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Observation period
Q1 2024
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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
In Botswana, the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force.
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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 that it amounted to 25.90%.