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Botswana unemployment rate

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Key data points


Last release
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Observation period
Q1 2024
Next release
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Forecast
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Highest
27.60 % on Mar 31, 2024
Lowest
13.90 % on Dec 31, 1991

About Botswana unemployment rate


Category
Labor
Source
Central Statistics Office
Frequency
Quarterly
Units
%
In Botswana, the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force.

Botswana in figures — see more economic indicators tied to BWUR.
BWEMP
Employed Persons
BWLWF
Living Wage Family
BWLWI
Living Wage Individual
BWPOP
Population
BWUR
Unemployment Rate
BWWAG
Wages

Frequently Asked Questions


To calculate Botswana unemployment rate you need to take the number of the country residents without a job and looking for work divided by the total number of residents in the labor force.
The lowest ever Botswana unemployment rate is 13.90%.
The highest figure Botswana unemployment rate has ever reached is 27.60%.
Last quarter Botswana unemployment rate was 27.60%, and the quarter before it reached 25.90%.