40 13708.50 15659.60 7660.17 BWP Million [+]