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Botswana

Read the country evidence, test a currency scenario and check the official market source. Annual macro observations and dated news have different clocks.

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COUNTRY EVIDENCE

Growth, prices, currency and reserves

Open each history for the full available observations and sources. Reporting year is not a live release date.

Botswana — GDP Growthannual
-0.73%

Botswana latest available gdp growth indicator from the World Bank.

Latest stored release · annual observations

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Botswana — Inflationannual
2.66%

Botswana latest available inflation indicator from the World Bank.

Latest stored release · annual observations

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Botswana — Official FX Rate vs USDannual
13.5

Botswana latest available official fx rate vs usd indicator from the World Bank.

Latest stored release · annual observations

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Botswana — Total Reservesannual
$3.46B

Botswana latest available total reserves indicator from the World Bank.

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FREE CURRENCY & INFLATION TOOL

Does the return survive currency changes and rising prices?

A gain in BWP can become a loss in dollars, or buy less locally after inflation. Test the same investment from both viewpoints.

The starting FX reference is a World Bank annual average for 2025, not today’s bank or trading rate. The initial inflation input is the annual observation for 2025. These are editable assumptions, not forecasts. Inspect FX history →

FINAL LOCAL VALUE14,852.62 BWP+10.00% after the stated fees
FINAL USD VALUE1,100 USD+10.00% · 100 USD profit / loss
LOCAL PURCHASING POWER+7.15%After the assumed inflation over 1 year

FX quote change: 0.00%. A higher number of local units per dollar means a weaker local currency against USD. Assumed conversion fees total 0 BWP. The local return is for the entire horizon; inflation compounds each year. Tax, dividends outside the entered total return, transfer restrictions, market liquidity, spreads and broker fees are excluded.

BUILD AN INVESTMENT CASE

Questions to answer before committing money

  1. CHECK 1How would changes in the pula affect the dollar value of an investment and the cost of imported goods?
  2. CHECK 2How concentrated are the company’s customers, export markets and financing sources?
  3. CHECK 3Check the exchange’s issuer announcements, trading volume and dividends; national growth is not a company earnings forecast.

Official market and country sources

Open Botswana Stock Exchange ↗ for issuer disclosures and current market information. This is an external source portal, not an ingested KAPORAL price feed.

World Bank country GDP data ↗ and the indicator sources on each card support the annual data above. An aggregate growth or inflation figure is not an individual stock forecast.

DATED OFFICIAL NEWS

Botswana updates and regional context

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