# Trade as a share of GDP in Botswana

Trade as a share of GDP in Botswana was 69.5% in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `trade_share_gdp`
- Place id: `bw`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Sum of exports and imports of goods and services, as a percentage of GDP. World Bank series.
- Note: Can exceed 100%, because exports and imports are both counted against GDP, which is only value added. Small open economies with large re-export or transit trade reach several hundred percent.
- Source: World Bank, Trade, % of GDP (NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS)
- 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. Trade, % of GDP (NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS. Retrieved 2026-10-11.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/trade-share-gdp/botswana
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=trade_share_gdp&place=bw

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 69.5 |
| 2024 | 69.4 |
| 2023 | 70.1 |
| 2022 | 86.1 |
| 2021 | 91 |
| 2020 | 80.3 |
| 2019 | 83.1 |
| 2018 | 87.5 |
| 2017 | 81.9 |
| 2016 | 100.5 |
| 2015 | 112.9 |
| 2014 | 119.5 |
| 2013 | 125.8 |
| 2012 | 111.9 |
| 2011 | 99 |
| 2010 | 94.6 |
| 2009 | 88.5 |
| 2008 | 99 |
| 2007 | 98.5 |
| 2006 | 86.6 |
| 2005 | 88.5 |
| 2004 | 91 |
| 2003 | 85.8 |
| 2002 | 91.8 |
| 2001 | 87.5 |
| 2000 | 91.9 |
| 1999 | 98.9 |
| 1998 | 101.8 |
| 1997 | 108.6 |
| 1996 | 91 |
| 1995 | 94.6 |
| 1994 | 88.2 |
| 1993 | 86.2 |
| 1992 | 89.8 |
| 1991 | 99.6 |
| 1990 | 104.8 |
| 1989 | 105.4 |
| 1988 | 114.5 |
| 1987 | 123.6 |
| 1986 | 117.5 |
| 1985 | 117.5 |
| 1984 | 118.8 |
| 1983 | 124.6 |
| 1982 | 123.8 |
| 1981 | 121.2 |
| 1980 | 119.5 |
| 1979 | 119.4 |
| 1978 | 120.6 |
| 1977 | 120.2 |
| 1976 | 116.7 |
| 1975 | 107.4 |
| 1974 | 105.7 |
| 1973 | 100.8 |
| 1972 | 97.9 |
| 1971 | 94.7 |
| 1970 | 85.6 |
| 1969 | 75.3 |
| 1968 | 86 |
| 1967 | 75.4 |
| 1966 | 80.2 |
| 1965 | 82.3 |
| 1964 | 77.4 |
| 1963 | 76.3 |
| 1962 | 72.8 |
| 1961 | 69.7 |
| 1960 | 65.9 |