IMD World Competitiveness Booklet 2022

Competitiveness Country Profiles

Botswana Competitiveness Trends – Overall

OVERALL PERFORMANCE (63 countries)

BASIC FACTS

Rank

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

Capital Land area (square km '000)

Gaborone

582 2021

58

11.087 2021

Exchange Rate (per $)

2.42 2021 56 17.1 2021 62 17,620 2021 53 9.7 2021 08 6.68 2021 57 24.50 2020 61 0.97 2021 57 -0.48 2021 34 5.5 2020 63 0.53 2020 49

61

Population - market size (millions)

Gross Domestic Product (GDP) (US$ billions)

CHALLENGES IN 2022 High Income inequality.

GDP (PPP) per capita (US$)

• • • • •

Real GDP growth (%)

High youth unemployment. Limited access to financing.

Consumer price inflation (%)

Declining revenue from minerals. Slow economic diversification.

Unemployment rate (%)

Labor force (millions)

Current account balance (% of GDP)

Direct investment stocks inward ($bn)

Direct investment flows inward (% of GDP)

PROVIDED BY: Botswana National Productivity Centre (BNPC)

COMPETITIVENESS LANDSCAPE

Economic Performance Government Efficiency

Business Efficiency

Infrastructure

Domestic Economy

International Trade

International Investment Employment Prices

Public Finance Tax Policy

Institutional Framework Business Legislation

Societal Framework

Productivity & Efficiency Labor Market Finance

Management Practices

Attitudes and Values

Basic Infrastructure

Technological Infrastructure Scientific Infrastructure

Health and Environment Education

3

14

27

43

49 45

49

49

55

56 55

56

57 57

61

62 61 57

63 61

PEER GROUPS RANKINGS EUROPE - MIDDLE EAST - AFRICA (40 countries)

POPULATIONS < 20 MILLION (36 countries)

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

38

39

35

35

57

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