Unemployment rate: Botswana
24.477% in 2025, the latest year published. Figures for 35 years from 1991 to 2025 are below.
Share of the labor force without work, but actively looking for a job and available to start soon.
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (%) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 24.477 |
| 2024 | 23.81 |
| 2023 | 23.381 |
| 2022 | 23.615 |
| 2021 | 23.106 |
| 2020 | 21.017 |
| 2019 | 20.094 |
| 2018 | 19.665 |
| 2017 | 19.671 |
| 2016 | 19.328 |
| 2015 | 18.915 |
| 2014 | 18.484 |
| 2013 | 18.167 |
| 2012 | 17.916 |
| 2011 | 18.049 |
| 2010 | 17.86 |
| 2009 | 16.169 |
| 2008 | 16.293 |
| 2007 | 16.976 |
| 2006 | 17.782 |
| 2005 | 19.852 |
| 2004 | 21.755 |
| 2003 | 23.8 |
| 2002 | 21.277 |
| 2001 | 18.54 |
| 2000 | 15.88 |
| 1999 | 18.224 |
| 1998 | 20.86 |
| 1997 | 21.031 |
| 1996 | 21.593 |
| 1995 | 21.394 |
| 1994 | 21.2 |
| 1993 | 18.761 |
| 1992 | 16.33 |
| 1991 | 13.82 |