Average inflation measured by CPI fell 43.1% to 1.62% in Botswana in 2020, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, average inflation measured by CPI in Botswana reached an all time high of 16.5% in 1992 and an all time low of 1.62% in 2020. When compared to Botswana's main peers, average inflation measured by CPI in Namibia amounted to 2.33%, 3.34% in South Africa, 14.5% in Zambia and 623% in Zimbabwe in 2020.
Botswana has been ranked 107th within the group of 172 countries we follow in terms of average inflation measured by CPI, 70 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Inflation, CPI (Average) | Unit | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 |
| Angola | % | 25.8% | 21.7% | 11.8% | 9.90% | 7.90% | ||||||||||||||||
| Botswana | % | 6.69% | 11.2% | 5.82% | 4.58% | 4.58% | ||||||||||||||||
| Dem. Republic of the Congo | % | 8.99% | 8.44% | 9.80% | 5.62% | 5.92% | ||||||||||||||||
| Lesotho | % | 6.05% | 8.12% | 6.19% | 5.50% | 5.50% | ||||||||||||||||
| Mozambique | % | 5.69% | 11.3% | 8.59% | 8.16% | 6.65% | ||||||||||||||||
| Namibia | % | 3.62% | 6.40% | 4.95% | 4.48% | 4.48% | ||||||||||||||||
| South Africa | % | 4.56% | 6.74% | 5.14% | 4.73% | 4.53% | ||||||||||||||||
| Swaziland | % | 3.72% | 4.87% | 4.22% | 4.44% | 4.37% | ||||||||||||||||
| Tanzania | % | 3.69% | 3.96% | 5.33% | 4.47% | 3.95% | ||||||||||||||||
| Zambia | % | 22.0% | 12.5% | 9.55% | 7.65% | 7.15% | ||||||||||||||||
| Zimbabwe | % | 98.5% | 285% | 205% | 36.1% | 19.9% |
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