# Net migration in Botswana

Net migration in Botswana was -6,487 in 2023. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `net_migration`
- Place id: `bw`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Immigrants minus emigrants during the year, citizens and noncitizens together. A negative value means more people left than arrived.
- Source: World Bank, Net migration (SM.POP.NETM) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SM.POP.NETM)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/world-bank
- Retrieved: 2026-10-11
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Net migration (SM.POP.NETM). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SM.POP.NETM. Retrieved 2026-10-11.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/net-migration/botswana
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=net_migration&place=bw

| Period | persons |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | -6,487 |
| 2022 | -7,306 |
| 2021 | -4,083 |
| 2020 | -11,330 |
| 2019 | -11,770 |
| 2018 | -11,623 |
| 2017 | -10,916 |
| 2016 | -10,286 |
| 2015 | -9,599 |
| 2014 | -8,893 |
| 2013 | -7,836 |
| 2012 | -6,636 |
| 2011 | -1,019 |
| 2010 | 5,151 |
| 2009 | 4,960 |
| 2008 | 4,343 |
| 2007 | 3,926 |
| 2006 | 4,270 |
| 2005 | 4,283 |
| 2004 | 4,314 |
| 2003 | 4,488 |
| 2002 | 4,747 |
| 2001 | 7,991 |
| 2000 | 9,798 |
| 1999 | 9,762 |
| 1998 | 9,685 |
| 1997 | 9,597 |
| 1996 | 9,368 |
| 1995 | 9,464 |
| 1994 | 9,023 |
| 1993 | 8,441 |
| 1992 | 8,026 |
| 1991 | 4,311 |
| 1990 | 2,580 |
| 1989 | 1,495 |
| 1988 | -215 |
| 1987 | 2,624 |
| 1986 | 2,558 |
| 1985 | 2,683 |
| 1984 | 2,393 |
| 1983 | 1,980 |
| 1982 | 1,751 |
| 1981 | 7,610 |
| 1980 | -10,849 |
| 1979 | 15,918 |
| 1978 | 26,015 |
| 1977 | 13,708 |
| 1976 | 11,914 |
| 1975 | 11,086 |
| 1974 | 8,854 |
| 1973 | 10,615 |
| 1972 | 5,937 |
| 1971 | -3,016 |
| 1970 | -16,054 |
| 1969 | -15,870 |
| 1968 | -15,681 |
| 1967 | -15,438 |
| 1966 | -15,140 |
| 1965 | -14,753 |
| 1964 | -4,126 |
| 1963 | -4,000 |
| 1962 | -4,028 |
| 1961 | -4,168 |
| 1960 | -4,331 |