Botswana Employed Persons

2007 - 2024 | Quarterly | Person | CEIC Data

Key information about Botswana Employed Persons

  • Botswana Employed Persons was reported at 504,738.000 Person in Mar 2024
  • It recorded an increase from the previous number of 490,861.000 Person for Sep 2023
  • Botswana Employed Persons data is updated quarterly, averaging 404,387.000 Person from Sep 2007 to Mar 2024, with 38 observations
  • The data reached an all-time high of 504,738.000 Person in Mar 2024 and a record low of 306,045.000 Person in Sep 2007
  • Botswana Employed Persons data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by CEIC Data
  • The data is categorized under World Trend Plus’s Global Economic Monitor – Table: Employed Persons: Quarterly

Statistics Botswana provides quarterly Employed Person.

View Botswana's Employed Persons from Sep 2007 to Mar 2024 in the chart:

Botswana Employed Persons

What was Botswana's Employed Persons in Mar 2024?

Botswana Employed Persons was reported at 504,738.000 Person in Mar 2024 See the table below for more data.

Last Previous Min Max Unit Frequency Range
504,738.000 Mar 2024 490,861.000 Sep 2023 306,045.000 Sep 2007 504,738.000 Mar 2024 Person quarterly Sep 2007 - Mar 2024

Employed Persons by Country Comparison

country/region Last Frequency Range
Albania (Person) 1,170,184.000 Jun 2025 quarterly Jun 1996 - Jun 2025
Algeria (Person) 11,001,000.000 2018 yearly 2001 - 2018
Argentina (Person) 13,304,000.000 Jun 2025 quarterly Mar 2003 - Jun 2025
Armenia (Person) 1,058,000.000 Sep 2025 monthly Jan 2009 - Sep 2025
Australia (Person) 14,683,174.025 Oct 2025 monthly Feb 1978 - Oct 2025
Austria (Person) 3,971,500.000 Oct 2025 monthly Jan 1950 - Oct 2025
Azerbaijan (Person) 5,096,500.000 Sep 2025 quarterly Mar 2008 - Sep 2025
Bahrain (Person) 770,129.000 Jun 2023 quarterly Mar 2002 - Jun 2023
Bangladesh (Person) 69,090,000.000 2024 yearly 1996 - 2024
Belarus (Person) 4,334,800.000 Nov 2019 monthly Jan 2003 - Nov 2019
Belgium (Person) 5,130,900.000 Sep 2025 quarterly Sep 1980 - Sep 2025
Bolivia (Person) 7,180,918.747 Sep 2025 quarterly Dec 2015 - Sep 2025
Bosnia and Herzegovina (Person) 853,172.000 Sep 2025 monthly Mar 2007 - Sep 2025
Botswana (Person) 504,738.000 Mar 2024 quarterly Sep 2007 - Mar 2024
Brazil (Person) 102,555,000.000 Oct 2025 monthly Mar 2012 - Oct 2025
Brunei (Person) 222,700.000 2024 yearly 1991 - 2024
Bulgaria (Person) 2,956,000.000 Sep 2025 quarterly Mar 1995 - Sep 2025
Cambodia (Person) 9,297,000.000 2023 yearly 2007 - 2023
Canada (Person) 21,081,900.000 Oct 2025 monthly Jan 1976 - Oct 2025
Chile (Person) 9,386,410.346 Oct 2025 monthly Jan 1986 - Oct 2025
China (Person) 734,390,000.000 2024 yearly 1949 - 2024
Colombia (Person) 24,096,488.272 Oct 2025 monthly Jan 2001 - Oct 2025
Croatia (Person) 1,754,861.000 Oct 2025 monthly Oct 1999 - Oct 2025
Cyprus (Person) 509,211.000 Sep 2025 quarterly Jun 2004 - Sep 2025
Czech Republic (Person) 5,535,847.000 Sep 2025 quarterly Mar 1995 - Sep 2025
Denmark (Person) 3,262,151.000 Sep 2025 quarterly Mar 1990 - Sep 2025
Ecuador (Person) 8,449,249.598 Sep 2025 quarterly Dec 2013 - Sep 2025
Egypt (Person) 32,498,000.000 Sep 2025 quarterly Mar 2003 - Sep 2025
Estonia (Person) 709,300.000 Sep 2025 quarterly Mar 1997 - Sep 2025
European Union (Person) 209,078,200.000 Jun 2025 quarterly Mar 2005 - Jun 2025
Finland (Person) 2,612,000.000 Oct 2025 monthly Jul 2003 - Oct 2025
France (Person) 30,754,700.000 Sep 2025 quarterly Mar 1978 - Sep 2025
Georgia (Person) 795,625.000 Jun 2025 quarterly Mar 2006 - Jun 2025
Germany (Person) 45,939,000.000 Oct 2025 monthly Jan 1992 - Oct 2025
Ghana (Person) 9,270,939.000 2015 yearly 2013 - 2015
Greece (Person) 4,347,400.000 Oct 2025 monthly Jan 2004 - Oct 2025
Hong Kong SAR, China (Person) 3,672,700.000 Oct 2025 monthly Oct 1981 - Oct 2025
Hungary (Person) 4,696,509.740 May 2022 monthly Jan 2015 - May 2022
Iceland (Person) 233,400.000 Oct 2025 monthly Jan 2003 - Oct 2025
India (Person) 562,364,490.000 2023 yearly 1970 - 2023
Indonesia (Person) 120,647,700.000 Feb 2016 monthly Feb 2012 - Feb 2016
Ireland (Person) 2,825,500.000 Sep 2025 quarterly Mar 1998 - Sep 2025
Israel (Person) 4,424,575.297 Oct 2025 monthly Jan 2012 - Oct 2025
Italy (Person) 24,221,383.000 Sep 2025 monthly Jan 2004 - Sep 2025
Japan (Person) 68,460,000.000 Oct 2025 monthly Jan 1953 - Oct 2025
Jordan (Person) 1,265,254.000 2023 yearly 2000 - 2023
Kazakhstan (Person) 9,288,000.000 Oct 2025 monthly Jan 2001 - Oct 2025
Kenya (Person) 20,778,600.000 2024 yearly 2008 - 2024
South Korea (Person) 28,782,000.000 Oct 2025 monthly Jan 1983 - Oct 2025
Kosovo (Person) 422,192.000 Dec 2024 quarterly Mar 2016 - Dec 2024
Kuwait (Person) 2,229,434.000 2025 yearly 1999 - 2025
Kyrgyzstan (Person) 645,139.000 Sep 2025 monthly Jan 1999 - Sep 2025
Laos (Person) 3,474,582.000 2014 yearly 1994 - 2014
Latvia (Person) 893,100.000 Oct 2025 monthly Jan 2002 - Oct 2025
Lithuania (Person) 1,485,600.000 Sep 2025 quarterly Mar 1995 - Sep 2025
Luxembourg (Person) 525,382.352 Oct 2025 monthly Jan 1995 - Oct 2025
Macau SAR, China (Person) 376,800.000 Oct 2025 monthly Sep 1996 - Oct 2025
North Macedonia (Person) 701,369.000 Jun 2025 quarterly Mar 2004 - Jun 2025
Malaysia (Person) 17,026,300.000 Sep 2025 monthly Jan 2009 - Sep 2025
Malta (Person) 381,226.000 Jun 2025 monthly Oct 2002 - Jun 2025
Mauritius (Person) 550,100.000 Jun 2025 quarterly Mar 2004 - Jun 2025
Mexico (Person) 59,533,449.000 Sep 2025 quarterly Jun 1995 - Sep 2025
Moldova (Person) 791,942.000 Jun 2025 quarterly Mar 2000 - Jun 2025
Mongolia (Person) 1,393,669.000 Sep 2025 quarterly Sep 2006 - Sep 2025
Montenegro (Person) 271,428.000 Oct 2025 monthly Jan 2004 - Oct 2025
Morocco (Person) 10,833,000.000 Sep 2025 quarterly Mar 1996 - Sep 2025
Myanmar (Person) 206,729.000 2022 yearly 1985 - 2022
Nepal (Person) 7,086,000.000 2018 yearly 1999 - 2018
Netherlands (Person) 9,855,000.000 Oct 2025 monthly Jan 2003 - Oct 2025
New Zealand (Person) 2,873,000.000 Sep 2025 quarterly Mar 1986 - Sep 2025
Nigeria (Person) 46,488,079.000 Dec 2020 quarterly Mar 2012 - Dec 2020
Norway (Person) 2,915,000.000 Oct 2025 monthly Jan 1989 - Oct 2025
Oman (Person) 2,667,529.000 2024 yearly 1986 - 2024
Pakistan (Person) 63,453,872.000 Jun 2021 quarterly Sep 2012 - Jun 2021
Palestinian Territory (Person) 1,136,000.000 2022 yearly 1995 - 2022
Panama (Person) 1,063,250.000 Aug 2017 monthly Mar 2008 - Aug 2017
Paraguay (Person) 2,974,314.326 Jun 2025 quarterly Mar 2017 - Jun 2025
Peru (Person) 5,719,400.000 Oct 2025 monthly Mar 2001 - Oct 2025
Philippines (Person) 48,581,333.333 Sep 2025 quarterly Jun 1982 - Sep 2025
Poland (Person) 17,361,000.000 Sep 2025 quarterly Jun 1992 - Sep 2025
Portugal (Person) 5,279,400.000 Oct 2025 monthly Feb 1998 - Oct 2025
Qatar (Person) 2,179,447.000 2023 yearly 2006 - 2023
Romania (Person) 8,358,300.000 Jun 2025 quarterly Mar 1995 - Jun 2025
Russia (Person) 74,577,985.315 Sep 2025 monthly Jan 1993 - Sep 2025
Saudi Arabia (Person) 18,179,370.000 Jun 2025 quarterly Mar 2015 - Jun 2025
Serbia (Person) 2,365,000.000 Aug 2025 monthly Dec 2014 - Aug 2025
Singapore (Person) 4,095,900.000 Sep 2025 quarterly Jun 1997 - Sep 2025
Slovakia (Person) 2,606,900.000 Jun 2025 quarterly Mar 1994 - Jun 2025
Slovenia (Person) 884,685.000 Feb 2019 monthly May 1997 - Feb 2019
South Africa (Person) 17,054,823.145 Sep 2025 quarterly Mar 2008 - Sep 2025
Spain (Person) 22,387,100.000 Sep 2025 quarterly Sep 1976 - Sep 2025
Sri Lanka (Person) 8,172,638.000 Jun 2025 quarterly Jun 2012 - Jun 2025
Sudan (Person) 9,900,000.000 2010 yearly 1993 - 2010
Sweden (Person) 5,213,900.000 Oct 2025 monthly Jan 2001 - Oct 2025
Switzerland (Person) 5,518,249.700 Sep 2025 quarterly Sep 1991 - Sep 2025
Syria (Person) 125,388.000 2020 yearly 1993 - 2020
Taiwan (Person) 11,633,000.000 Oct 2025 monthly Apr 1993 - Oct 2025
Tajikistan (Person) 2,545,000.000 2022 yearly 1990 - 2022
Thailand (Person) 39,641,501.735 Oct 2025 monthly Jan 2001 - Oct 2025
Tunisia (Person) 3,606,000.000 Sep 2025 quarterly Jun 2011 - Sep 2025

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Botswana Key Series

Government and Public Finance Last Frequency Range
Consolidated Fiscal Balance: % of GDP (%) -4.4 Jun 2025 quarterly Mar 2004 - Jun 2025
Consolidated Fiscal Balance (USD mn) -48.449 Aug 2025 monthly Apr 2007 - Aug 2025
Tax Revenue (USD mn) 388.590 Aug 2025 monthly Apr 2007 - Aug 2025
Tax Revenue: % of GDP (%) 23.8 Jun 2025 quarterly Jun 2007 - Jun 2025
National Government Debt (USD mn) 4,996.3 2025 yearly 2002 - 2025
Government Debt: % of GDP (%) 27.6 Jun 2025 quarterly Jun 2014 - Jun 2025
Forecast: Government Expenditure (BWP bn) 129.415 2031 yearly 1981 - 2031
Forecast: Government Net Debt (BWP bn) 234.248 2031 yearly 1999 - 2031
Forecast: Government Revenue (BWP bn) 101.797 2031 yearly 2000 - 2031
Government Budget: Revenue: Tax (BWP mn) 10,265.170 Jul 2023 monthly Apr 2007 - Jul 2023
Government Budget: Expenditure: Net Lending (BWP mn) -8.630 Jun 2023 monthly Apr 2007 - Jun 2023
Government Budget: Revenue (BWP mn) 10,566.963 Jul 2023 monthly Apr 2007 - Jul 2023
Government Budget: Expenditure: Recurrent (BWP mn) 5,717.440 Jun 2023 monthly Apr 2007 - Jun 2023
Government Budget: Expenditure (BWP mn) 7,433.300 Jul 2023 monthly Apr 2007 - Jul 2023
Government Budget: Surplus/Deficit (BWP mn) -502.517 Jun 2023 monthly Apr 2007 - Jun 2023
Foreign Trade Last Frequency Range
Forecast: Exports of Goods Growth (%) 4.332 2028 yearly 1980 - 2028
Trade Balance (USD mn) -143.2 Sep 2025 monthly Jan 2001 - Sep 2025
Total Exports (USD mn) 388.0 Sep 2025 monthly Jan 2003 - Sep 2025
Total Exports Growth (%) 26.3 Sep 2025 monthly Jan 2004 - Sep 2025
Aluminum: Exports (USD th) 111.340 2024 yearly 1995 - 2024
Exports: Medicament (USD th) 1,602.753 2024 yearly 1995 - 2024
Exports: Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Product (USD th) 7,208.451 2024 yearly 1995 - 2024
Total Imports (USD mn) 531.2 Sep 2025 monthly Jan 2003 - Sep 2025
Total Imports Growth (%) -13.0 Sep 2025 monthly Jan 2004 - Sep 2025
Imports: Medicament (USD th) 103,410.185 2024 yearly 1995 - 2024
Imports: Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Product (USD th) 19,726.353 2024 yearly 1995 - 2024
Total Exports to USA (USD mn) 2.824 Aug 2025 monthly Feb 2019 - Aug 2025
Total Imports from USA (USD mn) 6.473 Sep 2025 monthly Jan 2000 - Sep 2025
Total Exports to China (USD mn) 27.552 Sep 2025 monthly Apr 2006 - Sep 2025
Total Imports from China (USD mn) 43.908 Sep 2025 monthly Jan 2000 - Sep 2025
Foreign Trade: Exports: Re-Exports (BWP mn) 0.000 Dec 2024 monthly Jan 2005 - Dec 2024
Foreign Trade: Imports (BWP mn) 7,927.245 Dec 2024 monthly Jan 2003 - Dec 2024
Foreign Trade Balance (BWP mn) -4,809.583 Dec 2024 monthly Jan 2003 - Dec 2024
Foreign Trade: Exports (BWP mn) 3,117.662 Dec 2024 monthly Jan 2003 - Dec 2024
Exports: Meat and Meat Products (BWP mn) 6.977 Dec 2024 monthly Jan 2003 - Dec 2024
Exports: Diamonds (BWP mn) 1,728.307 Dec 2024 monthly Jan 2003 - Dec 2024
Exports: Copper and Nickel (BWP mn) 769.478 Dec 2024 monthly Jan 2003 - Dec 2024
Exports: Machinery and Electric Equipment (BWP mn) 139.980 Dec 2024 monthly Jan 2003 - Dec 2024
Exports: Vehicles and Transport Equipment (BWP mn) 41.135 Dec 2024 monthly Jan 2003 - Dec 2024
Exports: Iron Steels and Related Products (BWP mn) 45.254 Dec 2024 monthly Jan 2003 - Dec 2024
Exports: Asia: Israel (BWP mn) 57.776 Nov 2024 monthly Apr 2006 - Nov 2024
Exports: Africa: SACU: South Africa (BWP mn) 409.338 Dec 2024 monthly Apr 2006 - Dec 2024
Exports: EU: Belgium (BWP mn) 125.648 Dec 2024 monthly Apr 2006 - Dec 2024
Imports: Metals and Metal Products (BWP mn) 387.818 Dec 2024 monthly Jan 2003 - Dec 2024
Imports: Chemicals and Rubber Products (BWP mn) 713.013 Dec 2024 monthly Jan 2003 - Dec 2024
Imports: Food, Beverages and Tobacco (BWP mn) 1,344.988 Dec 2024 monthly Jan 2003 - Dec 2024
Imports: Diamonds (BWP mn) 1,849.469 Dec 2024 monthly Jan 2005 - Dec 2024
Imports: Fuel (BWP mn) 1,231.516 Dec 2024 monthly Jan 2003 - Dec 2024
Imports: Machinery and Electric Equipment (BWP mn) 973.495 Dec 2024 monthly Jan 2003 - Dec 2024
Imports: Vehicles and Transport Equipment (BWP mn) 572.853 Dec 2024 monthly Jan 2003 - Dec 2024
Imports: Africa: SADC: SACU: South Africa (BWP mn) 4,322.829 Dec 2024 monthly Apr 2006 - Dec 2024
Imports: Africa: SADC: SACU: Namibia (BWP mn) 1,747.075 Dec 2024 monthly Apr 2006 - Dec 2024
Export Value Index (2015=100) 114.093 2021 yearly 1980 - 2021
Import Value Index (2015=100) 115.483 2021 yearly 1980 - 2021
Export Volume Index (2015=100) 117.152 2021 yearly 1980 - 2021
Import Volume Index (2015=100) 101.817 2021 yearly 1980 - 2021
Balance of Payments Last Frequency Range
Direct Investment Abroad (USD mn) 1.1 Jun 2025 quarterly Mar 2004 - Jun 2025
Current Account Balance (USD mn) 495.2 Jun 2025 quarterly Mar 2004 - Jun 2025
Current Account Balance: % of GDP (%) 9.7 Jun 2025 quarterly Mar 2004 - Jun 2025
Foreign Direct Investment (USD mn) -38.1 Jun 2025 quarterly Mar 2004 - Jun 2025
Foreign Direct Investment: % of GDP (%) -0.7 Jun 2025 quarterly Mar 2004 - Jun 2025
Foreign Portfolio Investment (USD mn) 1.212 Jun 2025 quarterly Mar 2004 - Jun 2025
Foreign Portfolio Investment: % of GDP (%) 0.0 Jun 2025 quarterly Mar 2004 - Jun 2025
Foreign Portfolio Investment: Equity Securities (USD mn) 34.2 2024 yearly 1975 - 2024
Foreign Portfolio Investment: Debt Securities (USD mn) 0.000 2024 yearly 1975 - 2024
External Debt (USD mn) 1,498.8 2025 yearly 1994 - 2025
External Debt: % of GDP (%) 7.8 2025 yearly 1995 - 2025
External Debt: Short Term (USD mn) 290.3 2023 yearly 1973 - 2023
External Debt: Short Term: % of GDP (%) 1.5 2023 yearly 1994 - 2023
Forecast: Current Account Balance (USD bn) 0.194 2030 yearly 1980 - 2030
Net International Investment Position (USD mn) 3,862.226 2024 yearly 1996 - 2024
Monetary Last Frequency Range
Non Performing Loans Ratio (%) 3.2 Sep 2025 quarterly Dec 2002 - Sep 2025
Household Debt: % of GDP (%) 21.7 Jun 2025 quarterly Dec 2002 - Jun 2025
Non-Performing Loans (USD mn) 218.922 Sep 2025 quarterly Mar 2001 - Sep 2025
Money Supply M1 (USD mn) 2,576.441 Sep 2025 monthly Dec 2000 - Sep 2025
Money Supply M2 (USD mn) 8,861.639 Sep 2025 monthly Jan 2001 - Sep 2025
M2 Growth (%) -0.5 Sep 2025 monthly Jan 2002 - Sep 2025
Reserve Requirement Ratio (%) 0.0 Nov 2025 monthly Feb 2006 - Nov 2025
Foreign Exchange Reserves (USD mn) 5,165.9 Apr 2021 monthly Jan 1992 - Apr 2021
Foreign Exchange Reserves: % of GDP (%) 17.335 Jun 2025 quarterly Jun 1994 - Jun 2025
Foreign Exchange Reserves: Months of Import (NA) 7.2 Sep 2025 monthly Jan 2003 - Sep 2025
Total Deposits (USD mn) 8,321.545 Sep 2025 monthly Dec 2002 - Sep 2025
Total Deposits Growth (%) 1.8 Sep 2025 monthly Dec 2003 - Sep 2025
Domestic Credit (USD mn) 8,802.1 Sep 2025 monthly Dec 2004 - Sep 2025
Domestic Credit Growth (%) 9.6 Sep 2025 quarterly Dec 2005 - Sep 2025
Household Debt (USD mn) 4,314.1 Sep 2025 monthly Dec 2002 - Sep 2025
Total Loans (USD mn) 6,828.932 Sep 2025 monthly Dec 2002 - Sep 2025
Total Loans Growth (%) 8.50 Sep 2025 monthly Dec 2003 - Sep 2025
Private Debt: % of Nominal GDP (%) 31.92 Jun 2025 quarterly Dec 2002 - Jun 2025
Monetary Aggregates: M2 (BWP mn) 118,498.633 Nov 2024 monthly Jan 2001 - Nov 2024
Monetary Aggregates: M1 (BWP mn) 32,489.729 Nov 2024 monthly Dec 2004 - Nov 2024
Bank of Botswana: Foreign Exchange Reserves (USD th) 3,941,105.000 Nov 2024 monthly Jan 1992 - Nov 2024
Commercial Banks Deposits (BWP mn) 107,239.032 Dec 2024 monthly Dec 2002 - Dec 2024
Commercial Banks Loans and Advances: Outstanding: Resident Business (BWP mn) 30,861.566 Dec 2024 monthly Dec 2002 - Dec 2024
Commercial Banks Loans and Advances: Outstanding: Households (BWP mn) 55,767.832 Dec 2024 monthly Dec 2002 - Dec 2024
Commercial Banks Loans and Advances: Outstanding (BWP mn) 87,127.487 Dec 2024 monthly Dec 2002 - Dec 2024
Commercial Banks Loans and Advances: Outstanding: Households: Property Purchase (BWP mn) 14,877.585 Dec 2024 monthly Dec 2002 - Dec 2024
Commercial Banks Loans and Advances: Arrears: Over 90 Days (BWP mn) 2,831.533 Dec 2024 quarterly Mar 2001 - Dec 2024

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