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Unemployment Rate and Employment Data in Botswana

Botswana Unemployment Data

Indicator Data Period
Unemployment Rate 25.4 % 2022
Employed Persons 486376 Person | 0.486 Million Person 4Q/22


Latest data on Unemployment Rate (%)

Unemployment Rate
                     Botswana - Historical Data (%)

What is Unemployment Rate in Botswana?

  • Unemployment Rate in Botswana decreased to 25.4 % in 2022. The maximum rate was 26.2 % and minimum was 13.9 %.
  • Data published Yearly by Central Statistics Office.

Historical Data (%) by years

Data
Period
Date
25.4 2022 16.05.2023
24.5 2021 21.09.2022
23.3 2020 06.04.2021
18.2 2019 13.02.2020
17.9 2018 29.10.2019
18.1 2017 04.07.2019


Historical Chart by presidents (%)

Unemployment Rate in Botswana by presidents

Name Period Start Data End Data Max Value Min Value CHG% Start/End


Latest data on Employed Persons (Person)

Employed Persons
                     Botswana - Historical Data (Person)

How many employed persons are in Botswana?

  • Number of Employed Persons in Botswana decreased to 486376 Person (0.486 Million Person) in the forth quarter of 2022. The maximum rate was 492914 Person and minimum was 301978 Person.
  • Data published Quarterly by Central Statistics Office.

Historical Data (Person) by years

Data
Period
Date
486376 4Q/22 09.02.2023
494457 4Q/21 03.10.2022
477716 4Q/20 06.04.2021
492914 1Q/20 22.10.2020
483814 3Q/19 27.01.2020
420762 4Q/18 29.10.2019
417162 3Q/18 04.07.2019


Historical Chart by presidents (Person)

Employed Persons in Botswana by presidents

Name Period Start Data End Data Max Value Min Value CHG% Start/End

Other labor indicators in Botswana

Index Updated Actual Previous
Wages 4Q/22 495.409 USD/Month 458.706
Living Wage Individual 2018 229.82 USD/Month 308.13

Unemployment Rate in other countries

Country Updated Actual Previous
Egypt 2Q/23 7 % 7.1
Kenya 2022 4.9 % 5.3
Madagascar 2022 2.1 % 2.3
Zimbabwe 20 7.9 % 8.1
Tanzania 2022 8.9 % 9
Togo 2022 4.1 % 4.2
Tunisia 1Q/23 16.1 % 15.2
Nigeria 1Q/23 4.1 % 5.3
Sudan 2022 18.7 % 19.1
Morocco 2Q/23 12.4 % 12.9
Senegal 2Q/23 18.6 % 21.5
Seychelles 2020 4 % 2.4
South Africa 2Q/23 32.6 % 32.9
Uganda 2022 4.3 % 4.3
Rwanda May/23 16.8 % 17.2
Liberia 2022 3.6 % 3.7
Zambia 2022 6.1 % 6.2
Mozambique 2017 25.04 % 24.37
Namibia 2022 20.8 % 21.3
Ghana 2022 3.9 % 3.9
Swaziland 2022 24.4 % 24.6
Libya 2022 20.7 % 20.6
Algeria 3Q/18 11.7 %
Angola 2022 29.6 % 30
Benin 2022 1.7 % 1.8
Botswana 2022 25.4 % 26
Burkina Faso 2018 6.1 %
Burundi 2022 1 % 1.1
Central African Republic 2022 6.4 % 6.5
Chad 2022 1.4 % 1.5
Comoros 2022 8.8 % 9
Republic of the Congo 2022 21.8 % 22.2
Equatorial Guinea 2022 8.7 % 9.1
Eritrea 2022 6.6 % 6.8
Ethiopia 2018 19.1 % 16.9
Gabon 2022 21.5 % 21.8
Gambia 2022 4.8 % 5
Guatemala 4Q/22 3 % 2.2
Guinea 2022 5.7 % 5.8
Guinea Bissau 2022 3.6 % 3.7
Lesotho 2022 18 % 18.3
Malawi 2022 5.6 % 5.7
Mali 2022 2.8 % 2.6
Mauritania 2022 11.1 % 11.3
Niger 2022 0.5 % 0.7
Sao Tome and Principe 2022 15.3 % 15.3
Sierra Leone 2022 3.6 % 3.7