# Imports of goods and services, share of GDP in Botswana

Imports of goods and services, share of GDP in Botswana was 37.5% of GDP in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `imports_goods_services_gdp`
- Place id: `bw`
- Unit: % of GDP
- Definition: Goods whose economic ownership passes from non-residents to residents, and services non-residents provide to residents, as a percentage of GDP. World Bank national accounts data, compiled from national statistical offices and central banks and from OECD national accounts files.
- Note: Can pass 100% in re-export hubs, because imports are gross while GDP is value added. National accounts basis, so it differs from customs trade totals. For the amount in dollars see imports_goods_services_usd.
- Source: World Bank, Imports of goods and services (% of GDP) (NE.IMP.GNFS.ZS) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NE.IMP.GNFS.ZS)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/world-bank
- Retrieved: 2026-10-18
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Imports of goods and services (% of GDP) (NE.IMP.GNFS.ZS). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NE.IMP.GNFS.ZS. Retrieved 2026-10-18. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/imports-share-of-gdp/botswana
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=imports_goods_services_gdp&place=bw

| Period | % of GDP |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 37.5 |
| 2024 | 42.4 |
| 2023 | 37.2 |
| 2022 | 42.6 |
| 2021 | 49.3 |
| 2020 | 49.1 |
| 2019 | 46 |
| 2018 | 43.2 |
| 2017 | 39 |
| 2016 | 45.9 |
| 2015 | 59.8 |
| 2014 | 58.2 |
| 2013 | 64.4 |
| 2012 | 63.8 |
| 2011 | 54.7 |
| 2010 | 52.5 |
| 2009 | 52.6 |
| 2008 | 52.1 |
| 2007 | 42 |
| 2006 | 34.8 |
| 2005 | 35.6 |
| 2004 | 41.4 |
| 2003 | 37 |
| 2002 | 39.7 |
| 2001 | 38.9 |
| 2000 | 40.1 |
| 1999 | 43.7 |
| 1998 | 52.6 |
| 1997 | 47.7 |
| 1996 | 37.1 |
| 1995 | 43.8 |
| 1994 | 40.4 |
| 1993 | 39.1 |
| 1992 | 41.6 |
| 1991 | 46.5 |
| 1990 | 49.8 |
| 1989 | 46.1 |
| 1988 | 43.9 |
| 1987 | 48.4 |
| 1986 | 49.1 |
| 1985 | 51.2 |
| 1984 | 58 |
| 1983 | 62.6 |
| 1982 | 69.3 |
| 1981 | 71.5 |
| 1980 | 66.4 |
| 1979 | 65.2 |
| 1978 | 68.5 |
| 1977 | 69.3 |
| 1976 | 66.3 |
| 1975 | 63.8 |
| 1974 | 64.8 |
| 1973 | 62 |
| 1972 | 60.5 |
| 1971 | 61.6 |
| 1970 | 60.9 |
| 1969 | 52.6 |
| 1968 | 62.9 |
| 1967 | 50.8 |
| 1966 | 50.9 |
| 1965 | 50.6 |
| 1964 | 48.6 |
| 1963 | 47.3 |
| 1962 | 44.8 |
| 1961 | 42.5 |
| 1960 | 39.6 |